Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Monday, 19 May 2014

Species List for 18/5/2014

A new micro for the garden, Argyresthia trifasciata and five more species new for the year. A mild night, min temp 12.8 deg C. 70 moths of 30 species, six micro and 24 macro.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata
1 NFS
672 Depressaria heraclei Parsnip Moth 1
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7    
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2    
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1902 Petrophora chlorosata Brown Silver-line 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 8
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1 NFY
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1 NFY
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 2
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 11
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1 NFY
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