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.


Sunday, 6 July 2025

Species List for 05/07/2025

 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 350 Moths of 83 species with three NFY . Again the Garden Grass-veneers moths and the "small ermines" which seemed to show the characteristscs of cagnagella 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


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


16.004

Yponomeuta cagnagella

Spindle Ermine

0


19.001

Orthotelia sparganella


1

nfy

28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

2


35.032

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


49.040

Lozotaeniodes formosana


1


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1

nfy

49.109

Agapeta hamana


2


49.161

Celypha striana


4


49.260

Zeiraphera isertana


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


3


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

2


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

8


63.063

Scoparia basistrigalis


1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

0


63.081

Crambus pascuella


2


63.088

Crambus perlella


2


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

13


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

4


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

6


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.057

Catarhoe rubidata

Ruddy Carpet

1


70.074

Hydriomena furcata

July Highflyer

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.237

Selenia dentaria

Early Thorn

2


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

4


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

3


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

1


70.305

Hemithea aestivaria

Common Emerald

2


71.022

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

6


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

17


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

2

nfy

73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.016

Autographa pulchrina

Beautiful Golden Y

1


73.032

Colocasia coryli

Nut-tree Tussock

1


73.039

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1


73.070

Pyrrhia umbra

Bordered Sallow

2


73.074

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

2


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

16


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

31


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

15


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

25


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

3


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

9


73.217

Cosmia pyralina

Lunar-spotted Pinion

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

9


73.270

Melanchra persicariae

Dot Moth

1


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

3


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

35


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

12


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

11


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

13


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

6


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

11


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6


74.009

Nycteola revayana

Oak Nycteoline

1



Orthotelia sparganella

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