Author Archives: Neil

I recently decided to buy one of Jon Clifton’s excellent ALS twin 30w actinic Robinson traps after others reported good catches from them. Tried it in the garden for the first time last night and caught 9sp, 19moths so not … Continue reading →

Noticeable dip in moth numbers in my garden trap last night, no doubt due to the cooler temperature. Only 8sp, with the only migrant a single Rush veneer. Even colder tonight (and probably for a while now), so having a … Continue reading →

2 Traps running last night up in the woodland on the site here, slight improvement in the number of species and number of moths. A few micros appearing in the warm conditions. 19sp in total, with the following of possible … Continue reading →

Difficult to know what is going on here in Ipswich. Quite a few others reporting large catches of moths, but that is just not happening here with me. Again, only 12sp noted, 32 moths in total in my garden trap. … Continue reading →

Ran a trap in the garden and one at the work-sheds woodland area. Very low numbers of moths in both traps again with many empty egg trays. 11sp in the garden, 12sp at the work-sheds. Most moths recorded as singles … Continue reading →

Pretty rubbish here in Ipswich last night, only 12sp in the trap run in the garden, with the best moth my first Large ranunculus of the year. Neil

After reading the species totals from Matthew and Raymond at their coastal locations, makes my list of 28sp seem quite poor in comparison, although for me it is better than the last few times I’ve trapped. Ran 2 125w MV … Continue reading →

One of the other guys at work called me over to see this impressive caterpillar walking across the track near our work-shed area, obviously looking for somewhere to pupate. This is the second time I’ve seen a larva of this … Continue reading →

Weather forecast showed cloud cover for last night so a trap went out. A check at 10p.m. only 2 moths in the trap and no cloud, also felt very cold with temperature down to 5 degrees. Not much else in … Continue reading →

Felt cold first thing this morning whilst going through the trap (in the dark before work), but was warmer the earlier part of the evening so I guess that is why there were more moths caught than the previous night. … Continue reading →