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, 29 May 2025

Species List for 28/05/2025

 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. 195 Moths of 45 species with six NFY. A warm, slight damp night produced the most moths so far, but nothing very exciting.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

6


28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

2


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1


33.004

Ethmia terminella


2

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

9


49.161

Celypha striana


3


49.294

Notocelia uddmanniana

Bramble Shoot Moth

1

nfy

62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

2

nfy

63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

3


63.069

Eudonia angustea


3


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

1


63.086

Crambus lathoniellus


2


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

3

nfy

70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

4


70.184

Eupithecia exiguata

Mottled Pug

1


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

2


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.257

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

3


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

nfy

72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

5


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

3


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

6


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

15


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

1


73.174x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

10


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

2


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

19


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

2


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1

nfy

73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

47


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

9


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

5



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