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, 10 June 2026

Species List for 09/06/2026

 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  miserable, blowy night, with a catch to match. There were 132 moths of 22 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.161

Celypha striana


4


63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


70.085

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

7


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

4


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

7


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

4


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

7


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

45


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

6


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

23


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3



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