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.


Thursday, 8 October 2026

Species List for 07/10/2026

 Two traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Greenhouse Garden. The weather was terrible 20 mph N wind, gusting to 36 mph and the literature dropping to u7 deg C. I wasn't going to put any traps out, but in the end did put out two. Just 35 moths of 11 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


73.08

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


73.09

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

6


73.13

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

2


73.19

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

3


73.19

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

9


73.23

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.24

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2


73.3

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.3

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.32

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.34

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

8


 

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