Category Archives: Sightings

Migrants were the highlights of the 2nd with 2 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl and 4 Silver Y taken at the two traps, along with a Red Underwing, numerous Sallows inc. Pink Barred and Barred. a late Orthopygia glaucinalis was … Continue reading →

Singles of Silver Y, Dark sword grass and Udea ferrugalis in my trap this morning. Other things of interest included unseasonal sightings of Webb’s wainscot (2) and Garden carpet. Also Flounced chestnut (2), Mallow, Merveille du jour, Red-green carpet (3).

A small but steady stream of autumnal moths here during the past week but nothing out of the ordinary. After a run of Large Wainscot’s, there were none in the trap last night but I did catch my first Merveille … Continue reading →

Single Udea ferrugalis in one of my traps, the only migrant present! Other things of note included 4 Merveille du Jour, 2 Red-green carpet, Black rustic, 2 Streak, along with out of season Scoparia ambigualis, Agriphila inquinatella and Aroga velocella. … Continue reading →

Saw another Hummingbird hawk moth at IGC at lunchtime today, my second for the year. This time the moth wasn’t in my garden but was feeding on Verbena planted in the flowerbed around our work-sheds. I had actually planted it … Continue reading →

This was last nights highlight one of 26 Large Wainscot taken to 2 MV, other mentionables were 2 Merveille du Jour, Red Underwing, 2 White-point, 2 Dark Arches, Mallow makes up the numbers every night typically 2-4 nightly. Autumnal Rustic was … Continue reading →

The best moths of the 29th were Feathered Ranunculus which was new for me, Pink-barred Sallow, 5 Black Rustic ,Frosted Orange, Dioryctria abietella, Dark Arches, White-point. Best of the 30th clearly 2 L-album Wainscot, new to me. I’ve been looking … Continue reading →

A few things of interest seen last night: Large ranunculus, L-Album wainscot (6), Pink-barred sallow (2) and Deep-brown dart. With warm weather forecast hopefully more notable moths will arrive.

An interesting mix of species in the traps last night, some nice autumn species next to some unexpected summer ones! Expected species included Deep-brown dart, Large wainscot, Brindled green (4), Feathered ranunculus (4), Frosted orange and Autumnal rustic (3). ‘Summer’ … Continue reading →