Hello All, Further to my comments about the photo of a Large Ranunculus/Poplar Grey/Grey Arches, I have posted some photos of a typical specimen of the Poplar...
Laurie, Usually about 9 months (from September to May or June the next year).The Poplar Hawk may produce a second generation from adults that emerged in early...
I hope you all had a successful evening. Earlier in the day I tried some pheromone lures and attracted a couple of Thrift Clearwings on the coast near Kynance....
Thanks Steve. That's the trouble with us new generation of moth'ers, relying on Waring, at least my copy of which seems a little low on red pigment! Andy ... ...
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust has acquired their 55th nature reserve, Tregonetha Downs, located in the parish of St Wenn, Restormel. Tregonetha Downs is one of a...
Andy, That Kent Black Arches, as you know, is an exceedingly good record. There have only been some 4 or so instances of it in Cornwall, the earliest going...
Hi all I managed 40 species in the trap (6w Heath) last night for the first time this year. They included another Sycamore - a Torpoint speciality! Leon ...
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation have recently launched their very own web site, at www.cornwall-butterfly-conservation.org.uk. This new site has been designed...
... From: ukmoths@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ukmoths@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dafydd Lewis Sent: 15 July 2005 23:26 To: ukmoths@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Many thanks Jayne, have had Crescent dart - Agrotis crux, myelois circumvoluta and lozotaenia forsterana recently at Rospannel Farm Nr. Land's End, thanks...
Hi All, hoping to up-load an image to the photos area of our group, of orange micro taken during the day on a garden pea leaf. It was very reluctant to fly...
Just a note to let members know that I have just updated the survey data on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website at http://www.cornwallmothgroup.org.uk/ Best...
Many thanks Phil. Looks like I have another good one here, a Wax Moth in my MV trap at home at Wendron on friday night. Photo uploaded. Andy ... record. ... ...
Mike, As you know this is a very good record. I think the moth is on the increase in Cornwall - rather like the Cream -bordered Green Pea which is another moth...
Hi Guys and Gals, I uploaded the image some time ago, but as Leon pointed out to me yesterday, if I don't say where or when, its a bit pointless! It was caught...
Hi All, have answered my own ID query. The Orange micro is Pammene aurantiana, photo on group site. Thanks to Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and Isles of...
Hi Richard sorry to pour cold water on your record but here, just West of Penzance I have had 10 Blomers Rs since we started trapping in 2001. Foodplant is...
Hi Mike, Laurie, All, Thanks for the info. I was basing my comments on Waring & Townsend 2003. Guess it points up the need for a national moth recording scheme...
Hi Richard/All Your knowledge of Blomers Rivulet numbers reflects the black hole into which our Cornwall records seem to go. Phills hands were tied when he was...
Well put, Laurie, the books soon become out of date with the records coming in thick and fast with the help of digital cameras and email. Had first European...
Hi everyone I have just had an email from a Peter Walton who is coming down from Norfolk on a family holiday to Perranporth next week (30/7 - 6/8. He would...
hi All, i,m looking to ascertain how many members of CMG are using mapmate as a means of collating their catch records and would like to synchronise thier...
Hi Mike (and all) When I get time I will be inviting more members to submit their mapmate records, so I can publish them on the Internet. I have already...