Author Archives: Neil

An interesting mix of species in the traps last night, some nice autumn species next to some unexpected summer ones! Expected species included Deep-brown dart, Large wainscot, Brindled green (4), Feathered ranunculus (4), Frosted orange and Autumnal rustic (3). ‘Summer’ … Continue reading →

Pink-barred sallow found by day by Paul Bryant while we were at Pakenham wood today, my first sallow species for the autumn.

Despite what looked like very good conditions for migrants on Friday night, all that turned up in my traps was a single Silver Y and White point. Lots of other species (71 in total) however, with a few things of … Continue reading →

A good number of moths in the 3 traps run last night, 92sp in total, some interesting stuff seen. Of note here were L-Album wainscot, Square-spotted clay (2), Heath rustic (first for year), Six-striped rustic, Silver Y (1), P.xylostella (1) … Continue reading →

Saw a Hummingbird hawk in my garden for 10 minutes at 4.30p.m today, nectaring on Verbena and Buddleia, brightening up an otherwise dull day! Click to view video of Hummingbird hawk at IGC

On county moth night here at IGC, I caught 28sp in 3 traps, all due to the cool clear conditions. Last night, my one trap in the garden caught 74sp! It certainly seemed much warmer in the evening. Nothing too … Continue reading →

I saw 5 Six-belted clearwings drawn to the Api lure this morning at Languard, all of them appearing within about 30 seconds.

Quite a lot of moths in my garden trap last night, certainly the most moths I’ve seen in there for a while. 84sp noted, with the best moth Conobathra tumidana, my 3rd site record.