Author Archives: Neil

A few of the group met up at Milden Hall Farm last night to have a search for Sloe carpet. This site is very close to the last known previous record (in 2003) to Matthew’s for the species and has … Continue reading →

I’ve noted more earliest ever sightings for my site recently going on with what others have been finding. I had a Chocolate-tip on the night of the 2nd, with a Tawny barred angle last night, previous earliest for this species … Continue reading →

The 3 traps run on the night of the 31st had plenty of moths in, no real exciting finds but some year firsts: Pammene giganteana, Nut-tree tussock, Eriocrania salopiella, Frosted green (5), Herald and Epinotia immundana. Most common species still … Continue reading →

Now the Sallows are in full bloom here at IGC I’ve been checking them quite regularly for Adela cuprella moths, but no sign as yet. Has this moth sunk back into obscurity as it has been known to do in … Continue reading →

Had the twin 30w trap and a 125w MV running last night in the garden. Pleased to find them both full of moths this morning, certainly my highest catch of the year so far. 13sp, 232 moths. Most of the … Continue reading →

With warm sunshine again today, thought it would be worth having a look at Wolves wood, Hadleigh for Light orange underwing. Possibly a bit early I thought but nice to get out anyway. In the end wasn’t too early, managed … Continue reading →

Ran 2 traps at home last night, the 30w twin actinic and a 125w trap. Noticeably more moths in the actinic. Not a high species count with 9 seen. By far the commonest species Common quaker with 82 recorded. All … Continue reading →

Like others I too ran traps last night, up in the work-shed woods. A good count of 16sp noted, but no moth was what I would class as abundant in the traps, commonest was March moth with 14 caught. Orthosias … Continue reading →

Like others, numbers now starting to pick up in the traps here, although I’ve not operated the traps as much as I would have liked due to time constraints. First Orthosias now recorded with 22 Common quaker, a few Hebrew … Continue reading →