Author Archives: Neil

Cool nights brings in less moths.

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Neil

Last 2 nights have been clear, so even though it has been warm during the day the temperature has dropped overnight. I’ve run a trap in the garden both nights, same results really with very low numbers of the common … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | Comments Off

At last! A decent night.

Posted on 18 June 2012 by Neil

By far the best night of the year so far for me. 2 traps with plenty of moths in, including good numbers of micros for the first time this year. 86sp in total, of interest were: Telechrysis tripuncta, Satin wave, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | 1 Comment

13th June 2012 – a poor night.

Posted on 14 June 2012 by Neil

At last a dry night, but very few moths caught as it was quite cool. 22sp, 31 moths only with nothing of note seen. Neil

Posted in Sightings | Comments Off

White-barred clearwing recorded again at North Cove reserve

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Tony, Paul and Myself went to North cove SWT reserve on Saturday to see if White-barred clearwing had emerged after its discovery there last year by myself. Not perfect conditions for trying for clearwing moths as it was quite breezy … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings, Things to search for | 2 Comments

Marsh pug

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Found a single Marsh pug yesterday at Great cornard, in a field with quite a lot of the foodplant, Mouse-ear chickweed. This is another moth that can be searched for in the daytime around the plants (although the weather needs … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings, Things to search for | Comments Off

First Broad-bordered bee hawk larva for 2012

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Found 2 2nd instar larvae of Broad-bordered bee hawk yesterday evening on Honeysuckle, first ones for the year. Now is a good time to record this species as the caterpillars leave very distinctive feeding damage on the leaves. They sit … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings, Things to search for | 1 Comment

Hard work finding moths.

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Neil

Like Paul I went out for a bit of daytime searching, but found it quite hard going not finding that much. Went to Barnhamcross common which is normally a good site for looking for daytime moths. Did find Brown scallop … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | 2 Comments

Spuleria flavicaput

Posted on 30 May 2012 by Neil

Just found a Spuleria flavicaput in my greenhouse here this evening, first time I’ve ever seen this species. I see from UK Moths there has been a relatively recent Suffolk record, Suffolk moths shows quite a few old records but … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | 2 Comments

Good catch at last.

Posted on 29 May 2012 by Neil

What a difference a bit of cloud cover makes. Trap in the garden run overnight full of stuff this morning. 72sp recorded, including some good site records: Dark spectacle, Caloptilia semifascia (second site record), Plutella xylostella (2), Small elephant hawk, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | 1 Comment

Still disappointing for the end of May.

Posted on 28 May 2012 by Neil

Plenty of moths (and chafers) in my 2 traps put out last night, but species diversity still very poor for the time of year, only 36sp. Commonest species Treble lines (51) and Coleophora albicosta (50). Not much else of note … Continue reading →

Posted in Sightings | Comments Off