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SMG event 13/06/2014 – Wordwell, Kings forest.

Posted on 15 June 2014 by Neil

Forecast conditions for this night were quite promising, with some cloud cover and warmth. After a bit of a bumpy ride through the forest we arrived at the large ride being managed for Dingy skippers and since our last visit … Continue reading →

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No rain and warm temperatures bring a bumper catch to IGC

Posted on 11 June 2014 by Neil

Nearly didn’t trap on the night of the 9th, with the forecast for heavy rain. But, a check of the sky at dusk showed it was cloudy but didn’t really look like rain cloud so out the traps went, up … Continue reading →

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Night of 6/6/2014 – What happened to the good condtions forecast?

Posted on 7 June 2014 by Neil

Decided to run 2 traps at home as well as attending the SMG event last night as the weather forecast was predicting potentially good conditions for a bumper catch of moths. As you can see from the report on the … Continue reading →

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SMG event 6/6/2014 – Grove Farm SWT reserve

Posted on 7 June 2014 by Neil

With the weather forecast stating that this night was going to be warm and humid, thoughts of a good night’s trapping were in my mind on the way to the site. Things felt very different on arrival however, as there … Continue reading →

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SMG event 31/05/2014 – Wolves Wood, Hadleigh.

Posted on 5 June 2014 by Neil

With warm conditions and some cloud cover, this was a much better night for recording than what we had for the Lackford lakes meeting. 8 members attended, running 9 lights, 5 of which were actinic traps. Main target for the … Continue reading →

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End of May at IGC.

Posted on 4 June 2014 by Neil

It was a busy time some nights running traps during the later part of May, but then other times it was very quiet with little caught! Struggling to keep up with it all at the moment with some good nights … Continue reading →

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Trio of clearwings.

Posted on 4 June 2014 by Neil

With warm sunny weather last Sunday, Bill Last and myself decided to try and see some more species of clearwing moth. Bill had not seen either White-barred or Red-tipped clearwings, so we headed up to the SWT reserve at North … Continue reading →

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Last week at IGC – pretty full traps.

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Neil

As others have reported, the moth season is now in full swing with some good catches here in the last week. Not had over 100sp yet but up in the eighties. Have moved the traps around a bit too, trying … Continue reading →

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What no Honeysuckle flowers?

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Neil

I have a couple of nice clumps of Honeysuckle that I’ve planted in the garden, mainly to attract moths in (including Broad-bordered bee hawk which lays eggs on one of the plants every year). This year, I noticed that the … Continue reading →

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SMG event 24/05/2014 – Lackford Lakes SWT reserve.

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Neil

With heavy rain showers continuing until the evening right across the county, this was never going to be a great night for moth trapping. Still, 9 people turned up so we gave it a go. 5 MV traps put out, … Continue reading →

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