Author Archives: Neil

Amazed to find a fresh Blotched emerald in the trap this morning. Another example of an unusual second emergence moth. Neil

With leaves starting to tumble down in quantities on the site this week, the moths too have started to take on more of an autumnal flavour (at last!). Species noted for the first time for the season have included Brindled … Continue reading →

A few of us met up at Wolves wood last night to try a bit of trapping out and about. Looked promising on arrival with the temperature still at 20 degrees. 2 125w mv traps plus wine ropes deployed. Sat … Continue reading →

Found a single male Four-spotted footman in one of my traps this morning, my 4th sighting of one at this site (other 3 were caught last year). The only decent migrant I’ve recorded recently. Neil

Nice to find a bit of autumn colour in the moth traps today with a couple of Orange sallow caught, my first ones for the year. Nothing else colourful or of note amongst the small number of moths present. I’m … Continue reading →

Arriving at my traps this morning before work – well, still night actually, the down-side to starting at 6a.m – running around the work-shed woodland things looked promising with a number of moths on the outside. A nice Canary-shouldered thorn … Continue reading →

With the improvement in night time temperatures in the latter part of this week, moth numbers have increased in the traps (although the species count is still around the same as previously). Was pleased to find a Crocidosema plebejana in … Continue reading →

With an improvement in the night-time weather conditions, traps were out at IGC last night for the first time since last week. A good number of moths were present this morning, certainly cheering me up as its been a pretty … Continue reading →

With abundant blackberries ripe on the Brambles and damp, cool mornings this week it has certainly felt like autumn has arrived early. Ran a couple of traps at home last night as it seemed like there was a slight improvement … Continue reading →