Category Archives: Sightings

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 →

I’ve now recorded Scarce umber at the golf course, with 2 seen today by the security lights at the club-house along with 3 Mottled umber and a November moth agg. So that is probably going to be it for species … Continue reading →

Only five moths of five species caught in the garden trap last night (felt mild at dusk hence why I tried trapping). Well, in fact only 3 were in the trap, the 2 others were on the vegetation around the … Continue reading →

Amazingly another Goat moth larva was found today on the golf course, by a couple of guys repairing some steps, not too far from a row of large old Oak pollards. It had spun up a cocoon in the rotten … Continue reading →

Ran the twin actinic and a Robinson mv trap out in a different wooded area out on the golf course last night for around 3 hours as it was warm and thought it would be worth the extra effort. Results … Continue reading →

Yes as Matthew reports there are a few more around at the present. Weather should be OK for a few more days. I had 19 species last night from 2 traps. Most abundant was Phyllonorycter messaniella but the best for … Continue reading →

My catch at Bawdsey Hall this morning totalled 20 species – my highest count of the month in the warm conditions last night. As the list is quite short I may as well list them so here goes: Acleris hyemana, … Continue reading →

Numbers at MV have thinned over the last week. Satellite, dark chestnut et al. Commonest species (surprisingly) is sprawler – eg five last night. before the skies cleared.

Tempted by the mild(er) weather to run the trap these past two nights I was a little disappointed by the results. Nothing on the 7th and just 3 moths in the trap this morning – a Chestnut, a Setaceous Hebrew … Continue reading →

I recently decided to buy one of Jon Clifton’s excellent ALS twin 30w actinic Robinson traps after others reported good catches from them. Tried it in the garden for the first time last night and caught 9sp, 19moths so not … Continue reading →