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, 14 June 2026

Species List for 13/06/2026

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. Quite a lot of moths but nothing exceptional. there were 381 moths of 64 species with seven NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

1

nfy

28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

2


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1


49.029

Lozotaenia forsterana


4


49.031

Zelotherses paleana

Timothy Tortrix

1

nfy

49.038

Clepsis consimilana


4


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


7


49.294

Notocelia uddmanniana

Bramble Shoot Moth

1


49.375

Pammene regiana


1


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

5


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.062

Scoparia subfusca


1

nfy

63.066

Scoparia pyralella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

6


63.081

Crambus pascuella


2


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1

nfy

69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

5


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.004

Idaea rusticata atrosignaria

Least Carpet

1

nfy

70.012

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

1


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

2


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.085

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.176

Eupithecia intricata

Freyer's Pug

1


70.189

Eupithecia subumbrata

Shaded Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

10


72.049

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

2


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

4


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

15


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

3


73.175x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

29


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1

nfy

73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

6


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

66


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

14


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

1


73.332

Diarsia brunnea

Purple Clay

1

nfy

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

127


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

14



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