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.


Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Species List for 14/09/2026

 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. A more blustery night, with a min temp of 16 deg C. There were 398 moths (more then 50% were Large Yellow Underwings) of 45 species and 3 NFY. The Lace Border was a new moth for me. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3


49.161

Celypha striana


1


49.261

Crocidosema plebejana


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


3


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

7


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


5


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

2


70.021

Scopula ornata

Lace Border

1

nfy

70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2


72.078

Catocala nupta

Red Underwing

1

nfy

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

8


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

8


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

3


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

9


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

3


73.23

Dryobotodes eremita

Brindled Green

1

nfy

73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

5


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

6


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

5


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

3


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

9


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

10


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

215


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

16


73.346

Noctua interjecta caliginosa

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

11


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

26


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6



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