Author Archives: Neil

Caloptilia cuculipennella arrives at IGC.

Posted on 8 August 2016 by Neil

I’ve now had my first ever records of this species. My first observation was last Thursday (4th). Walking down my garden path on the way home from work, I noticed some spun up cones on Ash in my hedge. They … Continue reading →

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Meeting this coming weekend 6th August 2016 – OULTON MARSHES SWT reserve

Posted on 3 August 2016 by Neil

Here are the details for this weeks meeting. 6th August – OULTON MARSHES  TM509935. Meet in the car park of St Michaels Church at 8.00pm. From there we will move down the lane through a locked gate to the trapping … Continue reading →

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Weird Buff ermine.

Posted on 2 August 2016 by Neil

Had this ‘smoky’ Buff ermine with grey scales around the wingtips and on the thorax at the end of last month, thought I’d post a photo for interest. Neil

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Late July at IGC.

Posted on 2 August 2016 by Neil

The cooler wetter conditions today have given me time to collect my thoughts on the second half of July here at IGC. I agree with Raymond, the season has been running around 2 weeks later than recent years here too. … Continue reading →

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Walberswick moth night 30th July 2016 – damp conditions made for slow going.

Posted on 31 July 2016 by Neil

Dry and reasonably warm when I left for this meeting on Saturday evening. About halfway to the site I could see a big dark cloud moving away, then the road became wet. Got even wetter with big puddles by the … Continue reading →

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Walberswick Common, Palmer’s Lane, moth night this coming weekend.

Posted on 29 July 2016 by Neil

The moth meeting this coming weekend will be on Saturday evening. Grid reference TM490754. Meet at 8.30pm. Here are the directions again. Entering Walberswick village, left after Church, Palmers Lane, follow single track dead end road to car park and … Continue reading →

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Catoptria verellus arrives at IGC.

Posted on 25 July 2016 by Neil

Pleased to find a specimen of Catoptria verellus on the outside of one of my traps this morning, especially as others have been seeing them. First site record. Survived the attack from the early birds that had raided the same … Continue reading →

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Walberswick Common, Palmer’s Lane, moth night this coming weekend.

Posted on 25 July 2016 by Neil

Here are the details for the moth meeting this coming weekend. Will be either Friday night or Saturday night (29th or 30th), will be decided later in the week after checking the weather forecast. Watch the blog for the date. … Continue reading →

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Moth night at Chalk Lane, Kings Forest 16th July 2016 – A potential record-breaker!

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Neil

With good trapping conditions forecast a meeting was hastily arranged to survey along Chalk Lane in the Kings Forest. We did try to trap this site at the same time last year but it was rained off. The promising conditions … Continue reading →

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First July trapping at IGC since the 1st.

Posted on 16 July 2016 by Neil

Having been out of the country for the first half of July I was interested to find out how the season had progressed on my return. Having been used to full traps every night (mv and 20w WEM bulbs) on … Continue reading →

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