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, 2 September 2026

Species List for 01/09/2026

 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. (Hopefully I have found a replacement tube for 'Sam' and it will be back in action once it arrives and is fitted). There were 328 moths of 52 species with one NFY, a Hedge Rustic, which is quite sparse here with 12 records from 2006 to 2026. The main surprise was the number of Small mottled Willows, with 80, the most in a day I've recorded.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


1


45.010

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

5


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


2


49.341

Cydia splendana


1


62.032

Nephopterix angustella


2


62.053

Ancylosis oblitella


1


63.006

Pyrausta aurata


1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

3


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

19


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

8


63.089

Agriphila tristella


11


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


8


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

2


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

2


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

4


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

80


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

4


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

12


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

33


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


73.252

Tholera cespitis

Hedge Rustic

1

nfy

73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

5


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

2


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

4


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

6


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

33


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

7


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

20


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

13


74.003

Nola cucullatella

Short-cloaked Moth

1



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