Category Archives: Sightings

White-barred clearwing recorded again at North Cove reserve

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Tony, Paul and Myself went to North cove SWT reserve on Saturday to see if White-barred clearwing had emerged after its discovery there last year by myself. Not perfect conditions for trying for clearwing moths as it was quite breezy … Continue reading →

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Marsh pug

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Found a single Marsh pug yesterday at Great cornard, in a field with quite a lot of the foodplant, Mouse-ear chickweed. This is another moth that can be searched for in the daytime around the plants (although the weather needs … Continue reading →

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First Broad-bordered bee hawk larva for 2012

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Neil

Found 2 2nd instar larvae of Broad-bordered bee hawk yesterday evening on Honeysuckle, first ones for the year. Now is a good time to record this species as the caterpillars leave very distinctive feeding damage on the leaves. They sit … Continue reading →

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10 June, Bradwell

Posted on 11 June 2012 by keith

Nothing so special as Raymond’s Striped Hawk here,  a Silver Y the only migrant, others mentionable being Dark Spectacle, Dark Brocade and the first Dark Arches of the Summer. A species count in the mid thirties with very few micros. … Continue reading →

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10th June brings a Striped Hawk

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Raymond Watson

Seem to do very well for Hawk moths here. One Striped Hawk along with two Poplar and a Privet. Yet to have our resident Lime or Small Elephant though. 52 species on a night with intermittent light rain. Others site … Continue reading →

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Catch for 9th June in Garden was OK

Posted on 10 June 2012 by Raymond Watson

Considering it was clear and cooled down I thought my count was good. 59 species with my first Pine Hawk along with 2 Elephant and 5 Poplars. Also added Common Marbled Carpet, Marbled Minor, Iron Prominent, Common Footman, Lesser Treble … Continue reading →

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Suitable nights few and far between.

Posted on 7 June 2012 by Brian

At last an evening that looked promising enough to put the traps out. Just 34 species and about 100 moths was the result with 4 new for the year, Brown Rustic, Small Clouded Brindle, Small Square-spot and Anthophila fabricana – … Continue reading →

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Hard work finding moths.

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Neil

Like Paul I went out for a bit of daytime searching, but found it quite hard going not finding that much. Went to Barnhamcross common which is normally a good site for looking for daytime moths. Did find Brown scallop … Continue reading →

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Adela croesella

Posted on 5 June 2012 by paulb

I decided to have a quick look at Ixworth Roadside Nature Reserve today. Turned out to be a wise move as the very first moth I saw was a female Adela croesella feeding atop an Oxeye Daisy. It’s only the … Continue reading →

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Poor Catch 1st June, now rain and wind.

Posted on 2 June 2012 by Raymond Watson

24 species only with three new for my site list: Heart and Dart, Seraphim and a Paraswammerdamia albicapitella. Now caught up on all outstanding micro ID for the end of May adding Tinagma ocnerostomella, Scoparia pyralella and Coleophora alconipennella to … Continue reading →

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