Category Archives: Sightings

Had my first Currant clearwing for the year this afternoon. Have been trying the garden currant bushes using the pheromone for the last week but no joy. In fact today when I got home from work it was warm in … Continue reading →

Two early June experiences for me. Quite different to the carefully selected nights previously enjoyed. On the 2nd, a windy moonlit night I was out again at Monk’s Hole/ Scale Marsh. The reason for a revisit after last week was this … Continue reading →

June, summer by the convention of the met office. Started with gales from the west and not especially warm. We then had a spell of warm weather with air brought up from the south and promise of migrants. However there … Continue reading →

The very brief humid spell promised much, but in my experience didn’t deliver as expected. Thursday night was supposed to be mild but at dusk at IGC the temperature was a chilly feeling 11 degrees. The 3 traps running didn’t … Continue reading →

Neil’s excellent image of Coleophora amethystinella in his post of 2 June prompted me to take another look at a photo of a Coleophora species I trapped in my Ipswich garden on 27th May. Now sure that it was also … Continue reading →

After my last post reporting on the good night at IGC on the 22nd, I did trap 3 more times but with less traps as weather conditions were not as ideal. All nights brought in around 20sp, and low numbers … Continue reading →

Wednesday night 27 May I had only my 8th trapping session of the year and this night it was at Scale Marsh, St Olaves. I haven’t trapped at all at home this season so far and have restricted my nights, … Continue reading →

Following a poor Spring there was hope for an improvement during May. May did improve for mothing but was not especially inspiring. Advantage had to be taken of the handful of good moth nights. I have however picked up a … Continue reading →

The group meeting tonight (29th May) at Reydon Wood SWT Reserve is being cancelled. Given the rain this afternoon and the poor numbers of moths at last week’s meeting it is not expected to be a very productive meeting. The … Continue reading →