Author Archives: Tony Prichard

Lackford Lakes Moth Night – 4th May – CANCELLED

As it’s going to be a cold and damp tonight combined with the general lack of moths on the wing at the moment we’ve decided to cancel the meeting tonight. Tony

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Eriocrania leaf-miners guide

I’ve put a guide for the Eriocraniid leaf-miners up in the Articles area that can be accessed from the menu below the blog banner. I’ve not checked recently but the mines should be about now and for a few weeks … Continue reading

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Emoth Newsletter – April 2012

The latest Moths Count project newsletter is now available – if you have a pdf reader you can read it here – Emoth April 2012 Newsletter. There are a few items of interest – the 3rd National Moth Recorders Conference, … Continue reading

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Oblique Striped

I was at the BC East Anglian RAP meeting today, which included a field visit to look at some conservation work being done by Butterfly Conservation at Cranwich Camp, Norfolk. I was surprised to see a couple of Oblique Striped … Continue reading

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Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin 2012

The latest issue of this bulletin is now available (diluted a bit with butterfly information). It’s a very useful resource on the conservation work being done for lepidoptera around the country and has a good list of published articles as … Continue reading

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Beta version of new guide

I’ve put an early beta version of the new moth guide up here It will take a long time to load the page the first time as there are a lot of files to download and I’ve not yet compressed … Continue reading

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Blog upgrade

I’ve just upgraded the blog software so blog authors will notice a difference to how the dashboard is laid out. It shouldn’t be too unfamiliar – let me know if you have any problems. Tony

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Moth group events 2012 available

I’ve put up the events list for 2012 on the web site (link). There’s still a few meetings waiting to be confirmed but I’m hoping that these will go through as planned. If anyone has any ideas for some day … Continue reading

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Trapping on Bawdsey Marsh – 30th March

Neil and myself popped down to Bawdsey Marsh last night and ran three lights out on the saltmarsh for a couple of hours. It was a little on the cool side and a gentle onshore breeze didn’t help too much. … Continue reading

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Sieving for longhorn cases

This is a technique for finding the larval cases of some of our longhorn moths that I was shown by Ian Sims at a British Entomological and Natural History Society meeting last autumn. Some of the longhorn moths will be … Continue reading

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