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.


Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Species List for 15/07/2025

 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 237 Moths of about 66 species with three NFY. Autumn has arrived in the form of a Flounced Rustic.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

21


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

1


16.007

Yponomeuta plumbella


1

nfy

18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

9


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


31.001

Carcina quercana


1


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


5


63.014

Sitochroa palealis


1

nfy

63.018

Anania coronata


1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

2


63.062

Scoparia subfusca


1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

11


63.081

Crambus pascuella


1


63.088

Crambus perlella


2


63.093

Agriphila straminella


5


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


65.009

Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

10


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

7


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

2


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

7


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.142

Chloroclystis v-ata

V-Pug

2


70.179

Eupithecia absinthiata

Wormwood Pug

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

10


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.305

Hemithea aestivaria

Common Emerald

1


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

3


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

4


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

3


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

15


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

3


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

2


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

4


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

2


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

19


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

1


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

4


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

1

nfy

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

9


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

3


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

2


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

9


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

5


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

7


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

5


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

2


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2



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