Category Archives: Sightings

I netted this moth yesterday afternoon while out looking for clearwings. It caused quite a bit of excitement as to what it might be (more so than the football!). Turns out that its most likely nothing more than an aberrant … Continue reading →

What a difference a day makes. I was just finishing my lunchtime walk when I noticed a Hornet Clearwing exuvial case lying at the base of the poplar tree that stands just outside the Council Offices, Hadleigh. I quickly found … Continue reading →

By far the best night of the year so far for me. 2 traps with plenty of moths in, including good numbers of micros for the first time this year. 86sp in total, of interest were: Telechrysis tripuncta, Satin wave, … Continue reading →

Put out the two traps last night, as it was 15c at 10pm and seemed unlikely to rain much before dawn. One trap would appear to have not been placed very well with the majority of the 58 species taken … Continue reading →

Neil & I went out this afternoon to look for Orange-tailed Clearwing – at Lakenheath RSPB (where a worn individual was graphed in late June last year) and at Barton Mills where Lee Gregory discovered the moth back in 2004. … Continue reading →

Brian and I set out the five traps and just as we had done so light rain began, meaning that Brian didn’t turn on some of his lights until after the rain stopped about 45 minutes later due to no rain … Continue reading →

I now have a twin actinic from ALS and run that too. Species are different from the MV but will wait a while to see if that holds. Not keen on the trap construction and aim to change it. 13th … Continue reading →

At last a dry night, but very few moths caught as it was quite cool. 22sp, 31 moths only with nothing of note seen. Neil

Ran three lights at Iken on Saturday night. Only 40 species recorded and a noticeable lack of micros. Two Diamond-back Moths, Udea olivalis, Flame Wainscot, Dog’s Tooth & White-point were the highlights.

Nice to see some moths in the garden trap for a change, although I still only managed 25 moths / 16 species. The highlights were singles each of White-point, Pale Mottled Willow and Silver Y. During the day, I tried … Continue reading →