Category Archives: Things to search for

For a few years now I’ve been searching for the flightless females of some of the species of moths around at this time of year, most of which I did obtain without too much difficulty. The one species that I … Continue reading →

I have been to a couple of sites within the last week and found the leaf-mines of Phyllonorycter platani in quite remarkable numbers on London Plane trees. The sites were in the more northerly parts of the county – Great … Continue reading →

With the warm weather in recent times, I’ve had some interesting sightings, only just now had the time to report on them! At IGC, moths of note have included Dusky lemon sallow (29th, second site record), L-Album wainscot (seen most … Continue reading →

Ivy is now coming into flower in my area and searching it by torchlight at night is a very simple way to record moths. I’ve just had a look at the patch near my garden, and even though it is … Continue reading →

I found at least 20 exuviae of this clearwing around the edge of an Oak stump today, which prompted me to try the pheromone in the garden once I was at home. Sure enough, within seconds 2 moths were drawn … Continue reading →