Category Archives: Sightings

Hello Everyone A single trap in the garden on the night of the 11th didn’t produce anything too unexpected for the time of year, but a good number of Orthosias were seen. 8 species, 97 moths. Highlights included: Small quaker … Continue reading →

Hello again Trap results not as good here at IGC as the previous night, although I did only run the one trap in the garden away from the wooded areas of the site, and it rained. Still, some moths of … Continue reading →

Hello Everyone With temperatures not dropping below 7 degrees C last night, the 2 traps I put out at the golf course last night had quite a few moths in them, even more than I had expected actually. There were … Continue reading →

Hello again everyone Didn’t take too long before trying a trap here again at IGC – put one out in my garden for the first time last night, despite the rain it was very mild and a few interesting bits … Continue reading →

Hello Everyone Finally there was a mild night last night when it was not windy, so I ran a single trap at the golf course to see what was about. Results were not as good as I thought they may … Continue reading →

With the recent mild days, I thought it would be worth dusting off a moth trap and giving it a go last night, and was rewarded with good results. In the one 125w Robinson trap I ran, I caught 127 … Continue reading →

I have just heard from Jon Clifton that a Mompha species, provisionally thought to be divisella, has been determined by him to be Mompha bradleyi (a female). This was caught in Eye on 26th October and Jon believes this to … Continue reading →

Cheers, Tony – looks excellent. Just thought I’d like to claim the first moth entry. 2x A. heracliana flying on Friday when it was -4 here. Perhaps it had something to do with me getting wood in from our wood-store…