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, 3 October 2026

Species List for 02/10/2026

  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 calm night with a very light SW breeze and a low of about 14 deg C. There were 243 moths of 37 species with one NFY. The Archer's Dart was the 2nd of the year, and 5th for the site.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha

a moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

12


49.261

Crocidosema plebejana

a moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

7


63.048

Palpita vitrealis

a moth

1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

5


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

5


63.069

Eudonia angustea

a moth

5


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

2


70.077

Pennithera firmata

Pine Carpet

1

nfy

70.083

Thera cupressata

Cypress Carpet

2


70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

1


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

11


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

51


73.134

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

1


73.180

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

1


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

15


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

25


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

5


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

6


73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

9


73.322

Agrotis vestigialis

Archer's Dart

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

5


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

47


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.35

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

6


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


73.365

Eugnorisma glareosa

Autumnal Rustic

2



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