Comments on: Total Frustration http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2017/05/31/total-frustration/ Topical information from the Suffolk Moth Group Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2017/05/31/total-frustration/#comment-2537 Raymond Watson Thu, 01 Jun 2017 05:09:58 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6947#comment-2537 Good, in a strange way, to hear of the tribulations of others too. Makes a change to the routine reports. Doesn’t change the loss though. I think it has become a spider victim. Time to clear out sit and reflect before getting back to the good mothing this year.

]]> By: Neil http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2017/05/31/total-frustration/#comment-2536 Neil Wed, 31 May 2017 20:18:03 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6947#comment-2536 Happened to me quite a few times! A very frustrating experience. Worst one I had was my first ever Nemophora metallica (not from Suffolk) that flew off and I lost it. Did find it, went to re-pot it but it flew off straight into a spider’s web and caught and carried off to be eaten instantly!

]]> By: tonyhopkins http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2017/05/31/total-frustration/#comment-2533 tonyhopkins Wed, 31 May 2017 16:38:36 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6947#comment-2533 Or you could try sugaring the lamp shade – or wine ropes draped over the sofa…

I have experienced just such a photo debacle myself, whilst in Malaysia a few years ago. It was a jade hawk – a big thing (i.e. about 1000 times bigger than your Agrotera) which managed to disappear in a locked air-conditioned hut with hardly any furniture or nooks and crannies. I still find myself gritting my teeth at the memory…

Tony H.

]]> By: Matthew Deans http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2017/05/31/total-frustration/#comment-2531 Matthew Deans Wed, 31 May 2017 13:53:50 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6947#comment-2531 I feel your frustration Raymond. The way to catch it is a tried and tested method – run your MV trap in the room the moth escaped in tonight. It should then appear from it’s hiding place! I know of eminent lepidopterists that have been through this experience and have re-trapped specimens. Worth a go!

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