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, 29 September 2026

Species List for 28/09/2026

 Two traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Greenhouse Garden. AS the Large Yellow Underwing numbers reduced a surprising number of Small Mottled Willows kept the total up.There were 251 moths of 31 species and one NFY..

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


31.001

Carcina quercana


1


35.118

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Beet Moth

3


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

13


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

8


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

2


63.069

Eudonia angustea


4


70.159

Eupithecia phoeniceata

Cypress Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

103


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1


73.180

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

2


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

6


73.190

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

1

nfy

73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

13


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

4


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

58


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

3


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1



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