Category Archives: Sightings

Another five Rannoch Loopers at Bawdsey to a single MVL Robinson trap on Sunday night. The very busy and wet trap also contained Clouded Buff (second site record), Flame Wainscot (fifth site record – probably a migrant as previous four … Continue reading →

I was up in the North-east of the county yesterday hunting clearwings. After spending a fruitless morning around Carlton marshes SWT reserve (apart from some old Hornet clearwing tunnels in a Poplar tree), I went to North cove SWT reserve … Continue reading →

Are people recording much Large Nutmeg at the moment? I’ve run a few moth nights this week and have had above average numbers of the moth each night. I’d normally expect to see one or two of the moth but … Continue reading →

In case you’ve not picked up the news from elsewhere – there has been an influx of Rannoch Looper. First Suffolk record I am aware of in this influx is a singleton from Landguard on 3rd June. Four were recorded … Continue reading →

Trapped what I am pretty certain is this species on 25th May. Not many Suffolk records of this moth by the look of the web site. See picture below. Neil

Found another species of Adela today – a male Adela croesella in my greenhouse at home. That’s four different species in two days. They are well worth looking out for as they are a colourful group of micros and seem … Continue reading →

I was out sweeping today and found another site for Coleophora fuscicornis (pRDB1). This is the second site in Suffolk where I have found it. It was quite easy to find and several adults were found. I did visit this … Continue reading →

Managed to find three species of Adela today, all in the same area of wet grassland at IGC. Found a few Adela reaumerella hanging on (they are almost over now), 10+ Adela rufimitella on Ladies smock flowers and a single … Continue reading →

Hello All Moths certainly seem to be emerging early this year – last night I trapped a Lunar yellow underwing, beating my previous earliest sighting of this species by 2 weeks! A Dark sword grass was also caught along with … Continue reading →

On my way home from work on Friday I saw what appears to be the workings of Ypon’ cagnagella just south of Bildeston on the B1115. They weren’t there on Thursday evening. Fingers crossed … a couple of pic’s attached.