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, 11 September 2026

Species List for 10/09/2026

 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. The WSW wind picked up  over night for a while to 15-19 mph, but the temperature  dropped to about 16 deg C,  warmer than the previous few nights. There were 399 moths (including 193 Large Yellow-underwings) of 46 species and one NFY, a Pinion-streaked Snout, the 6th here. The Convolvulus Hawk-moth was the 8th of the year.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

3


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6


62.053

Ancylosis oblitella


2


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

4


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

4


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


10


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

1


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.059

Camptogramma bilineata

Yellow Shell

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

3


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.061

Schrankia costaestrigalis

Pinion-streaked Snout

1

nfy

73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

4


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

14


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

14


73.107

Mormo maura

Old Lady

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.123

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

19


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

11


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

11


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

3


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

3


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

9


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

193


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

5


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

15


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

25


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

8


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