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.


Friday, 4 September 2026

Species List for 03/09/2026

 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 Garden, plus a portable Actinic trap  on loan from Sam Perfect. Another very blowy night, not very productive, but did bring another beautiful fressh Convolvulus Hawk-moth, the seventh of the year.  There were 187 moths of 35 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.161

Celypha striana


1


63.006

Pyrausta aurata


2


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

2


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.089

Agriphila tristella


10


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


5


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

1


70.059

Camptogramma bilineata

Yellow Shell

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

12


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4


73.123

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

23


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

3


73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

4


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

4


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

6


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

56


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

17


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6


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