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.


Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Species List for 17/03/2026

Three Traps, a 125W MV Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden. A warm night with it remaining at 11 deg C up to 0200 hrs  before dipping to 8 deg C by dawn at 0600 hrs.  There were 56 moths of ten species with three NFY. 

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


44.001

Alucita hexadactyla

Many-plumed Moth

1

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

nfy

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


73.069

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

1


73.194

Conistra vaccinii

Chestnut

1

nfy

73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

12


73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

13


73.245

Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker

10


73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

15


73.250

Anorthoa munda

Twin-spotted Quaker

1


.
Many-plumed Moth

Light Brown Apple Moth
 
The Chestnut

Double-striped Pug
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