Author Archives: Brian

How the weather makes a difference!

Just comparing records for this year to the same period last year, what a marked difference due to the weather! Up to 31st March last year I had recorded just 16 species (adult moths) and the individual moth count was … Continue reading

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Small becomes big & a new one

I trapped for 2 hours (8.30-10.30) on the nearby Lound Lakes SWT reserve and it proved to be a very busy 2 hours with ideal conditions, thick cloud, no wind, 10 deg.                 … Continue reading

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Several moths on a chilly evening

With little confidence of seeing much, I set a couple of actinic traps up this evening on the side of the wood sheltered from the NE breeze. The air was calm here and the digital thermometer showed just 5.5 deg. … Continue reading

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Lound Lakes SWT

It was nice to have Keith’s company at Lound Lakes SWT site this evening. Running five traps from 6.30 to 8.30 produced about 80 moths of 17 species and the temperature held up around 10 deg. For me, new ones … Continue reading

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Daytime observations

While out and about today I checked a few willow clumps, now in full bloom, for Adela cuprella without success. I was amazed though how many butterflies were on the wing. On one bush of willow flowers I counted 12 … Continue reading

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Early Tubic

An unusual moth to find flying about in our conservatory this morning was Esperia sulphurella. First time I’ve ever seen it in March. Brian

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Large emergence of Engrailed

The only new moth in this evenings catch was Engrailed. It was the most abundant moth with 14 recorded with the 40w actinic in an hour, all very fresh probably most emerged in today’s warm temperatures. Yellow Horned also continuing … Continue reading

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Numbers increasing

Ran the traps (125MV & actinic) last evening for about 2 hours with over 80 moths counted of 11 species. The weather contributed, as cloud cover held till about 8.30 with virtually no wind. New ones for the year were … Continue reading

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Last day of February

Ran the actinic for about 1 hour last night, it was chilly – about 6 deg. but calm and cloudy. Just 6 species and still not seen a single orthosia but did get first two Yellow Horned of the year. … Continue reading

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Experiments with lamps.

This time of year there is nothing much in the garden, so I take my lights to the nearby woodland and use the 40w actinic run from the car inverter rather than run the generator. The inverter plugged into the … Continue reading

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