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Ivy still coming up trumps!
The last 2 nights have again produced good counts on the Ivy patch here at my house, with 18sp recorded on the 3rd and 17sp recorded last night (after our not so successful visit to Little Blakenham), with good numbers … Continue reading
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Little Blakenham Ivy search.
Tony, Paul and myself went for a search around the Ivy clumps along the country lanes at Little Blakenham last night, the same area we went to last year (on the 29th September, so a bit earlier) where we had … Continue reading
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Bumper night on the Ivy patch.
A very good number of moths on the Ivy clump close to the garden last night, so many thought it would be of interest to publish the whole list so it can be seen what is possible to find just … Continue reading
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More Ivy blossom sightings.
I thought it was much too cold to bother running any traps last night but did go out and have a check round the Ivy patch near the garden. There were a few moths present, including Orange and Barred sallows, … Continue reading
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Ivy blossom time.
If there are any patches of flowering Ivy nearby, now is a good time to search them for moths after dark. I normally wait about an hour after dusk before checking to give the moths a chance to arrive. I … Continue reading
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A few larvae found this week.
I’ve found a few caterpillars this week, mainly just by chance and not really looking too hard! Found a larva of the Brimstone moth crawling on the wall of one of our worksheds, probably blown out of the trees by … Continue reading
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Another single migrant plus a bit more autumn colour.
A single Plutella xylostella in the trap run in the garden last night. Interestingly, commonest moth in the trap was Red-green carpet with 17 noted, a very good count for this moth here. Additions for the year included first records … Continue reading
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Just the one migrant….
Just a single Silver Y in my 2 traps run last night. Only one Large yellow underwing too! In fact, a very poor night moth wise with little seen, only 13sp. Commonest moth Lunar underwing with 23 seen, most interesting … Continue reading
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What no migrants here in Ipswich too!
I also put out a trap last night in the garden hoping something may turn up. A check this morning of a soaking wet trap revealed very few moths at all. Only 14sp, 26 moths in all. First year records … Continue reading
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Good count of Red-green carpet noted.
I recorded a good count of 8 Red-green carpet in the trap I ran in the garden on the night of the 20th. Not many of what I would call the autumnal species seem to be appearing here yet, had … Continue reading
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