Author Archives: Neil

After a few days of much cooler weather, felt a bit milder yesterday so I tried a moth trap overnight, a few bits and bobs noted. These included Spruce carpet, Red-line quaker (first for year, one of the last species … Continue reading →

I was pleased to find that the small dark Caloptilia lurking in the bottom of my trap from last night has turned out to be Caloptilia semifascia, a new site record! There were 26 other species noted also, so not … Continue reading →

Despite mild conditions overnight, numbers of moths in the traps here seemed low, something that has happened quite a few times this year in my experience. 16sp were seen in both my garden trap and another one run at work, … Continue reading →

I saw a single Dark sword grass last night on the Ivy patch in my garden, along with Lunar underwing, Chestnut, Yellow line quaker, Flounced chestnut and Blastobasis lacticolella. Conditions look like they could be improving the next few days … Continue reading →

Singles of Dark sword grass and Silver Y along with 2 Udea ferrugalis in the trap this morning. Other things of note were Orange sallow, Large ranunculus, Flounced chestnut, Acleris sparsana.

Singles of Silver Y, Dark sword grass and Udea ferrugalis in my trap this morning. Other things of interest included unseasonal sightings of Webb’s wainscot (2) and Garden carpet. Also Flounced chestnut (2), Mallow, Merveille du jour, Red-green carpet (3).

Single Udea ferrugalis in one of my traps, the only migrant present! Other things of note included 4 Merveille du Jour, 2 Red-green carpet, Black rustic, 2 Streak, along with out of season Scoparia ambigualis, Agriphila inquinatella and Aroga velocella. … Continue reading →

Saw another Hummingbird hawk moth at IGC at lunchtime today, my second for the year. This time the moth wasn’t in my garden but was feeding on Verbena planted in the flowerbed around our work-sheds. I had actually planted it … Continue reading →

A few things of interest seen last night: Large ranunculus, L-Album wainscot (6), Pink-barred sallow (2) and Deep-brown dart. With warm weather forecast hopefully more notable moths will arrive.