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Q hemidactylella

I took this Caloptilia sp’ on Wednesday night (5 April) and am guessing hemidactylella. What do others think?

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Acleris cristana

Having finally got round to ordering some more 20w Wemlites I’ve had the trap out a couple of times this week. Nothing out of the ordinary to report apart from the superb Acleris cristana pictured below. This represents only the … Continue reading

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December Delight

I was a bit sceptical about running last night but a text from Matthew to say it was 12′c and thick cloud on the coast prompted me to do otherwise. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much having had blank … Continue reading

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12 years, 5 months and 16 days!

As Neil has already mentioned, now seems to be as good a time as any to add Convolvulus Hawk-moth to your site list. I’ve always dreamed of catching one of these classic migrant moths in the garden and now the … Continue reading

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Warm weather is nowt but hot air

Like others, I’ve been making the most of these warm nights in the hope of catching something exciting. Still no Vestal or Convolvulus to brag about but last night did turn up yet another new mirco for the site – … Continue reading

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Micro surprise

I wasn’t expecting much from the trap last night having returned home under the same clear skies that meant a relatively quiet night in Dunwich Forest so, finding a specimen of Euspilapteryx auroguttella sitting in its charactistic tripod pose, with antennae spinning, … Continue reading

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News from Woolpit …

The excitement that was a record breaking night at Chalk Lane, and then coming home to find a specimen of Elegia similella in the garden trap feels more like a fading memory than an event that happened just six weeks … Continue reading

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Elegia surprise …

Having spent Saturday night and what seemed like a chunk of Sunday morning trapping with the group in the Brecks (of which more to follow I suspect) I arrived home to what on the face of it appeared to be … Continue reading

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Broom Hill Clearwing

A rare work day in Hadleigh gave me the opportunity to see if Six-belted Clearwing was out at Broom Hill. Am pleased to report that a saw at least 4 males attracted to the pheromone lure. Also had a quick … Continue reading

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Moths … at last!

It is such an odd feeling having finally had a night worth blogging about. Pickings here in Woolpit have been slim – so much so that by the end of June I was still four short of one hundred species … Continue reading

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