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.


Monday, 28 September 2026

Species List for 27/09/2026

 Just two traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden. The very uncertain weather forecast and the poor recent returns made up my mind to run just two traps. There were 154 moths of 31 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


49.070

Acleris rhombana

Rhomboid Tortrix

1


62.036

Acrobasis suavella


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


69.010

Macroglossum stellatarum

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

1


70.009

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

1


70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

3


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.236

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

4


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

2


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

1


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

1


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

13


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

10


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

3


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

76


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

9


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

4



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