Yesterday I discovered Cameraria ohridella mines all over my garden Horse Chestnut. Now is a good time to go and check your local trees. The leaf-miners...
Hi Derek, All Re: Cameraria ohridella I have found them in Harrogate (including Harlow Carr gardens), Holme on Spalding Moor, North Cave, South Cave, Brouhg,...
Hi Folks Where are all the moths? Well, they aren't just on Derek's conkers, we found them all at Ellington Banks last Wednesday night. The temperature didn't...
Hi, I'm sure you've all had a copy of Moths Count Update October 2007 newsletter over the weekend and I'd thought that as they are targeting orchards next year...
Glad to be back online.... Had some active leafmines in car park of Danes Wood, Flamborough Head a couple of weeks ago. ... Holme on ... Shipley ... and York ...
Hi Tom, I’m just recovering from all the moth-trapping Charlie and I have done this year ….. and now you are suggesting we start thinking about 2008...
I had a drive for a few miles up Wharfedale today and found tenanted mines of Cameraria ohridella at Middleton Woods, Ilkley (VC64) but none at Addingham or...
Believe me Derek, Charlie and I are looking hard in the Ripon area but certainly in my “patch”, there isn’t an abundance of Horse Chestnuts and the few...
Yee ha! One or two affected leaves on horse chestnuts just down the road from my house. So that makes it all five VCs then!! Cheers Charlie ... but ... ...
Hi Folks It's quite tricky to find somewhere to put the trap sheltered from the wind at the moment. Still, I haven't had a blank night yet, and even in the...
Cameraria ohridella in all five Yorkshire Vice-counties! There is actually a dearth of conkers on my Horse Chestnut this year. Presumably this is due to...
Hi Folks Another great week in the garden with loads of moths in the trap. ... only joking folks. One or two blank nights I'm afraid. Almost mothless in...
Hi Folks I haven't done much trapping in the last week, but what I have done has brought in the following huge species list: 1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa...
I have been comparing catches from my garden in 2007 against 2006. The following species are the top 10 losses and gains based on numbers of individuals of...
Hi, still running 2 traps every night but I will give up this weekend. The grand total for November so far is:- 0874 Blastobasis decolorella 1 0998 Light Brown...
After several fruitless attempts I finally managed to record December Moth this morning at the garden trap here in Garforth. A male & female were sat on the...
Hi Dave I get quite a lot of December Moths here and I reckon 80% are in the trap at a rough guess. They aren't like Puss Moth or Leopard which rarely go in. ...
Hi Folks Just when I thought it was all over for the year and the fat lady was preparing to tune up her vocals, there have been some nice warm nights and one...
Hello Charlie and fellow moth-ers, All I can say is, lucky you Charlie! I’ve caught a single Epiphyas postvittana this week (admittedly the trap hasn’t...
Gradually catching up with the "winter" moths over the last few nights having caught December Moth, Winter Moth and Scarce Umber. Still no sign of Mottled...
Seasons greetings everyone, the last proper moth ( Blairs shoulder knot ) in my garden was on November 6th, since then just a few Light Brown Apple Moths have...
Hi Folks I'm glad I'm not the only nutter who traps moths at this time of year. In fact it has been a good week with some really warm nights - though I've had...
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Hi again I've uploaded the National Moth Recording Scheme data policy which has just been finalised. Sometime in the next few months, the Yorkshire data will...
Hi Folks Howard Frost is collecting photos for the report. Actually he's far too many already, but if anyone has any really fantastic shots or photos of...
Below are my total records for the garden during 2007,the majority being light trap records. As was expected numbers were down on previous years due to the ...
Happy New Year to one and all! Lets hope for a decent 2008, or at least a decent summer. In retrospect, the spring and autumn were pretty good for moths, but...
Dear All Some of you will be aware that Scarce Vapourer has been added to the list of UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority species. We would like to encourage...
Thanks Tony I'll copy your message to some of the VC63 guys who aren't members of Yorkshire Moths Charlie ... the ... to ... a ... them ... the ... at...