All posts tagged moths

Yellow Tail

Moth Update!

Despite the less than ideal weather conditions lately, I have been persevering with moth study in my Wigton garden. It has been pretty awesome, I have recorded 127 species since March! Moths are so cool! Here is the evidence of their coolness! …

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Burnished Brass

Wigton Mothing!

The moth trap has been pretty good up here in Wigton the past few weeks, Here are some of my highlights! [caption id="attachment_9421" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Angle Shades"][/caption]   [caption id="attachment_9422" align="aligncenter"

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The Burren: some invertebrates

This is the third post on a recent six day trip to the Burren in western Ireland with Wildlife Travel. Though I knew a little about the

Poplar Hawkmoth

Moth Madness hits Wigton!

As part of mine and Charlie's fascination (some would say obsession) with Pan-species recording I thought I would introduce you to some of the moths that I have

Red Swordgrass

Garden Moth Scheme – Week 4

Last night it was week four of the Garden Moth Scheme (GMS); so I put my 128w MV skinner trap out from 1800hrs to 0600hrs and

Small Elephant Hawkmoth......one day I'll see one of these in my garden....

Garden Moth Scheme

Moths are brilliant; it is as simple as that! I started trapping moths in my garden during early autumn last year and I am well and truly hooked!

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Ladybird decline!

Okay, so spring is fast approaching (honestly it is) and one of the things I look forward to seeing are Ladybirds! However it seems that this is

Moths at the end of July

I ran my moth-trap (for those who don't know, this is just an eggbox-filled tub with a MV lamp which attracts the moths overnight: I release them all

CCalls june 16

TN45 The Conference Calls Take Two

The one where we talk about the 'flaparazzi', twitching moths, the RSPB's welcome prosecution of gamekeeper Glenn Brown for raptor persecution, and - on a more serious note

Peppered Moth: black colour traced to single mutation

Apropos of not very much (other than that I am a part-time mother [as in looking for and at moths] and fascinated by all things to do with

  

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