Author Archives: Matthew Deans

My first posting for a while. A flavour of what I’ve been catching, here is the list for this week from Bawdsey Hall: Caloptilia stigmatella, Ypsolopha ustella, Agonopterix heracliana, Agonopterix alstromeriana, Acleris notana/ferrugana, Acleris logiana/kochiella, Oak Beauty, Brindled Pug, Dotted … Continue reading →

A Happy New Year to all and let’s hope 2013 is a much better season than the last! I trapped at Bawdsey Hall last night (3rd) for the first time this year as the temperature was exceptionally mild for the … Continue reading →

My catch at Bawdsey Hall this morning totalled 20 species – my highest count of the month in the warm conditions last night. As the list is quite short I may as well list them so here goes: Acleris hyemana, … Continue reading →

A very disappointing count of just five moths in the Bawdsey traps this morning. This compares to 400 moths just a week ago! Mottled Umber appeared three nights ago (first for the season) and a few Feathered Thorns and November … Continue reading →

My good friend and fellow moth-er David Brown was trapping at Dunwich last night (23rd). Highlights included 5 Vestals, 11 Gems and 18 Dark Sword-grass. The moth that he has been trying to catch for the past 50 years – … Continue reading →

With an overnight temperature last night (23rd) of about 14 degrees at Bawdsey; on a par with Barcelona, a massive arrival of moths took place for late October. I had more than 400 moths of 45 species to process this … Continue reading →

Thursday night (18th October) produced an absolutely fantastic haul at Bawdsey of 53 species. I would have to check my records but I reckon this must be amongst my highest totals for so late in the year. The highlights amongst … Continue reading →

The Clancy’s Rustic – a moth which I added to the Suffolk list in October 2005 – has appeared again at Bawdsey this month.  I’ve had two in the past week, including the most recent on Tuesday night.  Nigel Odin also caught one … Continue reading →

With SE winds forecast overnight tonight and some cloud moving in, I fully expect a scattering of migrant moths to arrive.  I expect that the odd Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Gem, Vestal, Scarce Bordered Straw and maybe a Dewick’s Plusia or Golden Twin-spot … Continue reading →

Still lots of moths to see at Bawdsey Hall. The first week of October 2012 has produced 65 species as follows: Diamond-back Moth, Anthophila fabriciana, Scrobipalpa costella, Tinea semifulvella, White-shouldered House Moth, Agonopterix alstromeriana, Agonopterix arenella, Epiphyas postvittana, Acleris sparsana, … Continue reading →