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, 17 June 2026

Species List for 16/06/2026

 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.  Another mild but breezy night. There were 316  moths of 60 species, with seven NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

2


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1


40.010

Mompha epilobiella


1

nfy

41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


1


49.029

Lozotaenia forsterana


1


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.138

Cochylis molliculana


1


49.161

Celypha striana


3


49.166

Celypha lacunana


2


49.260

Zeiraphera isertana


1

nfy

49.294

Notocelia uddmanniana

Bramble Shoot Moth

1


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


2


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

3


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.062

Scoparia subfusca


1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

14


63.081

Crambus pascuella


2


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

6


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

2


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1

nfy

70.012

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

1


70.062

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1

nfy

70.085

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

2


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

5


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.236

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1

nfy

70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


71.009

Stauropus fagi

Lobster Moth

1

nfy

72.002

Rivula sericealis

Straw Dot

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.039

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

3


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

16


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.175x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

7


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

3


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

47


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

23


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

4


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

107


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

1

nfy

73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

13


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