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.


Monday, 22 June 2026

Species List for 21/06/2026

 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.  I was expecting more of the chaos of yesterday, with the heat making all the moths very active. The cloud cover and breeze made it muich calmer and the was a big drop in the number and species. There were 277 moths of 75 species with five NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

1


25.001

Scythropia crataegella

Hawthorn Moth

1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


44.001

Alucita hexadactyla

Many-plumed Moth

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

2


49.025

Pandemis cerasana

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.029

Lozotaenia forsterana


3


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.156

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

1


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


12


49.215

Ancylis achatana


1

nfy

49.265

Eucosma cana


1


50.002

Zeuzera pyrina

Leopard Moth

1


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

3


62.032

Nephopterix angustella


1


62.048

Euzophera pinguis


1


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1


62.058

Phycitodes binaevella


1

nfy

63.006

Pyrausta aurata


1


63.018

Anania coronata


4


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

30


63.081

Crambus pascuella


3


63.088

Crambus perlella


1


63.120

Schoenobius gigantella


1

nfy

69.002

Smerinthus ocellata

Eyed Hawk-moth

1


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

5


69.007

Sphinx pinastri

Pine Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

14


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

2


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

1


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1


70.012

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

3


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

8


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

2


70.062

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

4


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.207

Lomaspilis marginata

Clouded Border

2


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

4


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

3


71.013

Notodonta ziczac

Pebble Prominent

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

4


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.039

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

2


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

5


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

16


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

14


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.168

Lateroligia ophiogramma

Double Lobed

1

nfy

73.175

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

5


73.217

Cosmia pyralina

Lunar-spotted Pinion

2

nfy

73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

22


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

26


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

8


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

17


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2





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