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, 21 June 2025

Species List for 20/06/2025

 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. 302 Moths of 85 species with eight NFY

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

13


33.001

Ethmia dodecea


1

nfy

41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

2


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.025

Pandemis cerasana

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.026

Pandemis heparana

Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.029

Lozotaenia forsterana


1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


49.138

Cochylis molliculana


1


49.156

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

2


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


4


49.260

Zeiraphera isertana


5

nfy

49.265

Eucosma cana


1


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1


62.042

Myelois circumvoluta

Thistle Ermine

3


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1

nfy

63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


3


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

24


63.081

Crambus pascuella


6


63.086

Crambus lathoniellus


1


63.088

Crambus perlella


5


65.009

Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches

1


65.010

Tethea ocularis

Figure of Eighty

1

nfy

69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

5


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

3


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

3


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.012

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

5


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

12


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1

nfy

70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

5


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.128

Melanthia procellata

Pretty Chalk Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

8


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.207

Lomaspilis marginata

Clouded Border

1

nfy

70.224

Plagodis dolabraria

Scorched Wing

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.231

Apeira syringaria

Lilac Beauty

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

4


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

6


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

4


70.268

Hypomecis punctinalis

Pale Oak Beauty

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

7


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

3


70.305

Hemithea aestivaria

Common Emerald

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

3


72.002

Rivula sericealis

Straw Dot

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

4


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1

nfy

72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

8


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

2


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

7


73.040

Acronicta leporina

Miller

1

nfy

73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

2


73.074

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

9


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

4


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

10


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

17


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

25


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

8


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

5


74.003

Nola cucullatella

Short-cloaked Moth

1



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