The moth in Bob's photos labelled 'ID wanted' was trapped on 3 August 2008. I thought it would be easy as the colour is quite distinctive but the nearest I can...
I have added two photos that I think may be Triaxomera fulvimitrella. It was trapped last night. I settled for this identification because of the pictures at...
I trapped two of these last night. I'm fascinated by the way that the black scales seem to stand up more than the white/silver. Does anyone know if that's...
Check out my photos for a picture of the Scarlet Tiger Caterpillar. You should start to see this in the garden any day now if the sun comes out as it awakes...
Christine wants to order a few specimen tubes from Watkins and Doncaster, but the postage costs of nearly £5 make them very expensive. Anybody else need...
The scheme seems to have got off to a good start last night, in my garden, at least. My haul for the night was 28 moths/8 species as follows: Hebrew...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Following protestations from Dolores about wasting electricity to run light traps for a nil catch I conducted some experiments using an energy monitor to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Effects of Moonlight and Meteorological Factors on Light and Bait Trap Catches of Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Authors: Yela, Jos¨¦ Luis1; Holyoak,...
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...
