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, 10 May 2026

Species List for 09/05/2026

 Four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. A better catch with 43 moths of 18 species with three NFY

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1

nfy

44.001

Alucita hexadactyla

Many-plumed Moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.292

Notocelia cynosbatella


1


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

6


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

6


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.059

Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade

1

nfy

73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1

nfy

73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

4


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

5


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6







.

Common Swift


Toadflax Brocade

Vine's Rustic

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