Category Archives: Sightings

A search round the top part of Alton water today around the flowering sallows produced no sightings of Adela cuprella. Did see 2 Green-veined whites though, my first for the year. Neil  

Have had a reasonable few nights of trapping at the golf course this week, alternating between running lights at work and out in the garden. Have used the twin 30w Robinson a bit too. Micros have definitely been more interesting … Continue reading →

Wednesday I took out four traps to the Ashby Warren site. A very warm, damp, evening was surprisingly slow to start. Moths out in abundance were D. fagella followed by around 30 Brindled Pug. Common and Small Quaker didn’t make … Continue reading →

I have a striking abundance of Agonopterix alstromeriana at the moment. They are equaling or exceeding the total for the top Orthosia species despite not seeming to be attracted or held by the twin actinic Skinner Trap. I have trapped … Continue reading →

After a couple of warm nights a few new species have emerged but numbers still seem on the low side. For only the second time this year I ran the trap through the night on the 24th and caught a … Continue reading →

Usual springtime mix of Orthosias and Early Grey in the main for  my backgarden trap. Last night turned up double figures of Double-striped Pug – unusual for me. Also two Schreckensteinia festaliella – a bramble feeder that seems to be … Continue reading →

Trap in the garden here last night caught 16sp, 88 moths, mostly the usual orthosias but there were first year records of Pine beauty (3) and Oak nycteoline (3). Still getting March moth too. Best micro Caloptilia elongella. Neil

As it was bright and sunny today, I had a look for Adela cuprella in the willow clump that I found them last year. Using the binoculars I managed to pick out 5 on the yellow willow blossoms most of … Continue reading →

My first posting for a while. A flavour of what I’ve been catching, here is the list for this week from Bawdsey Hall: Caloptilia stigmatella, Ypsolopha ustella, Agonopterix heracliana, Agonopterix alstromeriana, Acleris notana/ferrugana, Acleris logiana/kochiella, Oak Beauty, Brindled Pug, Dotted … Continue reading →

I came across this on the BBC Science and Environment website at lunchtime today …. “Footage reveals how insects use their bodies to hover“. As for the two species shown, my guesses are Privet Hawkmoth and Red Underwing.