Category Archives: Sightings

Havergate Island 21st July

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Raymond Watson

In common with Neil and hopefully others it has been busy on the moth front recently. Late July has now reached the numbers peaks found in early July of recent years. I shall report home catches later but thought it … Continue reading →

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What’s ‘normal’?

Posted on 26 July 2016 by tonyhopkins

I was away for most of May, but was home in Suffolk enough to know it was an unusually poor moth year (except for diamond-backs, which have enjoyed our broccoli). I was away again from mid June to mid July, … Continue reading →

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Catoptria verellus arrives at IGC.

Posted on 25 July 2016 by Neil

Pleased to find a specimen of Catoptria verellus on the outside of one of my traps this morning, especially as others have been seeing them. First site record. Survived the attack from the early birds that had raided the same … Continue reading →

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Ruddy Carpet in Homersfield

Posted on 25 July 2016 by Mark Timms

Last night was the most promising in the recent warm spell with some cloud cover. So I was very pleased to discover a Ruddy Carpet in the garden trap this morning. A few other decent moths including Leopard Moth, Muslin … Continue reading →

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Sub-angled Wave finally arrives on Suffolk coast!

Posted on 20 July 2016 by Matthew Deans

I predicted the arrival of the Sub-angled Wave in the county way back in the S.M.G. newsletter Issue 40 in 2006. Well last night (19th July) I took an example of this immigrant wave at Bawdsey Hall. I have not … Continue reading →

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Marjoram

Posted on 19 July 2016 by Raymond Watson

Encouraging the wild marjoram to grow in my garden has paid off. Captured a fresh Merrifieldia baliodactylus in the trap that is quite close to it. I thought I saw evidence of larval feeding there last year but did not … Continue reading →

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news from kessingland

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Allan Eaton

Like several other people the highlight of the spring here was the 9th of may which produced a cydia strobilella and a platyedra subcinerea , the only other species of note was a cydia coniferana on the 9th of june. The couple of … Continue reading →

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Moth night at Chalk Lane, Kings Forest 16th July 2016 – A potential record-breaker!

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Neil

With good trapping conditions forecast a meeting was hastily arranged to survey along Chalk Lane in the Kings Forest. We did try to trap this site at the same time last year but it was rained off. The promising conditions … Continue reading →

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Caloptilia to look out for……….

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Paul Kitchener

I am still trapping Caloptilia hemidactylella and C. cuculipennella in my Ipswich garden (IP4). On 17th July both species appeared in the same catch for the first time.                        The … Continue reading →

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2016′s beetle in the traps.

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Raymond Watson

Large numbers of Harpalus rifipes in my traps here at Hollesley on 16th. Did you get them on the Brecks? Anyone else inundated? Did we ever get an ID on that small one that turned up in numbers?Raymond

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