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.


Saturday, 12 September 2026

Species List for 11/09/2026

 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 wind was a light 2-5 mph, and the min temp around 14 deg C. There were 514 moths of 53 species and two NFY. The Light Pinion is the first Autumn record I have had here (but I did have an Oct record on St Mary's in 2018), and having missed any in Spring it was the first of the year. The  Agonopterix nervosa  was just the 3rd identified here. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


31.001

Carcina quercana


2


32.030

Agonopterix nervosa


1

nfy

35.038

Bryotropha domestica


1


35.118

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Beet Moth

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

2


49.138

Cochylis molliculana


2


62.021

Oncocera semirubella


2


62.032

Nephopterix angustella


1


62.035

Acrobasis advenella


1


62.053

Ancylosis oblitella


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


3


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

16


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

9


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


10


65.002

Watsonalla binaria

Oak Hook-tip

1


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

4


70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.059

Camptogramma bilineata

Yellow Shell

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

2


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

6


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

7


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

5


70.232

Ennomos autumnaria

Large Thorn

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

3


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

4


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

3


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

3


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

2


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.074

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

26


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

3


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

3


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

8


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

24


73.201

Lithophane socia

Pale Pinion

1

nfy

73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

36


73.252

Tholera cespitis

Hedge Rustic

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

6


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

5


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

5


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

5


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

3


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

190


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

6


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

3


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

5


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

45


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

10



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