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, 13 October 2026

Species List for 12/10/2026

Two traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden. Just the tw0 traps on a wet windy night. There were 132 moths of 22 species with one NFY, a rather worn, tatty Golden Twin-spot, the first for 4 years. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha

a moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

1


73.008

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Golden Twin-spot

1

nfy

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

9


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

3


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.180

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

3


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

3


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

3


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

12


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

12


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

11


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

46


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

14




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