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, 19 August 2025

Species List for 18/08/2025

  Four traps. An 80W MV Skinner in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, a 80W MV Robinson in the Greenhouse Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden.361 Moths of  about 56 species with one NFY, plus a  Phycitodes sp, matching maritima, but it would need gen det for certainty.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.001

Triodia sylvina

Orange Swift

2


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


2


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

5


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.161

Celypha striana


1


62.006

Galleria mellonella

Wax Moth

1


62.035

Acrobasis advenella


1


62.057

Phycitodes sp possibly maritima


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

5


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

2


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.089

Agriphila tristella


12


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.023

Scopula marginepunctata

Mullein Wave

1

nfy

70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.187

Eupithecia icterata

Tawny Speckled Pug

1


70.192

Aplocera plagiata

Treble-bar

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.231

Apeira syringaria

Lilac Beauty

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


71.022

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

2


72.011

Lymantria dispar

Gypsy Moth

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

3


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.046

Subacronicta megacephala

Poplar Grey

1


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.074

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

5


73.085

Nyctobrya muralis

Marbled Green

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

23


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

8


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

4


73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

9


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

49


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

9


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

2


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

4


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

12


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

54


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

99



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