Category: Moth Trapping

Ceredigion Moth Trapping 2011 0

Ceredigion Moth Trapping 2011

Well, it’s been a while but we managed to put the moth trap out last night for the first time this year. Up until now it has been either too wet, too cold, too windy or I’ve been too busy. Last night looked perfect though, not warm with temperatures dropping to just below 6ºC, but...

Winter Moth 0

Moths at the Porch Light

I haven’t put the moth trap out for quite a while now – Shame on me – but the weather hasn’t really been conducive and we haven’t had the time. Although as Anna says we should probably try to put it out once a week on the same night regardless of the weather as recording...

Blair's Shoulder Knot Moth 0

Photographing Moths

As it’s been pretty much a year since we started moth trapping, many of the moths we are now getting we have seen before. Whenever I get a new species of moth to the garden I take a photo of it. These shots have been ‘voucher’ shots all taken on the same grey coloured back...

Moth Statistics in Wales 0

Moth Statistics in Wales

It’s been about a year now since I first started trapping and recording moths. It’s amazing just how many species frequent our garden. We don’t trap every night, usually only once or twice a week, but the stats so far are higher than you would expect. Total number of Moths Recorded: 3,716 Total number of...

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October Moths

I’ve been a bit lax with the moth trap lately. We’ve had visitors, we’ve been away and the weather has been too wet for it to go out so I did virtually no trapping during September. There was a break in the weather last night though and we were home and had time this morning...

Chevron Moth 0

Last Nights Moths

Another quiet night on the moth fron. Only 10 moths in the trap. 3x Lunar Underwing 1x Setaceous Hebrew Character 2x Black Rustic 1 x Rosy Rustic 2x Square-spot Rustic 1x Chevron* The Chevron was a new garden record.

Black Rustic 0

Ceredigion Moth Trapping – Some old Favourites

I haven’t quite been moth trapping for a whole year yet but it is getting close. Last nights catch was particularly poor and with temperatures down to 4ºC we only had 9 moths in the trap from 5 different species. Some of the first moths we ever caught were there though showing that we’ve been...

Apiary 0

Isle of Man Bees, Moths and Rock Pools

We had a few nice days weather-wise on the Isle of Man (as well of course as a few wet ones) so managed to get out for strolls in the countryside. Anna’s Mum has a bit of an allotment that she works on and there is a little apiary there so as budding beekeepers we...

Common Marbled Carpet 0

September Moths

We’re into September, the nights are cooler, autumn is on its way and the range of moths we’re getting in the moth trap is changing to reflect this. There were a few new ones in the trap last night along with large numbers of Setaceous Hebrew Characters, but the Large Yellow Underwings and Dark Arches...

Quieter now – Last nights moths 0

Quieter now – Last nights moths

It looks as though things are calming down on the moth-trapping front. It was pretty breezy last night and felt decidedly autumnal out there this morning, although the temperature did only drop to 14ºC it felt colder. There weren’t many moths in the trap either. 1 x Gold Spot 1 x Drinker 7 x Flounced...