Dear All http://www.butterflyireland.com/News&Comments.htm#Records%20'07 reports a Red Admiral on Christmas Day in the Republic of Ireland: Oscar Merne: Red...
Dear All In my last E-mail I got the locality wrong when referring to a Red Admiral on 5th January 2007 (i.e. last year) at Sydenham, Belfast; the correct...
Dear All Today (8th January) I noticed a single spray of pale yellowish flowers on one of our garden Buddlejas; I think it is a hybrid (x weyerana). I live in...
Hi all Just wanted to let everyone know that the new and improved Warwickshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation web site has been launched today. Lots of work...
Hi all, For those not aware, checkout http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html for the latest Saharan dust forecast which is associated with insect migration...
Hi all, The deadline for vice-county moth recorders to notify me of verified changes to be made to the National Moth Night 2007 dataset is Thursday, 31 January...
Hi all, Saw a fresh Dark Sword-grass in the Durlston CP Ranger’s trap today. Best wishes, Les. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi, Back on Isles of Scilly for my break from uni and today (23rd) there was a fresh Painted Lady basking on bare ground in my back garden at Longstones, St....
Dear All John Fraher reports a Hummingbird Hawk-moth on 2nd April on Narcissi at (?a) Waterfall, Cork, Republic of Ireland. This is I believe the 1st 2008...
Dear fellow moth enthusiasts, I have just published a paper on Silver Y migration in the UK during the period 2000-2003, in which we present evidence for a...
Anyone had any Diamond-Backs? I had 2 in the trap last night and there were other reports from Hampshire. I wondered if the thundery plume brought them in ...
Hi Dave, I had 7 at Magdalen Laver, West Essex (VC19) last night. These are the first this year and must have come in on the thundery plume as you suggest. No...
Hi Diamond-backs got up to North Yorkshire. I had one in the trap on Saturday night. VC65. Warm night with a southerly breeze. Charlie Fletcher ... ...
Hi all, A single Diamond-back Moth was noted inside my car late p.m today in East Lulworth, Dorset. I’ve not seen any in traps so far this year. Best wishes,...
A single Diamondback this morning amongst a much better catch of moths. A friend had a Dark Sword Grass a mile down the road two nights ago. Robin Hemming ...
Are these Diamond-backs migrants or are they breeding here? I had two in the trap last night (Fernhurst, West Sussex) but saw several in arable fields last...