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Night of 4th August – going Dotty

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Neil

Last night did not look too promising after a day of rain, and I nearly didn’t bother to run a trap. A check at dusk showed that it was still quite mild and cloudy, so I put a trap on … Continue reading →

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Night of 3-8-2011

Posted on 4 August 2011 by Neil

A few interesting species seen from traps run last night in an area of fen on the golf course, wasn’t as many moths as I thought there would be probably due to the thunderstorm just before dusk. Notables included Acleris … Continue reading →

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Yellow-legged clearwing still on the wing

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Neil

Yellow-legged clearwing is still on the wing – I had 4 come to the Hyl lure whilst trying around clumps of Raspberry at the golf course this afternoon.

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Shingle Street SMG meeting 30-07-2011

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Neil

A clear sky and cool temperatures resulted in a poor night for moths, with 41 species noted from 8 traps with nothing in high numbers. Best moths recorded were Reed dagger, Silky wainscot, Fen wainscot, Pima boisduvaliella and Scrobipalpa nitentella.

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Night of 15th July

Posted on 16 July 2011 by Neil

I too had a few interesting bits in the garden trap out of 107sp: Scarce silver lines, Vitula biviella (15), P. malvella, B. atra, Dioryctria schuetzeella and S. laricana. We had an excellent joint meeting with the Essex group at … Continue reading →

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Yellow-legged clearwing

Posted on 15 July 2011 by Neil

I found at least 20 exuviae of this clearwing around the edge of an Oak stump today, which prompted me to try the pheromone in the garden once I was at home. Sure enough, within seconds 2 moths were drawn … Continue reading →

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Nemophora fasciella sighting

Posted on 15 July 2011 by Neil

I found a female of this moth floating in a bucket of water outside my house this afternoon – I’ve rescued it as it was still alive. First time I’ve seen it here since 2006. A search of the garden … Continue reading →

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Nemaxera betulinella – First Suffolk record since 1937

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Neil

I found a single specimen of Nemaxera betulinella in one of my traps this morning, a moth I’ve never seen before and according to the Suffolk moth guide it is the first Suffolk sighting since 1937. Other notable moths seen … Continue reading →

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Bumper night at IGC

Posted on 28 June 2011 by Neil

A bumper night for me at IGC last night. With the temperature still  25 degrees C at 10p.m and cloudy, muggy conditions it was all set to be very good. Final total was 208 sp. from my 2 125w Robinson … Continue reading →

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First Currant clearwing

Posted on 26 June 2011 by Neil

Just got back from my short break to Cumbria/South Wales and had a wander round the garden to check on the crops in the veg patch and lo and behold there was a Currant clearwing sunning itself on one of … Continue reading →

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