Category Archives: Sightings

Turned out to be a female pale variant of the Plum Tortrix, Hedya pruniana. Identification by genitalia examination.

After reading Matthew’s reminder about Moth Night 2012, I remembered the idea was to trap brownfield sites if poss. The nearest brownfield site to me is 10 min. drive away, an old caravan site at the back of the beach, … Continue reading →

The catch of 17th was by far and away my best catch to date with 86 species of which 31 were new to my site list. I have got to get more proficient at the identification which is taking too … Continue reading →

2 traps out last night in Oak woodland basically full of two species this morning – Tortrix viridana (150) and Brown rustic (10). 46sp in total, with a few nicer moths amongst the common species – Epinotia demarniana, Spatalistis bifasciana … Continue reading →

Last 2 nights have been clear, so even though it has been warm during the day the temperature has dropped overnight. I’ve run a trap in the garden both nights, same results really with very low numbers of the common … Continue reading →

My now semi-regular lunchtime stroll over Broom Hill, this time to look for Six-belted Clearwing. Either they’re not out yet or my pheromone’s stopped working. Back at the bottom, and on a different poplar tree, I noticed two exuvial cases … Continue reading →

The first time we have had a trap up on the acid grassland. This was on 150m of cable. The potential in this particular part remains untapped with nothing specifically from that habitat trapped on the night. Probably due to … Continue reading →