Martin's Moths

"Lord, now lettest Thou thy servant depart in peace," sang Eli and, without I hope being blasphemous, I have a milder version...

Penny's away on the annual Women's Walking Weekend with family - strictly female family - in the Lakes, so I am getting up earl...

I was singing the praises of the Green-brindled Crescent the other day. As a result, maybe, it has been turning up regularly in the tr...

  The nights are longer and the mornings darker, but keeping the moth lamp burning into the autumn brings a rich reward. This morning,...

Eclipsed Supermoon The moon famously went pink last night, and so did my moths. I wanted to see the eclipse of the 'supermoon...

The nights have got colder and the moth trap's contents have settled into routine mode, with the likes of the Black Rustic and Luna...

Moths are generally very samey when it comes to resting positions. When Penny and I came in last night, she (the unparalleled moth-sp...

Willow and Sallow abound round here, with both a river and a canal within an easy walk from the garden. Not surprising, then, that we...