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, 25 September 2026

Species List for 24/09/2026

 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 light wind from S to SE, and a warm night with min temp around 16 deg C. A night of diminishing returns with 252 moths of 41 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


35.12

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Beet Moth

1


49.01

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.04

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8


49.08

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


62.01

Galleria mellonella

Wax Moth

1


62.04

Acrobasis suavella


1


62.05

Ancylosis oblitella


1


63.03

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.05

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

5


63.05

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

2


63.07

Eudonia angustea


1


70.01

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

2


70.24

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

5


70.26

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


70.28

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


72

Rivula sericealis

Straw Dot

1


72

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

3


72.01

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.02

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.06

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.09

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

15


73.09

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

2


73.1

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.1

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.13

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

1


73.18

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

1


73.18

Cirrhia icteritia

Sallow

1


73.19

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.19

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

24


73.22

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


73.24

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

5


73.26

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.3

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.3

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

3


73.32

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3


73.33

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.34

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

112


73.34

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.35

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

7


73.36

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

14


73.36

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2



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