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, 19 September 2026

Species List for 18/09/2026

 Two traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden. A very windy night, only two traps. There were 232 moths of 30 species, with 144 Large Yellow Underwings.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


63.006

Pyrausta aurata


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.089

Agriphila tristella


1


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


1


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

1


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.123

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

4


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

3


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

5


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

14


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

10


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

144


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

10


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

11


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

4



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