Category Archives: Sightings

Dunwich forest on for tonight (Friday)

Posted on 26 August 2016 by Neil

Looking bad weather for Saturday night so the meeting will be tonight (Friday). Hopefully see you there, may even pick up some migrants as there are some about.

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News from Woolpit …

Posted on 25 August 2016 by paulb

The excitement that was a record breaking night at Chalk Lane, and then coming home to find a specimen of Elegia similella in the garden trap feels more like a fading memory than an event that happened just six weeks … Continue reading →

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That little beetle.

Posted on 24 August 2016 by Raymond Watson

Hello, it’s me again. Lots of ‘small stuff’ on the night of 22nd. Tons of Agriphila geniculea. Water Veneer, Corixids, flies and beetles. Notably that small light chestnut beetle we also had a lot of a few years back and … Continue reading →

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Bactra lacteana again

Posted on 22 August 2016 by Raymond Watson

Just a quick note to say that a second female Bactra lacteana turned up in the specimens taken home from Abbey Farm on 5th August. This one showed extensive orange/brown scaling similar to the image in Lepiforum and may represent … Continue reading →

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North Cove meeting 13th August 2016.

Posted on 20 August 2016 by Neil

6 people attended this meeting at the North Cove SWT reserve. 9 traps deployed covering the wet woodland and 2 open fen meadow areas on the site. Good numbers of moths came in to most of the lights (well, a … Continue reading →

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… and so beautiful too!

Posted on 20 August 2016 by Raymond Watson

Sorting through the catch on 17th August, ‘that’s new’ ‘not seen one like that before’. Moth placed in a tube. Lens to hand and took a look. Heart started pounding. ‘It’s beautiful’. ‘Can’t be can it’. ‘Where’s the book’. Thumbs … Continue reading →

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Toadflax brocade breeding in my garden.

Posted on 19 August 2016 by Neil

Pleased to find a caterpillar of Toadflax brocade in my garden here on the edge of the golf course, the first breeding record for the site. Planted Common toadflax and Purple toadflax specifically for it but the larva wasn’t on … Continue reading →

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Suffolk Resident Bactra lacteana

Posted on 16 August 2016 by Raymond Watson

Paul Kitchener posted the first Suffolk record of Bactra lacteana that was captured at the eastern edge of Dunich Forest on 14th August last year ( www.suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/11/12/5907/ ) On 5th August this year I collected two Bactra lacteana at my … Continue reading →

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Tortrix for confirmation

Posted on 15 August 2016 by Stuart Ling

I caught this in my garden trap in Ipswich on 12/8 and would appreciate any comments. I can’t get away from the fact that it looks like Ancylis laetana but it is well outside the normal flight period. Am I … Continue reading →

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Ashby Warren 11th August

Posted on 13 August 2016 by keith

Brian and I revisited the same spot where we had the first emerging Four-spotted Footman of the season back on July 3rd. A long trek with the truck through a very wet and muddy at times, woodland ride. Lights on … Continue reading →

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