Migrants save the day. This years events, involving both daytime recording and night time trapping at brown field sites, are likely to have been severely hampered by the wet and windy weather sweeping most of the country. Certainly the weather … Read More
Moth Night, formerly known as National Moth Night, will take place on 21 – 23 June 2012. The theme will be the moths of brownfield habitats (such as old quarries, disused railway lines, reclaimed coal tips, gravel and clay workings, … Read More
This migrant moth was unusually seen during the daytime whilst photographing Ermine nests on the cliffs over looking Poldhu Cove on The Lizard before the storms moved in last week. Numbers of migrant Painted Lady and Red Admiral butterflies were … Read More
Cream-spot Tiger is the tiger moth species most frequently seen by walkers on the South West Coast Path of Cornwall between May and June. Our first of the year was at Poldhu Cove on the Lizard a couple of weeks … Read More
One of the most common leaf miners in our garden is the Azalea Leaf Miner which isn’t surprising as we live in the far south west of Cornwall where many nearby public gardens hold some of the countries finest collections … Read More
Two Diamond-back Moths, one of the most common migrant moths to visit the UK, were disturbed while weeding the garden yesterday. The zig-zag dark pattern on their backs, after which they derive their English name, were fairly well defined although … Read More
Jersey Mocha may be a very rare British moth but one of the joys of moth trapping is that you never know what will turn up. Please see updated life cycle information and sightings page for Jersey Mocha This Jersey … Read More
“When a species flies during the day” seems the obvious answer. However, although there are moths that fly and feed exclusively during the day, there are also many species that are easily disturbed during the day causing them to fly. … Read More
Full moons, at the best of times, are the worst time to attract moths to light as its brightness reduces the effectiveness of the moth trap light. Last Saturday night I over optimistically set a 60Watt actinic light hoping the … Read More
On 3 October 2011 a moth appeared in the trap that I didn’t instantly recognise. It was at a time of a large moth migratation into Cornwall so my interest in its identity was intensified by the thought it must … Read More
Marbled Coronet is being regularly recorded in our garden in Cornwall at the moment. It’s yet another of those British moths that looks fairly ordinary until viewed closer through a macro lens. And if you were trying to describe it … Read More
An Angle Shades moth (latin name Phlogophora meticulosa) emerged last night from the reddish brown pupa found when clearing out some old cast iron guttering in January. More identification and rearing information can be seen on this Angle Shades moth … Read More