Author Archives: Neil

I too was in Scotland with Paul, Matthew, Bill Last and Steve Whitehouse for part of last week so hadn’t trapped at home for a while. My first and only night’s trapping back here so far was on Friday night, … Continue reading →

Bill Last and myself went out to have a bit of a search for the Large red belted clearwing yesterday lunchtime/early afternoon, a moth that Bill had never seen. A check of the Lower Hollesley site found nothing, the Birch … Continue reading →

Last night trapping in the garden produced 6 different species of pug: Brindled (mostly worn now), Oak-tree, Foxglove, Common (first for year), Dwarf (again first ones) and Ochreous. Was a good night, without too much of the forecast rain in … Continue reading →

Tony, Paul and myself decided to do a bit of daytime surveying of the 2 sites mentioned above on Saturday (3rd) as the prospects for night time trapping didn’t look too promising for the holiday weekend. Part of the reason … Continue reading →

My first post for a while as I’ve been on holiday. The end of April for me has been a time of ups and downs in moth trapping, with a high of 40sp seen on the 28th and a low … Continue reading →

I was hopeful that it would possibly be a reasonable night for trapping last night with the cloud cover, but, alas, not long after dusk the cloud disappeared. My 2 traps running in the garden were pretty empty, especially the … Continue reading →

April in a ‘normal’ year is quite often a quieter period for numbers of moths in traps, as the Orthosias decline and the later spring moths slowly start to appear. So, it was with some surprise I found my 2 … Continue reading →

I, like Paul, took advantage of the slightly better conditions last night and ran some traps in the garden. Checked them just before turning in for the night around 10pm and was surprised to find a Foxglove pug on the … Continue reading →

Saw a Least black arches at rest on a tree trunk yesterday afternoon on Purdis heath, my first for the year, so they are now starting to come on the wing. Neil