Category Archives: Sightings

As it was a nice warm day thought I’d go over to Wolves wood, Hadleigh, to see if there were any Light orange underwing moths about as it has been a few years since I’ve been over to look. Plenty … Continue reading →

Was away on holiday for the 3rd week of the month so not sure what I missed moth and weather wise, but on my return at the start of last week it was warm so traps were put out again … Continue reading →

Yes we have had another warm spell in March this year. It’s been a good March. Got my car back today so hope to get away from home and trap some of the species I have been envious of in … Continue reading →

The last few nights have been pretty good for the garden MV. Best night for numbers was 30th March, but most interesting was last night (31st) which produced a blossom underwing and a diamond-back. Looking back at my 2016 records … Continue reading →

Readers may be interested to hear that an influx of Blossom Underwing is currently taking place. This is not a new phenomenon with previous influxes documented on the website. However, with migrants coming in from the near continent it is … Continue reading →

Having finally got round to ordering some more 20w Wemlites I’ve had the trap out a couple of times this week. Nothing out of the ordinary to report apart from the superb Acleris cristana pictured below. This represents only the … Continue reading →

Following on from the good results on Wednesday evening, a similar number of species but on a different site in the Waveney Valley yesterday evening. The surprise was a very early first generation Balsam Carpet which was my second ever … Continue reading →

I ran 5 lights at one of my woodland sites yesterday evening, 8.30 to 11.30. Results were very good with 25 species recorded; most abundant was Common Quaker with 52 counted but good numbers of Lead-coloured Drab (12), Brindled Pug … Continue reading →

I’d like to draw members’ attention to this paper http://nl.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11184 Two Anarsia examples trapped in my Ipswich garden, in 2015 and 2016, have been identified (from the photos) by Ole Karsholt as the newly named species A. innoxiella. I expect … Continue reading →