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.


Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Species List for 13/05/2025

 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. A quieter night in terms of numbers, but the best moth of the year so far. 42 Moths of  23 species with five NFY, including a Lunar Double-stripe, my second of the rarity, the first was on 25/5/2012. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


32.017

Agonopterix arenella

a moth

1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


3

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.184

Lobesia reliquana


1

nfy

63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

nfy

70.160

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

2

nfy

72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

3


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2


72.086

Minucia lunaris

Lunar Double-stripe

1

nfy

73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

4


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

6


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1



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