Hi Mike, Beautiful Hook-tip is a good record. I had one at Tophill in 1997 which was the first since Porritt in the 1880s. Do you know if there have been any...
Sorry, I meant 3rd edition of Skinner (I have got the 2nd). I briefly saw a copy of it that Barry Spence had got. He seemed to think quite highly of it and...
Andrew Looks like a Wax Moth...... a weird beast! Jim _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organise,...
Pete One was caught in Pocklington a week or two ago and I think there were 2 in 2007 from the email dialogue at the time of the Pocklington one. Mike...
Thanks Charlie and Jim,there was a Lesser wax moth in the trap as well last night ,two new ones for me .The wax moth is a very strange looking moth a cross...
Hi all, had what can only be a Dingy Shears in the trap last night, its new for me and is somewhere in the living room at the moment! Just wanted to know what...
On Wednesday morning I found a noctuid in my garden trap that I didn't recognise. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yorkshiremoths/files/DP/noct1.jpg Charlie has...
A dozen of these in my garden trap last night, outnumbering even the Light Emeralds. I thought that this was a lot but it looks like they are still coming see:...
Hi, on Wednesday evening I was talking in the North Gare area and there were many 1000's of Diamondbacks there. In some areas there were over 100 per square...
Nice one Jamie! I expect we'll all be seeing Red-necked before long. Good to get four at once. I put up a couple of traps at Hackfall Woods last night - a...
Hi folks, A lot of moths last night. Mostly the usual suspects but the following were new for the year, Dot moth (2), Udea olivalis (3), Small Emerald (1),...
Thanks for that Charlie and Dave, saw my first ever hummingbird hawk moth nectaring on red valerian in a garden at Glaisdale,unfortunately i was at work so no...
Hi Folks Just a reminder that we're trapping at Kettlewell tonight and sorting the moths rather late at 10.30 on Saturday morning for the YNU meeting. We'll...
Hi Charlie, No, I did mean Little Emerald, of course. Not even wishful thinking this time or a mis- identification, simply a slip of the tongue. Apologies for...
Here's a reminder for another event taking place tomorrow...the Royal Entomological Society Insect Festival, which is being held in the York Museum Gardens...
Hi I had 3 Leopard moths in my trap and to light in my garden in Holme on Spalding Moor last night, and 2 the night before. This happened last year as well....
Hi folks, A summary of the moths from two traps at Askham Bog for a couple of hours. A lot of these moths were new to me. I will post some photographs shortly...
Hi Stuart, I'm fairly sure your moths are- The Engrailed Round-winged Muslin Marbled White Spot Ypsolopha nemorella and finally a Wave sp! cheers, Dave....
I have uploaded a photo of the scarce immigrant pyralid, European Corn-borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) which I caught in my garden trap here at Kilnsea near Spurn...
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