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, 3 June 2026

Species List for 02/06/2026

 Four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden.  All good things come to an end, and the weather has gone from the hottest May day on record to a below average early June. There were 133 moths of 38 species and one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

4


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

1


49.156

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


63.081

Crambus pascuella


1


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.023

Scopula marginepunctata

Mullein Wave

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

3


70.155

Eupithecia venosata

Netted Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

14


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

3


73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

9


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

2


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1

nfy

73.175x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

4


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

6


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

43


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

3


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

1


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


..

Poplar Hawk-moth


Light Arches


Netted Pug

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