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, 13 July 2025

Species List for 12/07/2025

 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 227 Moths of about 68 species with one NFY. A very disappointing catch.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


19.001

Orthotelia sparganella


1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


3


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


6


45.030

Pterophorus pentadactyla

White Plume

1


45.033

Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Thyme Plume

1


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

2


49.161

Celypha striana


2


62.029

Phycita roborella


1


62.048

Euzophera pinguis


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


3


63.018

Anania coronata


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.038

Patania ruralis

Mother of Pearl

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.062

Scoparia subfusca


1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


2


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

5


63.081

Crambus pascuella


1


63.088

Crambus perlella


1


63.093

Agriphila straminella


10


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

11


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

3


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

3


70.013

Idaea biselata

Small Fan-footed Wave

2


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

6


70.142

Chloroclystis v-ata

V-Pug

1


70.233

Ennomos quercinaria

August Thorn

2


70.236

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

5


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

3


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

8


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.043

Eilema depressa

Buff Footman

2


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

5


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

47


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

1


72.055

Herminia grisealis

Small Fan-foot

1


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

2


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

2


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

3


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

8


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

3


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

3


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

7


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

13


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.270

Melanchra persicariae

Dot Moth

1


73.279

Hecatera bicolorata

Broad-barred White

1

nfy

73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

5


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

1


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

2


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1



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