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.


Sunday, 18 May 2025

Species List for 17/05/2025

Four traps. An 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 40 Moths of 18 species with three NFY.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


32.035

Agonopterix yeatiana


1


70.033

Cyclophora puppillaria

Blair's Mocha

1

nfy

70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

1


70.160

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1

nfy

72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2


72.031

Tyria jacobaeae

Cinnabar

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

5


73.156

Apamea crenata

Clouded-bordered Brindle

1

nfy

73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

9


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


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