Author Archives: Tony Prichard

Emoth Newsletter – January 2013

The latest Emoth Newsletter from Butterfly Conservation is now available. If you don’t receive a copy of this via email then I have uploaded a copy here. There are a few items of interest : the National Moth Recorders Meeting … Continue reading

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Return of the moth guide v2.0 beta

I’ve finally managed to sort out the problem that the new version of the moth guide was having. This had been holding up progress on getting the new version into more general usage. The problem was to a certain extent … Continue reading

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Lunar Yellow Underwing larvae

I went out to Tunstall Common last night to have a look at a couple of the periodic larval survey sites and to do a rough check on numbers and at what stage the larvae were. One of the sites … Continue reading

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SMG Indoor Meeting – Saturday 2nd February – reminder

Just a quick reminder that the indoor meeting is not far off, just under a month to go. The venue is the same as previous years at Bucklesham Village Hall. Doors open at 1.30 and we’ll start at 2.00pm. Further … Continue reading

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Ectoedemia subbimaculella mines appearing late

I was out for a walk at Melton this morning and noticed that the oak trees there were covered in large numbers of Ectoedemia subbimaculella mines. Earlier on in the leaf-miner season they appeared to be largely absent so it … Continue reading

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Emoth Newsletter – October 2012

The latest Emoth newsletter from the Moths Count project has just been sent out – it gives an update on the work of the National Moth Recording Scheme (among other things). I’ve attached a copy in case you don’t get … Continue reading

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SMG Leaf-miner Meeting – 21st October

It was raining pretty heavily when we left Ipswich for this meeting but the forecast was saying less chance of rain in the west, so we were hopeful of at least a morning’s leaf-mining before the rain caught up with … Continue reading

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Ipswich 24th October

Just nine species in the trap last night – Blair’s Shoulder-knot, Epiphyas postvittana, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Spruce Carpet, Feathered Ranunculus and Green-brindled Crescent. The ninth species of which there were two individuals was Red-green … Continue reading

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Date for SMG Indoor Meeting – Saturday 2nd February 2013

I’ve just booked the venue for the 2013 indoor meeting. This will be at the usual venue, Bucklesham Village Hall. It will probably follow the usual format of pub lunch for the early birds at the pub across the road … Continue reading

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Mompha terminella – new to Suffolk

John Chainey and Jenny Spence were in Suffolk last weekend and found mines of Mompha terminella on Enchanter’s Nightshade at Freston Wood. This is a new species to Suffolk. The plant prefers damp shady woods and this would fit with … Continue reading

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