Which are the most common species of macro moth in my Garden?

The table below shows totals of the species recorded in my garden over a 6 year period, demonstrating the status of the species that visit. (These numbers are also indicated on the description page of each moth). It must be noted that at other sites in the parish, species and numbers differ due to the habitat. Those that have a '0' beside have been recorded elsewhere in the parish, but as yet I have not recorded these in the garden.

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Numbers recorded over a period of 6 years

Species Name  
5835
5301
4163
3543
2975
2947
2443
2047
1569
1494
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Common Wainscot
Dark Arches
Large Yellow Underwing
Heart & Dart
Common Rustic
Plain Golden Y
Lunar Underwing
Common Footman
Flame Shoulder

 
   
1179
1163
1077
1062
982
897
865
813
812
809
764
757
711
699
671
633
587
582
516
482
Smoky Wainscot
Mottled Rustic
Bright Line Brown Eye
Silver Y
Flame The
Shuttle Shaped Dart
Hebrew Character
Beaded Chestnut
Riband Wave
Square Spot Rustic
Flounced Rustic
Uncertain The
Vines Rustic
Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing
Brimstone Moth
Nutmeg The
Rustic The
Marbled Minor
Buff Ermine
Tawny Marbled Minor
 
   

440
409
396
391
340
332
320
319
281
274
274
270
261
250
244
241
233
228
225
224

White Ermine
Angle Shades
Garden Carpet
Red Twin Spot Carpet
Turnip Moth
Feathered Ranunculus
Dusky Sallow
Cabbage Moth
Willow Beauty
Clay The
Pale Mottled Willow
Chinese Character
Yellow Tail
Common Quaker
Rustic Shoulder Knot
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Brown Line Bright Eye
Blood Vein
Scalloped Oak
Light Arches
 
   
215
210
198
192
191
191
180
174
172
171
155
154
153
151
150
146
144
142
141
137
Common Carpet
Clouded Drab
Ruby Tiger
Green Pug
Dingy Footman
Small Square Spot
Blairs Shoulder Knot
Straw Dot
Mallow The
Powdered Quaker
Early Grey
Grey Dagger
Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing
Common Swift
Poplar Hawk-Moth
Straw Underwing
Barred Straw
Spectacle The
Small Quaker
Common Pug
 
   
134
133
129
128
123
122
118
116
113
113
111
109
108
107
103
100
99
98
95
95
Common Marbled Carpet
Lime Speck Pug
Middle Barred Minor
Single Dotted Wave
Small Blood Vein
Snout The
Grey Pine Carpet
Early Thorn
Elephant Hawk-Moth
Deep Brown Dart
Green Brindled Crescent
Clouded Silver
Rosy Rustic
Cloaked Minor
Dark Barred Twin Spot Carpet
Least Black Arches
Latticed Heath
Swallow Prominent
Shaded Broad Bar
Scarce Footman
 
   
92
89
87
86
86
83
78
77
74
74
69
68
66
66
62
61
59
56
56
55
Mouse Moth
Lychnis The
Cinnabar The
Muslin Moth
Least Yellow Underwing
Shoulder Striped Wainscot
November Moth
Mottled Beauty
Double Square Spot
Large Wainscot
Swallow-Tailed Moth
Heart & Club
Northern Drab
Poplar Grey
Bordered Pug
Drinker The
Treble Lines
Small Dusty Wave
Campion The
Yellow Belle
 
   
54
53
53
52
52
51
50
49
49
47
47
46
46
45
45
45
45
45
44
44
Green Carpet
Privet Hawk-Moth
Burnished Brass
Peppered Moth
Dotted Border
Small Elephant Hawk-Moth
Short Cloaked Moth
Barred Yellow
Southern Wainscot
Dark Sword Grass
Dogs Tooth
Light Emerald
Sand Dart
Orange Swift
Feathered Thorn
Eyed Hawk-Moth
Pebble Prominent
Red Underwing
Canary Shouldered Thorn
Garden Tiger
 
