Category Archives: Sightings

I too ran a trap in the garden last night, not expecting too much but I got less than I thought I would! Only 5 moths: 3 Treble lines, Shuttle-shaped dart and a Great prominent. Neil

Conditions weren’t perfect last night (the 26th) being clear and cool and this was reflected in a mostly empty trap this morning. Just 20 moths of 12 species. New for the year were Green Carpet (the commonest moth), Spectacle, Common … Continue reading →

Wondered if it was a silly idea putting the traps out with gusty conditions last night but the catch was better than expected. Still relatively low numbers and 21 species but showing progress. The first cockchafer turned up. Prominents evident … Continue reading →

Not an ideal night for mothing but felt it might be the best night of the week so went to what I thought might be a sheltered spot, Brian came along too with one trap as he had to leave … Continue reading →

Been trying to catch up with Small yellow underwing for a few years now to photograph. Have seen them at a few places but only singles and only briefly so it was nice to go out on Sunday afternoon and … Continue reading →

Only a handful of moths (11sp) in the garden trap last night, but a few were new for the year here: Green carpet, Brimstone, White ermine, Red twin spot carpet, Orange footman and Aroga velocella. All were singles. Neil

Ran the traps in a new area for me last night, dry reedbeed bordered predominantly by alder woodland but with areas of willow and poplar. Best 2 moths were Seraphim and Flame Wainscot (2 of each). Other new ones for … Continue reading →

In common with others who have posted on this site the poor 2013 season crawls on. No species new to my site list for the last 10 days. Still picking up Orthosias and a Chestnut on 10th May. Still have … Continue reading →

Last night was the only night this week when conditions were just about passable to try some trapping at my site. Ran 2 125w MV traps, caught 18sp with very low numbers of moths. Commonest was Brindled pug with 20 … Continue reading →

A dying wind, good cloud cover but a temperature of only 7 degrees was borderline for finding any numbers of moths yesterday evening. So it proved to be with a trickle of around 30 moths coming to the traps over … Continue reading →