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.


Monday, 28 July 2025

Species List for 27/07/2025

 Four traps. An 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. There were 280 Moths of about 79 species with three NFY.  The Svensson's Copper Underwing required careful examination of the nuderside of the hindwing, and was absolutely textbook. The Musotima nitidalis is  native to Australia and New Zealand, this adventive moth was first recorded in the UK in Dorset August 2009, probably imported with ferns as a result of the horticultural trade.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


17.005

Ypsolopha scabrella


2


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


19.001

Orthotelia sparganella


1


27.002

Oegoconia caradjai


1


35.032

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

2


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


20


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


45.010

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

7


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.128

Aethes rubigana


1

nfy

49.161

Celypha striana


1


62.033

Acrobasis tumidana


1


62.036

Acrobasis suavella


1


62.053

Ancylosis oblitella


2


62.076

Hypsopygia glaucinalis


2


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


3


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.038

Patania ruralis

Mother of Pearl

1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

6


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

7


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


3


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

4


63.088

Crambus perlella


3


63.093

Agriphila straminella


8


63.119

Musotima nitidalis


1

nfy

69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

7


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

6


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

8


70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1


70.051

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

1


70.133

Perizoma alchemillata

Small Rivulet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.160

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

5


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2


70.179

Eupithecia absinthiata

Wormwood Pug

1


70.188

Eupithecia succenturiata

Bordered Pug

1


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

4


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

1


72.006

Hypena obsitalis

Bloxworth Snout

1


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

5


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

2


72.030

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Jersey Tiger

6


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

3


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

9


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

2


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

4


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

3


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

3


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1


73.063

Amphipyra berbera

Svensson's Copper Underwing

1

nfy

73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

2


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

2


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

2


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

4


73.216

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

1


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.279

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

36


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

22


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

4


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

5


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

10


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

5


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2




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