Category Archives: Field meetings

County moth night is set for Saturday 20th August. The plan is for moth recorders in Suffolk to run their traps on this evening and send in the results to me for a snapshot of the moths on that evening. … Continue reading →

c 130 species in total, best of the macros, Kent Black Arches Shaded Fan-foot c10 Dotted Fan-foot c6 Grey Arches Purple Clay Rosy Wave Beautiful Hook-tip micros; Brachmia blandella, Gypsonoma sociana, Orthotella sparganella, Rhophobota naevana, Ostrinia nubalis. The next trip … Continue reading →

As I had predicted, last night was a good night for mothing, although bordering on being rained off. The first joint mothing trip for Brian Jones and me was at Fritton/St Olaves, habitat was wet woodland, rough grass bordering arable marsh with … Continue reading →

This proved another popular meeting at this woodland reserve, between Hadleigh and Ipswich. The target of meeting was Barred Umber, a moth not frequently recorded in the county. We had seen a singleton at the wood in the 1997 and … Continue reading →

This was the first visit of the group to this SWT reserve. Six of the group turned up for the evening and we ran nine lights in all. Lights were set up in the woodland in the western part of … Continue reading →

I went out last night (2 June) on Lower Hollesley Common, for a 2.5 hour trapping session with Nick Mason. Highlights were pristine examples of Grass Wave and Rosy Marbled. Also recorded were a single Lunar Yellow Underwing and a … Continue reading →