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.


Saturday, 14 June 2025

Species List for 13/06/2025

 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. 186 Moths of 59 species with seven NFY. A promising night was interrupted byt a huge succession of thunder storms. A damp plug box tripped out the Front and Greenhouse garden traps at around midnight, and sun surprisingly they two traps held only three moths in total, although each was an additional species for the night.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


12.039

Monopis crocicapitella


1


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

4


32.035

Agonopterix yeatiana


1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1

nfy

49.025

Pandemis cerasana

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

2


49.026

Pandemis heparana

Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

1

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

5


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

3


49.138

Cochylis molliculana


1


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


5


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

2


63.007

Pyrausta purpuralis


1

nfy

63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.063

Scoparia basistrigalis


1

nfy

63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


1


63.066

Scoparia pyralella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

2


63.081

Crambus pascuella


1


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


69.001

Mimas tiliae

Lime Hawk-moth

1

nfy

69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

2


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

1


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.212

Macaria alternata

Sharp-angled Peacock

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


70.279

Lomographa bimaculata

White-pinion Spotted

1

nfy

70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


71.012

Notodonta dromedarius

Iron Prominent

1

nfy

72.002

Rivula sericealis

Straw Dot

2


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

2


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

4


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

8


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

3


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3


73.176

Oligia fasciuncula

Middle-barred Minor

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

75


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

9


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

5


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3



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