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.


Sunday, 24 May 2026

Species List for 23/05/2026

 Four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. Numbers almost identical to the previous night, although quite a lot of different species.  There were 144 moths of 44 species with 12 NFY.

code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


12.039

Monopis crocicapitella


1

nfy

18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


2


40.008

Mompha subbistrigella


1

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

7


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

3


49.161

Celypha striana


1


49.184

Lobesia reliquana


1

nfy

49.292

Notocelia cynosbatella


3


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1

nfy

63.016

Anania fuscalis


1

nfy

63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

nfy

70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1

nfy

70.052

Xanthorhoe ferrugata

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

1

nfy

70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.09

Electrophaes corylata

Broken-barred Carpet

1

nfy

70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

4


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

4


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

3


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

nfy

72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

7


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

5


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2


72.049

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

7


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

11


73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1

nfy

73.175x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

4


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

19


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

23


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

1

nfy

73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2


74.004

Nola confusalis

Least Black Arches

1



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