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, 1 July 2026

Species List for 30/06/2026

 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.  A  coolish night and a quiet morning without the chaos that hundreds of Brown-tails brings. There were 397 moths of 74 species and three NFY including the  diminutive Small Marbled, a migrant  having an influx at the moment. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

1


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


2


35.032

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.069

Acleris sparsana


2

nfy

49.161

Celypha striana


13


49.180

Piniphila bifasciana


1


49.265

Eucosma cana


1


50.002

Zeuzera pyrina

Leopard Moth

1


62.035

Acrobasis advenella


1


62.048

Euzophera pinguis


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


4


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.062

Scoparia subfusca


1


63.064

Scoparia ambigualis


3


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


2


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

27


63.081

Crambus pascuella


2


63.088

Crambus perlella


3


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


63.117

Parapoynx stratiotata

Ringed China-mark

1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

2


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

12


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

7


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

4


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

4


70.012

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

1


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

14


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

7


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

1


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

2


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

38


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

45


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

1


72.073

Eublemma parva

Small Marbled

1

nfy

73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

6


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

11


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

26


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

5


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

24


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

3


73.175

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

6


73.276

Sideridis rivularis

Campion

1

nfy

73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

4


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

27


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

13


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

11


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

10


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6


74.003

Nola cucullatella

Short-cloaked Moth

1



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