Author Archives: Neil

More on xylostella.

Posted on 2 June 2016 by Neil

I wouldn’t normally have bothered to run a trap in the weather conditions last night – cool, with a very strong north wind blowing through the garden (strong enough to blow my dustbins over during the night scattering the contents … Continue reading →

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June moth group meetings.

Posted on 1 June 2016 by Neil

Here are the details for the meetings that have been arranged for June. Friday 3rd June – Cavenham Heath. Meet 9pm in the main car park (TL 744721). We will then move the cars down the track further to find … Continue reading →

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Xylostella influx continues.

Posted on 1 June 2016 by Neil

More xylostella are about, so worth putting traps out to see how many you get. Unfortunately my garden was far too windy to attempt trapping last night, with no shelter from the north winds. Maybe it will be calmer this … Continue reading →

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Xylostella influx.

Posted on 31 May 2016 by Neil

Looks like there may have been an influx of Plutella xylostella, saw a number today flushed from long grass here at IGC. Numbers have been noted elsewhere, reported on the Atropos website. This despite the dreadful weather! Neil

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Another puzzler.

Posted on 29 May 2016 by Neil

Another interesting moth for people to look at from last night here at IGC, I know what I think it is. See what you think!

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SMG event 27/05/2016 – Hintlesham Wood.

Posted on 29 May 2016 by Neil

First event of the year promised much with a warm day, but it cooled down fairly quickly after dusk. 5 moth-ers turned up for the evening and first job was to look for trap sites. Unfortunately the wood has become … Continue reading →

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Suffolk Moth Group first field meeting – a reminder.

Posted on 25 May 2016 by Neil

Just a reminder that it is the first group meeting this Friday (27th) at Hintlesham woods. See my blog earlier this month for all the details. Conditions looking promising at the moment. Neil

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22nd May – Variety is the spice of life!

Posted on 25 May 2016 by Neil

Not been running traps during this cool spell so now catching up on things from last weekend. Ran 2 traps on the 22nd, a night when it rained heavily just after turning the traps on and was raining again when … Continue reading →

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Mystery moth from the 20th.

Posted on 23 May 2016 by Neil

Here is a photo of my mystery gelechid moth from the other day, managed to get some decent shots of it this afternoon, not easy, a very flightly little b******d! My thoughts are that it is Scrobipalpa atriplicella. If it … Continue reading →

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Slow crawl here at IGC too (until this weekend though!).

Posted on 22 May 2016 by Neil

After the poor moth numbers at the very start of May, I was hoping things may have got going once I was back from my holiday in Estonia on the 14th. So the traps were put out on a number … Continue reading →

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