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, 8 March 2025

Species List for 07/03/2025

 One trap, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 18 Moths of six species, four NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


32.031

Agonopterix alstromeriana


2

nfy

70.245

Alsophila aescularia

March Moth

2

nfy

70.247

Phigalia pilosaria

Pale Brindled Beauty

1


70.251

Biston strataria

Oak Beauty

1

nfy

73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

nfy

73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

11


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Friday, 7 March 2025

Species List for 06/03/2025

  One Trap  a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

73.25

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

1
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Thursday, 6 March 2025

Species List for 05/03/2025

  One Trap  a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

2


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Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Species List for 04/03/2025

  One Trap  a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.247

Phigalia pilosaria

Pale Brindled Beauty

1

nfy
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Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Species List for 03/03/2025

    One Trap  a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden.  After several black nights on various nights from the start of year I finally got off to a start with a single moth. The garden here is quite exposed and unlike those mothing in good woodland areas common moths at the beginning of the year are often few and far between.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

1

nfy

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Saturday, 28 December 2024

Species List for 27/12/2024

 Last try for 2024.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.247

Phigalia pilosaria

Pale Brindled Beauty

1


70.248

Lycia hirtaria

Brindled Beauty

1


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Friday, 27 December 2024

Species List for 26/12/2024

Boxing day, but not much in the box/ 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1








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Thursday, 26 December 2024

Species List for 25/12/2024

 A Christmas day try.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1



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Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Species List for 02/12/2024

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


66.001

Poecilocampa populi

December Moth

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


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Monday, 2 December 2024

Species List for 01/12/2024

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.107

Epirrita dilutata agg.

November Moth agg.

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

5


66.001

Poecilocampa populi

December Moth

4


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