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.


Thursday, 2 July 2026

Species List for 01/07/2026

 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 quietish night with 360 moths of  69 species and two NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


19.010

Digitivalva pulicariae


2


35.056

Metzneria lappella


1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


1


45.034

Merrifieldia baliodactylus

Dingy White Plume

1

nfy

49.038

Clepsis consimilana


1


49.062

Acleris forsskaleana


1


49.110

Agapeta zoegana


2


49.161

Celypha striana


7


49.294

Notocelia uddmanniana

Bramble Shoot Moth

2


49.341

Cydia splendana


1


62.002

Lamoria zelleri


2


62.029

Phycita roborella


1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


4


63.018

Anania coronata


1


63.023

Anania verbascalis


1


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

4


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

45


63.081

Crambus pascuella


3


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


65.009

Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches

3


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

4


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

11


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

2


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

2


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

5


70.020

Scopula nigropunctata

Sub-angled Wave

1


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.074

Hydriomena furcata

July Highflyer

1


70.089

Eulithis prunata

Phoenix

1

nfy

70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.237

Selenia dentaria

Early Thorn

1


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

3


70.268

Hypomecis punctinalis

Pale Oak Beauty

1


70.305

Hemithea aestivaria

Common Emerald

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

6


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

31


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

6


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

43


72.063

Lygephila pastinum

Blackneck

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.032

Colocasia coryli

Nut-tree Tussock

1


73.037

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.052

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

4


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

8


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

24


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

22


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

2


73.175

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.293

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

2


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

25


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

14


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

3


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

12


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

8


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

5


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

4



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