Category Archives: Sightings

The year’s recording has begun here at IGC. With the mild conditions yesterday evening I took a walk out onto the course to an area of acid grassland to search for the young larvae of Lunar yellow underwing. Wasn’t disappointed, … Continue reading →

2013 was a mixed year with a cold slow start, a reasonable mid and late summer playing catch-up with some good immigration and with a poor finish. My top 5 moths in descending order were, Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew … Continue reading →

The Norfolk Moth Survey has just published its latest newsletter at http://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/newsletters/84.pdf I have put together a short article on Phalonidia udana and P. manniana with a comparison plate for reference. I have dissected several of this duo and most are … Continue reading →

I had a walk along the field boundary of the nearby SWT Lound Lakes Reserve for about an hour after dusk this evening. Armed with a torch I checked the trunks for Winter Moth. The boundary trees are mostly mature … Continue reading →

After a lot of cold nights and me thinking that was going to be it for the year, both last night and this evening have turned out to be a bit milder with a few moths around. Just come back … Continue reading →

I ran six lights at a private site near Halesworth last night and recorded c250 December Moths – the highest number I have seen for years! Also light-trapped were six Scarce Umber, c15 Mottled Umber, c25 Feathered Thorn, 2 Winter … Continue reading →

My 125w MV I ran in the garden last night for 4 hours caught no moths at all, just a few Gnats. Could it perhaps be the end of moth trapping for the year, with the cold nights now setting … Continue reading →

Ran my Robinson MV and Twin actinic Skinner on all three nights taking 9, 16 and 7 species showing species lingering from autumn and winter species. Like Neil I have yet to take a Sprawler. It is not recorded in … Continue reading →

Last night was too good an evening to miss – no wind and relatively mild, though drizzly. Not that there was very much about (4 species), but it was still interesting: 4 sprawler, 2 rusty-dot pearl, 4 December moth, an … Continue reading →

With all the recent poor weather I’ve not bothered to run  a moth trap at all so far in November but gave it a go last night in the garden as it was cloudy and slightly milder. A check after … Continue reading →