Category Archives: Sightings

After a few days of much cooler weather, felt a bit milder yesterday so I tried a moth trap overnight, a few bits and bobs noted. These included Spruce carpet, Red-line quaker (first for year, one of the last species … Continue reading →

13th; the first records of the season for Chestnut 6, and November moth 2. Large Wainscot still showing strong at 15. Red-green Carpet 2, Mallow 3, Acleris sparsana, 3 Diamond-back. On the 14th, not so much activity but warmer in … Continue reading →

Stuart Read caught a Dotted Chestnut in Sudbury on Tuesday night (11th October). I make this the second county record for the moth. In the same way that Pale Pinion and Black Rustic have moved into the county, I expect … Continue reading →

I was pleased to find that the small dark Caloptilia lurking in the bottom of my trap from last night has turned out to be Caloptilia semifascia, a new site record! There were 26 other species noted also, so not … Continue reading →

Despite mild conditions overnight, numbers of moths in the traps here seemed low, something that has happened quite a few times this year in my experience. 16sp were seen in both my garden trap and another one run at work, … Continue reading →

I saw a single Dark sword grass last night on the Ivy patch in my garden, along with Lunar underwing, Chestnut, Yellow line quaker, Flounced chestnut and Blastobasis lacticolella. Conditions look like they could be improving the next few days … Continue reading →

Singles of Dark sword grass and Silver Y along with 2 Udea ferrugalis in the trap this morning. Other things of note were Orange sallow, Large ranunculus, Flounced chestnut, Acleris sparsana.

My 12 species count for last night has an addition- CYPRESS CARPET, found on the outside corner of one of my Skinner traps at 1 pm today. And at 3.30 putting the other trap away a Pale-lemon Sallow !