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.


Monday, 9 June 2025

Species List for 08/06/2025

 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. After a two day rest while the weather went through,  a reasonable night with 111  moths of 41 species and four NFY.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


12.039

Monopis crocicapitella


1

nfy

28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


32.036

Depressaria radiella

Parsnip Moth

1

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


49.166

Celypha lacunana


1

nfy

62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

3


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

2

nfy

69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

2


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

2


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

3


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

2


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

9


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

35


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

3


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3


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