Martin's Moths

Just a footnote to yesterday's post. It's hardly an original observation, but today's linked-up world never fails to astonish a...

I have always wanted to see a Camberwell Beauty in the wild and now I think I have. My photograph below may not be good enough to clinch th...

Yes, we have had snow this week in the UK, but what is that to me? Ha! Nothing, because P and I have been in Mexico visiting our son and da...

Another moth-free post today, but if you'll bear with me in my temporary guise of Martin's Birds, I'd like to share my pictures...

I haven't actually tested this theory by putting out the trap - and maybe I will tonight - but if any moth is on the wing in the UK...

I just unearthed a big box of Lego from the attic as part of our continuing early Spring clean, and inside it was this mummified Copper Und...

Is Christmas safely over? This post is abuse of the moths blog since no moths feature in it, but I wanted to share my picture of an inq...

It was so warm last night, in spite of our sopping Christmas weather, that I put the trap out for the first time in ages. Result? Nix, bu...

I briefly thought we had a Christmas miracle here. We were moving furniture to put up the Christmas tree in its usual place and under an ar...

When you have a general clear-up and sort-out in the winter months, as we are doing, you are almost certain to come across a hibernating bu...

It's too dark in the morning to trap these wintry days, and you may have read that poor old England is getting a thorough soaking to...

It's Good Housekeeping time again, as I sweep out the nooks and crannies of the blog, coil up the wire and clean out the dusty bow...

One of my motives for moth-trapping, after the usual youth spent preferring butterflies, is the number of UK species; over 3000 compare...

After yesterday's delightful creatures, including myself when young, here's a brief visit to the other end of life. Dust to dust....