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, 28 June 2025

Species List for 27/06/2025

 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.169 Moths of 52 species with three NFY. A much quieter night, after a blowy, cooler day.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

2


35.032

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

2


35.141

Teleiodes vulgella


1

nfy

45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

4


49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.060

Aleimma loeflingiana


1


49.109

Agapeta hamana


1


49.161

Celypha striana


4


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

21


63.081

Crambus pascuella


2


63.088

Crambus perlella


1


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


69.010

Macroglossum stellatarum

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

1

nfy

69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

14


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

4


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

3


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.236

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

1


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.305

Hemithea aestivaria

Common Emerald

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

2


73.039

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

4


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

15


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

2

nfy

73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

11


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.164

Apamea sublustris

Reddish Light Arches

1


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

1


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

21


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

11


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

3


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

5



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