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I've been thinking of holding some daytime mothing meetings to introduce moth-trappers to some of what they are missing if they don't also go out looking for...
Last Saturday evening Pedro and myself lugged nine traps, two generators and five batteries into Woodchester Park for what was to be our first big recording...
Hi, Now is the time to start brewing your sugaring mixture although warm balmy evenings give the best results. Recipes vary tremendously. One advocates adding...
Hi, I have just completed my home made pheromone/assembling trap as per instructions on the Anglian Lepidoptera Website. Suitable bottles are the Sparkling...
Hello In a conversation about light trapping on common land near Cheltenham, the topic of risk assessments arose. Have any of you who are trapping on...
Has anyone had any experience with the home made Clearwing traps made of plastic bottles as described on the Anglian Website. Or the Anglian one they sell at...
Thanks Guys, a mine of information on Pheromones. I have ordered the full 2010 pack while I was at it. There was a superb photograph of a clearwing on the...
My apologies for the description, but you'll see why when you take a peek at a photo which Pedro and I took earlier today. It's in a new album entitled...
Ordered some Pheromone Lures from Anglian Lepidoptera Supplies.I haven't seen a Clearwing since the 70's when one flew into my car on the Somerset Levels....
Could do with taking a good picture of a Wood Tiger Moth . Any good localities for the moth or larvae ? Best time ? Used to see them at Painswick Beacon before...
Hello You have perhaps seen Roger's first newsletter for 2010 and the mention of Tuta absoluta. A bit more background - a caterpillar was found in December in...
I have uploaded an image of a micro in Tony's Photos; I think it might be 1361 Pyrausta aurata but could it be 1362 P. purpuralis? It even looks close to the...
Some people prefer to attract moths to white sheets to see what's coming in and photograph them . One tip I read of is to soak the sheet in washing powder...
Hello Bored with the non-moth weather, I've gone into the movie business. The star of the show is a larva of the curious micro-moth, Luffia ferchaultella,...
Hi Folks, I am hoping to photograph some Longhorn moths with the very long antennae. Anyone know of any good sites with easy low level access. Perhaps some...
The onion effect is in full force – Three MVs and two actinics at Lower Woods last night produced 21 species and c430 individuals, including Small Quaker –...
Many thanks for your kind welcome to Glosmoths. I am very much a beginner having only set a home made actinic garden trap on 8 or 9 occasions over the last...
Hi all, The Twin-spotted Quaker correspondence is interesting, as the last 2 I've seen (both "out of county" one last night in Corsham Wilts and this one from...
Seven Hebrew Characters and a Chesnut in the back garden last night - clearly, the onions are having an effect! Still, that's a rather paltry total compared...
Yes! It's here at last! My garden trap last night caught the following: March Moth (18) Dotted Border (4) Chestnut (8) Shoulder-stripe (1) Hebrew Character (3)...
peter - i think i will record for the garden scheme - starting tonight ! what should i do with the results ? saw my 1st brimstone yesterday. hope the reports...
Just to let you all know that my onions are now in the ground, all 300 of them, so expect a flurry of moths as the temperature rises. Don't expect wall to wall...
I'm sure I speak for all the Gloucestershire members of this scheme, in thanking Dave Grundy and all who contributed to such a great AGM at Colwall today. I've...
Anyone else deliberately look for larvae ? I think it may have been PBM Allan who wanted to be remembered as "an inveterate turner over of leaves". After a...
10 degrees should wake up a few moths. must be warmer nights further north in glos to get those catches. Did they have frost on their wings. anyone take a...
Rather slim pickings at Woodchester last night: Satellite (8) Oak Beauty (1) Common Quaker (2) T alternella (2) Chestnut (2) That's from four traps! Still,...
