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, 20 July 2025

Species List for 19/07/2025

 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 368 Moths of about 83 species with six NFY, including the "Ear" agg, which was probably the Ear Moth, Amphipoea oculea.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

1


17.005

Ypsolopha scabrella


2


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

6


28.014

Crassa unitella


1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


13


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


3


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


48.007

Choreutis nemorana


1

nfy

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3


49.062

Acleris forsskaleana


1


49.139

Cochylis atricapitana


1


62.013

Moitrelia obductella


1

nfy

62.035

Acrobasis advenella


2


62.048

Euzophera pinguis


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


8


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

4


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

28


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


3


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

3


63.088

Crambus perlella


2


63.093

Agriphila straminella


6


63.115

Acentria ephemerella

Water Veneer

1

nfy

65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

2


66.007

Lasiocampa quercus

Oak Eggar

3


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

2


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

2


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

2


70.013

Idaea biselata

Small Fan-footed Wave

2


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.094

Ecliptopera silaceata

Small Phoenix

1

nfy

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2


70.160

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1


70.207

Lomaspilis marginata

Clouded Border

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

3


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

5


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

3


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

2


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

7


72.043

Eilema depressa

Buff Footman

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

10


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

17


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

13


73.022

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

1


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

2


73.052

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1


73.085

Nyctobrya muralis

Marbled Green

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

22


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

3


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

3


73.128

Amphipoea oculea agg.

Ear Moth agg.

1

nfy

73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

1


73.136

Nonagria typhae

Bulrush Wainscot

1

nfy

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

10


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

42


73.216

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

3


73.217

Cosmia pyralina

Lunar-spotted Pinion

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

4


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

3


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

21


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

14


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

19


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

7


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

6


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1





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