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.


Sunday, 20 September 2026

Species List for 19/09/2026

 Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Greenhouse Garden,  a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Pond Garden. As a change the traps from their normal positions in the Greenhouse Garden and Pond Garden were swapped.There was a light WNW wing of 6-9 mph  and a min temp of about 16 deg C.   There were 517b moths  (336 Large Yellow Underwings) of  32 species with two NFY. The Dusky-lemon Sallow was the first for eight years. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

4


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

5


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

8


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.123

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

4


73.183

Cirrhia gilvago

Dusky-lemon Sallow

1

nfy

73.187

Agrochola litura

Brown-spot Pinion

1

nfy

73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

5


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

11


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

4


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

2


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

27


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

336


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

9


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

21


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

26


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

15



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