Category Archives: Sightings

I found a fresh Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) on the fence outside my front door this morning. Not something I’d really be expecting for at least another 6 weeks or so.

With little confidence of seeing much, I set a couple of actinic traps up this evening on the side of the wood sheltered from the NE breeze. The air was calm here and the digital thermometer showed just 5.5 deg. … Continue reading →

Now the Sallows are in full bloom here at IGC I’ve been checking them quite regularly for Adela cuprella moths, but no sign as yet. Has this moth sunk back into obscurity as it has been known to do in … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mark and to Neil for the info about how and where to see light orange underwing at Wolves Wood. Went there this morning, arriving just as the cloud came over and the wind got up. However, in the … Continue reading →

Had the twin 30w trap and a 125w MV running last night in the garden. Pleased to find them both full of moths this morning, certainly my highest catch of the year so far. 13sp, 232 moths. Most of the … Continue reading →

I’ve just been checking a couple of moths I boxed last night. One of them proved to be a lead-coloured drab. I was wondered if anyone else had seen any this year (my last one was in 2011) and looked … Continue reading →

After a decade of regular trapping at Bawdsey it’s always an auspicious event when a new species of macro moth is added to the list. I was completely taken by surprise this morning, to discover a specimen of Yellow Horned perched … Continue reading →

A fine catch here in the northern realms of East Anglia (Hindolveston, Norfolk) with 90 moths of 16 species to 125w Robinson Trap last night including two male Lead-coloured Drab (third in two weeks), this is a species we normally … Continue reading →

I tried the garden trap again last night (16th) as it was a warm evening. Very few moths about but the pick of the bunch was a pristine Water Carpet: my first record of this moth. Mark

With warm sunshine again today, thought it would be worth having a look at Wolves wood, Hadleigh for Light orange underwing. Possibly a bit early I thought but nice to get out anyway. In the end wasn’t too early, managed … Continue reading →