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.


Thursday, 1 May 2025

Species List for 30/04/2025

 Three Traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, an 80W MV Skinner in the Pond Garden and a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden. 32 Moths of 18 species with four NFY. The warmest end of April on rrecord is beginning to see a few more species emerging. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.292

Notocelia cynosbatella


1

nfy

70.036

Cyclophora punctaria

Maiden's Blush

1

nfy

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.156

Eupithecia abbreviata

Brindled Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2


72.031

Tyria jacobaeae

Cinnabar

2

nfy

73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.069

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

1


73.070

Pyrrhia umbra

Bordered Sallow

1

nfy

73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

1


73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

1


73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

9


73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3


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