   
44
43
43
42
42
40
39
39
39
36
35
35
35
34
33
32
32
32
32
32
Marbled Beauty
Barred Red
Scarce Bordered Straw
Pine Hawk-Moth
Frosted Orange
Mottled Pug
Figure Of Eighty
Coxcomb Prominent
Six Striped Rustic
Small Fan Footed Wave
Scorched Wing
Dot Moth
Grey Shoulder Knot
Pine Beauty
Red Line Quaker
Dwarf Cream Wave
Silver Ground Carpet
Double Striped Pug
Merveille Du Jour
Large Ranunculus
 
   
32
31
31
30
30
28
28
28
27
26
26
24
24
24
24
23
22
21
21
21
Fen Wainscot
Broad Barred White
Brown Spot Pinion
Waved Umber
Sallow The
Treble Brown Spot
Pale Prominent
Brown Rustic
Yellow Barred Brindle
Buff Arches
Nut Tree Tussock
Red Chestnut
Dark Chestnut
Dun Bar The
Rosy Minor
Brindled Green
Buff Tip
Yellow Shell
Streamer The
Convolvulus Hawk-Moth
 
   
21
20
20
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
15
Lime Hawk-Moth
Copper Underwing
Fan Foot The
Shoulder Stripe
Spruce Carpet
Pale November Moth
Light Brocade
Iron Prominent
White Satin Moth
Buff Footman
Ear Moth (Species)
March Moth
Purple Bar
Delicate The
Centre Barred Sallow
Pearly Underwing
Tawny Shears
Shore Wainscot
Satellite The
Brick The
 
   
15
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
Yellow Line Quaker
Herald The
Peacock Moth
Oak Beauty
Sallow Kitten
Frosted Green
Knot Grass
Common Emerald
Pale Shouldered Brocade
Cream Bordered Green Pea
Oak Eggar
Red Green Carpet
Barred Sallow
Small Wainscot
Blue Bordered Carpet
Sandy Carpet
White Spotted Pug
Pale Tussock
Brown Tail
White Colon
 
   
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Varied Coronet
Chestnut The
Sycamore The
Olive The
December Moth
Rivulet The
Clouded Border
Striped Wainscot
Chamomile Shark
Black Rustic
Clouded Bordered Brindle
Twin Spotted Wainscot
Leopard Moth
Rosy Wave
Small Scallop
Wood Carpet
Small Rivulet
Ochreous Pug
Magpie The
Brindled Beauty
 
   
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
Chocolate Tip
Twin Spot Quaker
Bulrush Wainscot
Tawny Barred Angle
Scalloped Hazel
Mottled Umber
Engrailed The
Common White Wave
Round Winged Muslin
Shark The
Pink Barred Sallow
Small Dotted Buff
Ghost Moth
Treble Bar
Common Wave
Star-Wort
Mullein The
Birds Wing
Small Fan Foot
Lackey The
 
   
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
Peach Blossom
Winter Moth
Slender Pug
Grey Pug
Tawny Speckled Pug
Sharp Angled Peacock
Puss Moth
Lunar Marbled Brown
Vapourer The
Black Arches
Shears The
Marbled Coronet
Miller The
Small Clouded Bindle
Small Mottled Willow
Green Silver Lines
Gem The
Pine Carpet
Autumnal Moth
Oak Tree Pug
 
   
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bordered White
White Pinion Spotted
Great Prominent
Double Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Antler Moth
White Point
Dingy Shears
Silky Wainscot
Oak Hook Tip
Pebble Hook Tip
Vestal The
Freyers Pug
Wormwood Pug
Plain Pug
V Pug
Streak The
Small Yellow Wave
Poplar Kitten
Rosy Footman
 
