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, 23 August 2026

Species List for 22/08/2026

My 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 Garde, plus a portable Actinic trap on loan from Sam Perfect. The minimum temperature was around 12 deg C with a breeze from the SE. There were 265 moths of 50 species, including a beautiful pristine Convolvulus Hawk-moth.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.001

Triodia sylvina

Orange Swift

2


31.001

Carcina quercana


1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


2


49.166

Celypha lacunana


1


62.032

Nephopterix angustella


1


62.053

Ancylosis oblitella


1


63.007

Pyrausta purpuralis


1


63.018

Anania coronata


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

5


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.059

Evergestis limbata


1


63.089

Agriphila tristella


20


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

2


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1


70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.232

Ennomos autumnaria

Large Thorn

3


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

1


71.022

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

1


72.011

Lymantria dispar

Gypsy Moth

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

6


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

25


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

70


73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

5


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

7


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

6


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

8


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

14


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

9


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

38



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