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, 5 July 2025

Species List for 04/07/2025

 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.There were 363 Moths of 78 species with one NFY, an early Dusky Sallow, giving an Autumnal feel . Again the Garden Grass-veneers moths and the "small ermines" were just recorded as present (0 on the list) With the Eudonia and Scoparia species I only recorded the obvious individuals as many are getting worn.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

3


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

2


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

0


16.004

Yponomeuta cagnagella

Spindle Ermine

0


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


35.032

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.161

Celypha striana


5


62.029

Phycita roborella


1


62.076

Hypsopygia glaucinalis


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


1


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

4


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

6


63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

0


63.088

Crambus perlella


5


63.093

Agriphila straminella


3


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

33


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

1


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

5


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

16


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.059

Camptogramma bilineata

Yellow Shell

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

3


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

2


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

2


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

2


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

14


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

1


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

17


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

2


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

3


73.032

Colocasia coryli

Nut-tree Tussock

1


73.046

Subacronicta megacephala

Poplar Grey

1


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

7


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

22


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

9


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

1

nfy

73.155

Apamea epomidion

Clouded Brindle

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

59


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

3


73.216

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

8


73.270

Melanchra persicariae

Dot Moth

3


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

29


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

10


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

7


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

6


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

3


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

5


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

10


74.002

Meganola albula

Kent Black Arches

1



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