   
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Archers Dart
Tawny Pinion
Small Angle Shades
Double Lobed
Crescent The
Marbled Clover
Bordered Straw
Gold Spot
Maidens Blush
Lesser Cream Wave
Least Carpet
Dark Spinach
Small Phoenix
Autumn Green Carpet
Dark Marbled Carpet
Mottled Grey
May Highflyer
Toadflax Pug
Foxglove Pug
Currant Pug
 
   
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Grey Carpet
Scorched Carpet
Humming Bird Hawk-Moth
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Maple Prominent
White Line Dart
Garden Dart
Square Spotted Clay
Great Brocade
Hedge Rustic
Feathered Gothic
Lead Coloured Drab
Dusky Lemon Sallow
Dark Dagger
Rufous Minor
Lyme Grass
Ear Species (Saltern)
Marbled White Spot
Beautiful Golden Y
Pale Eggar
 
   
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Lappet The
Emperor Moth
Scalloped Hook Tip
Barred Hook Tip
Blotched Emerald
Small Emerald
Large Twin Spot Carpet
July Belle
Many-lined
Water Carpet
July Highflyer
Small Waved Umber
Tissue The
Dark Umber
Twin Spot Carpet
Haworths Pug
Netted Pug
Shaded Pug
Narrow Winged Pug
Brindled Pug
 
   
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Clouded Magpie
Brown Silver Line
Bordered Beauty
Lilac Beauty
September Thorn
Pale Brindled Beauty
Grey Birch
Early Moth
Striped Hawk-Moth
Orange Footman
Kent Black Arches
Coast Dart
True Lovers Knot
Triple Spotted Clay
Flounced Chestnut
Crescent Striped
Dusky Brocade
Mere Wainscot
Brown Veined Wainscot
Scarce Silver-lines
Oak Nycteoline
Beautiful Hook Tip
Dotted Fan Foot
 
   
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Six Spot Burnet
Narrow Bordered 5 Spot Burnet
Hornet Moth
Currant Clearwing
Fox Moth
Grass Emerald
Large Emerald
Cream Wave
Plain Wave
Oblique Striped
Oblique Carpet
Flame Carpet
Royal Mantle
Beautiful Carpet
Phoenix The
Chevron The
Spinach The
Juniper Carpet
Fern The
Pretty Chalk Carpet
Scallop Shell
Barred Rivulet
Grass Rivulet
Maple Pug
Pinion Spotted Pug
Marsh Pug
Satyr Pug
Scarce Pug
Ash Pug
Golden Rod Pug
Juniper Pug
Larch Pug
Dwarf Pug
Dingy Shell
Early Toothed Striped
Small Seraphim
V Moth The
Large Thorn
August Thorn
Dusky Thorn
Purple Thorn
Spring Usher
Scarce Umber
Pale Oak Beauty
Brindled White Spot
Common Heath
Bedstraw Hawk-Moth
Alder Kitten
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Small Chocolate Tip
Figure Of Eight
Red Necked Footman
Four-dotted Footman
Portland Moth
Dotted Rustic
Lunar Yellow Underwing
Stout Dart
Autumnal Rustic
Purple Clay
Dotted Clay
Heath Rustic
Gothic The
Pale Shining Brown
Grey Arches
Bordered Gothic
Broom Moth
Double Line
Obscure Wainscot
Flame Wainscot
Wormwood The
Striped Lychnis
Minor Shoulder Knot
Sprawler The
Golden Rod Brindle
Pale Pinion
Red Sword-grass
Sword Grass
Dark Brocade
Suspected The
Orange Sallow
Alder Moth
Reed Dagger
Old Lady
Lesser Spotted Pinion
Lunar Spotted Pinion
Large Nutmeg
Slender Brindle
Concolorous The
Butterbur The
Webbs Wainscot
Small Rufous
Bordered Sallow
Ni Moth The
Golden Plusia
Scarce Silver Y
Dark Spectacle
Clifden Nonpareil
Mother Shipton
Pinion Streaked Snout