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, 1 June 2026

Species List for 31/05/2026

 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. A little quieter, but good to see the first  Privet and Lime Hawk-moths of the year. In total there were 210 moths of 59 species with ten NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3


27.002x

Oegoconia caradjai agg


1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2

nfy

49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

1


49.124

Aethes francillana


1

nfy

49.156

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

1


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


5


49.166

Celypha lacunana


1


49.184

Lobesia reliquana


1


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1


62.048

Euzophera pinguis


1

nfy

63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


63.072

Eudonia delunella


1

nfy

63.086

Crambus lathoniellus


1


69.001

Mimas tiliae

Lime Hawk-moth

1

nfy

69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

3


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

2


70.023

Scopula marginepunctata

Mullein Wave

1

nfy

70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.087

Cosmorhoe ocellata

Purple Bar

1


70.142

Chloroclystis v-ata

V-Pug

1

nfy

70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.176

Eupithecia intricata

Freyer's Pug

1


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

3


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

7


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

27


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

5


73.040

Acronicta leporina

Miller

1


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1

nfy

73.070

Pyrrhia umbra

Bordered Sallow

1

nfy

73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

9


73.175x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

7


73.176

Oligia fasciuncula

Middle-barred Minor

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

1


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

8


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

53


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

4


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1

nfy

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

12


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2


..
Privet Hawk-moth

Lime Hawk-moth

Euzophera pinguis

Coronet

Small Square-spot


 Bordered Sallow

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