Martin's Moths

Sorry to test the patience of my expert readers, but here's another micro moth in the absence of anything of greater interest in th...

It's our Wedding Anniversary today and the trap has furnished a couple of appropriate moths which I photographed in this morning...

Something new last night: not a moth, but a power cut. I slumbered on, but Penny was woken at about 3am by a neighbour's burglar ar...

The year's first Spectacle moth, showing off the reason for its name. Things are looking up, just like the moth. Warmer nights and a di...

I have sung the praises of my Robinson moth trap many times, and especially the excellence of its spindly rain shield (above). This look...

These are hard times for the moth enthusiast. I have yet to read a scientific explanation for the long interregnum taking place between the...

This is a great moment for me, albeit not a mothy one. Ever since we came here in 1987, I have longed to share our home with a newt. We...

I was grumbling away this morning about the absence of moths in this chilly, dull weather when, as often happens, I got a pleasant last-min...

As Ben observes with his characteristic wisdom in a comment on my last post, the transition from early- to mid-spring moths is slow t...

A dry night at last, yippee! But a very cold one, and to begin with I wondered if the trap was completely empty. If you check back to Exper...

Things looked encouraging last night, with a largely clear evening and temperatures average for the time of year. But this morning the gard...

I've been in Shrewsbury at the annual cartoon festival in my undeserved role as a patron of the Professional Cartoonists' Organ...

There was a moth in the trap when I finally got round to investigating yesterday, and it was made more interesting by the rainfall. Al...

There may be moths later today, after the recent shortage. I was woken by rain and so went out early to switch off the trap (Mr and M...

My younger son Olly has come to my aid on another mothless day. Frost rimes the lawn for the second morning running and I don't feel di...

I put the trap out lateish last night and woke up to a heavy frost. At the time of writing, 7.20am, the temperature is struggling to get ab...

Sorry, it's been a while. Not for any particular reason; just the iffy weather and a certain amount of boredom setting in with Commo...