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.


Thursday, 28 May 2026

Species List for 27/05/2026

 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. A little cooler with a breeze. There were 14y6 moths of 47 species with six NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

3


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1

nfy

49.109

Agapeta hamana


1

nfy

49.156

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


49.294

Notocelia uddmanniana

Bramble Shoot Moth

1

nfy

62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1


63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


1

nfy

63.066

Scoparia pyralella


2


63.086

Crambus lathoniellus


1


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

2


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.009

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

2


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

2


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.176

Eupithecia intricata

Freyer's Pug

1


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

9


70.279

Lomographa bimaculata

White-pinion Spotted

1

nfy

70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

2


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

3


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

17


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

14


72.049

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1


73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1

nfy

73.024

Deltote pygarga

Marbled White Spot

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

2


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

6


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

5


73.175

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

4


73.263

Lacanobia w-latinum

Light Brocade

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

4


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

30


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

1



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