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.


Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Species List for 25/09/2017

I've been moaning for ages that almost everyone else in East Kent has caught at least one Clifden Nonpareil. Pam even saw one a while ago when I was abroad and Phil Chantler released one by the Monument. Last night should put a stop to my moans, well on this subject anyway. A couple of quick pictures, it is a bit battered, but I'm not complaining. In addition there was Ni Moth which was my 7th record. A total of 257 moths of 37 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1306 Agriphila inquinatella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 3
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 9
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 74
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 13   
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 28
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 16
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 2
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 3
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 5
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 57
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2432 Trichoplusia ni Ni Moth 1
2451 Catocala fraxini Clifden Nonpareil 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3
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 Clifden Nonpareil

 Clifden Nonpareil

Ni Moth

 Delicate


Clancy's Rustic
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