Category Archives: Sightings

Herringfleet Marshes 22nd June

Posted on 28 June 2017 by keith

Brian and I trapped with 3 generators and at least 9 lights hoping for Obscure Wainscot. With distant lights being ours we did a lot of walking having spanned something like 3/4 km of marshland and tracks. 169 species and … Continue reading →

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SMG Event 23/06/2017 – Barnhamcross common, Thetford, Suffolk.

Posted on 28 June 2017 by Neil

This was a change of venue as the Great Yarmouth meeting was moved to the previous week. 6 moth-ers attended, running 5 traps (1 actinic) in the shelter of the scrub on the edge of the open common due to … Continue reading →

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Tangham 16th June

Posted on 28 June 2017 by Raymond Watson

A spell of cooler weather allows time to take stock of this super June and also catch up on dissections some of which were necessary for this catch at Tangham. I visited the location where in 2014 I had captured … Continue reading →

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Captain’s Wood 14th June

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Raymond Watson

A bit of a lull in the hectic mothing now and perhaps later in the week so I’ll get one of my visits out of the way before the lengthier comments for others. I had a fairly good catch at … Continue reading →

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SMG meeting 16/06/2017 – Old Hall wood, Bentley. Olive crescent hunt.

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Neil

3 moth-ers met up for this event. Sadly, Graham had car trouble and had to leave at the start so that just left Tony and myself. The wood is one of a group of old woodland sites south of Ipswich, … Continue reading →

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Hectic Mothing

Posted on 21 June 2017 by Raymond Watson

I would imagine in common with everyone else during this superb spell of mothing for June I am overwhelmed. I will post more in due course as I have some very interesting catches. However in the meantime here are two … Continue reading →

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Just about working …

Posted on 19 June 2017 by paulb

.. and that includes me in this heat! The title of this post actually refers to my umpteen year old set of clearwing pheromones. Monday’s are reverting back to work at the Hadleigh office again so I took the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Yellow-legged clearwing

Posted on 12 June 2017 by Neil

Found another female Yellow-legged clearwing today, this time trapped in my polytunnel up around the workshed complex. Seems to be having a good year with me, so one to look out for. Also another Currant clearwing this afternoon, attracted to … Continue reading →

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Grass rivulet.

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Neil

Last night (10th) I trapped not one but two Grass rivulets here at IGC. This is a new species for the site but I am wondering where they came from as the foodplant (Yellow rattle) isn’t present close by. I … Continue reading →

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SMG meeting Lakenheath Warren/Elveden, Suffolk 9/06/2017.

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Neil

10 moth-ers met up at Mayday farm in the forest before heading down to the edge of Lakenheath warren. Sadly the forecast cloud cover wasn’t around on arrival so a bright moon was starting to rise and it felt a … Continue reading →

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