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Moth records for the county should be sent to Roger Gaunt. Email your information-Date, location, moth species etc to roger.gaunt@......
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joff.elphick
Dec 10, 2008 9:57 pm
During the summer of 2007, England's population of brown-tailed moths was getting out of control, particularly in Spurn Point, a nature reserve in the...
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joff.elphick
Dec 14, 2008 9:27 pm
Effects of Moonlight and Meteorological Factors on Light and Bait Trap Catches of Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Authors: Yela, Jos¨¦ Luis1; Holyoak,...
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rh_chelt
Feb 7, 2009 11:06 am
Hello, Given the weather there is little opportunity to be outside, so you might be interested in this link which takes you to a slide show of web resources...
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joff.elphick
Feb 7, 2009 10:31 pm
To gain access to the Web resources in the previous message you will need to copy and paste the address from the link. Simply clicking on it will not work....
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rh_chelt
Feb 8, 2009 8:04 pm
Hello, The weather has been like everyone in Glos knows and not surprisingly it has been quiet on the moth front. Moving a log pile in the garden last week...
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joff.elphick
Feb 8, 2009 8:24 pm
I have booked myself onto the following workshop as has Peter. Anyone else interested? Saturday 28th March Identifying difficult moths by genitalia led by Jon...
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mothrecording
Feb 10, 2009 10:48 am
... I'm sure the moths are out there if we can be bothered to look for them. I'm taking some time off for a few weeks to enable me to catch up with past...
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mothrecording
Feb 10, 2009 11:05 am
... on- ... with ... Anyone requiring a lift from Gloucestershire, please phone Peter Hugo on 01453 882134 & 07789 361874...
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guymere
Feb 15, 2009 10:09 am
I've put a trap out for the past three nights, and this morning there was a Pale Brindled Beauty on (not in) the trap. Hopefully the milder nights will soon...
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joff.elphick
Feb 15, 2009 9:19 pm
Spotted a peacock butterfly today (Sunday) a harbinger of spring? Daytime temperature reached nearly 9 degrees. Time to get the traps out. But I see Guy is...
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mothrecording
Feb 16, 2009 2:34 pm
Well done Guy! I see that my first record of this last year was on 23rd January. I then went on to record a total of 5 up to 13th February. In 2006, however, I...
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mothrecording
Feb 16, 2009 2:36 pm
... Don't forget to keep a note of this for Chris Wiltshire! Peter...
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guymere
Feb 18, 2009 9:04 pm
In addition to more Pale Brindled Beauty specimens to the trap I've also had an Early Moth, and this morning an apparently fresh specimen of a pyralid species...
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bob.test
Feb 19, 2009 8:46 am
It's nice to catch a few moths at last: 14 Feb: Early Moth near the trap 16 Feb: 2 Chestnut and a Hebrew Character 17 Feb: Chestnut, 2 Pale Brindled Beauty and...
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guymere
Feb 19, 2009 6:26 pm
Correction - the specimen in the photograph is Tortricodes alternella, a Tortrix not a Pyralid. Guy ... to ... of ... head...
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joff.elphick
Feb 19, 2009 7:59 pm
Not much choice this time of year Bob. Their normal deciduous sources are a long way off as you say. Semi-deciduous and evergreen are your only choice at the...
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joff.elphick
Feb 22, 2009 9:44 pm
A slow start in my town garden in Cirencester. A pale brindled beauty x1. Nothing else. A brown coloured plume moth flew out of my shed the other night, but...
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mothrecording
Feb 24, 2009 3:49 pm
Following protestations from Dolores about wasting electricity to run light traps for a nil catch I conducted some experiments using an energy monitor to...
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joff.elphick
Feb 24, 2009 9:30 pm
Peter, You could always set up your trap up under high voltage power lines!! I quote from an article.'A fluorescent tube glows when an electrical voltage is...
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mothrecording
Feb 24, 2009 10:02 pm
... power ... coating on ... zero ... and ... cover ... bottle of ... Ha Ha Very funny! On a more serious note, I've had to break my resolution not to trap...
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mothrecording
Feb 25, 2009 9:23 pm
I have broken my resolution not to trap until I've caught up with all last years' records as I just couldn't hold out any longer. On 23rd Feb I ran an 80 wattt...
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joff.elphick
Feb 25, 2009 9:41 pm
Great haul Peter, My catch last night 1 x satellite. Doesnt quite compare but better than nothing....
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bob.test
Feb 26, 2009 7:31 am
My catch on Tuesday night was in-between: an Amblytilia acanthadactyla on the kitchen window and two Chestnut and one each of Agonopterix heracliana,...
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joff.elphick
Feb 26, 2009 8:30 pm
Thought you might like to see my 18w winebox actinic skinner. All for under £20. Look in the photo section of this forum....
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mothrecording
Feb 26, 2009 11:35 pm
I have a source of the old-type egg trays which are ideal for moth traps - much better than the small, modern supermarket type. My supply increases weekly, so...
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mothrecording
Mar 1, 2009 11:41 am
My first field trip of the year was to Lower Woods last night, where I put out an mv trap and three actinics. The sky cleared and the temperature fell as soon...
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mothrecording
Mar 2, 2009 8:57 am
I'm sure everyone will join me in passing on my condolences to Bob on the death of his December Moth larvae. As they hatched rather early they didn't really...
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joff.elphick
Mar 5, 2009 11:26 am
Just a note to say that Ian Kimber has very kindly added Gloucestershire Moth Group as a link to his popular UKmoths site. Thanks Ian....
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joff.elphick
Mar 5, 2009 7:33 pm
By requestI have now created a butterfly forum along the same lines as this group. Go to 'Links' in the blue panel on the left of this page. You'll find it...
