Martin's Moths

I've taken my title from King Lear , if my schoolboy-age memory holds good. I plan to light the lamp tonight to see if any moths have...

For my third consecutive night of trapping, I moved the trap again. It has been in one, well-shaded corner of the garden, then on top of...

Topside And from underneath Hooray! Mild weather at last, birds singing lusty courtship songs and February Fair Maids, aka snowdro...

Hello, World of 2017! For the first time since Christmas, I lit the lamp last night and was rewarded by mothy visitors. Twice in Jan...

Hi everyone and I hope that you have a great Christmas and all warmest wishes for the New Year. I'm giving the moths a seasonal bi...

Yesterday saw the birthday not only of the granddaughter - a famous friend of moths - but her Mum, who isn't over-keen on insects of a...

Christmas is only two weeks away but we still have Morning Glories flowering in the greenhouse and yesterday morning, after a very mi...

It's the time of the year when the moth trapper retires to his or her books in front of a blazing fire and tries to work out how ma...

After the rehearsal mentioned the other week, the moth trap had its hour of glory - several hours, actually - last night at the launch...

Moth-trapping in current conditions and at this time of year consists of enjoyable but everyday - or everynight - encounters with a han...

For the umpteenth time, I am very grateful to a Commentor on the blog - in this case Richard, who pointed out that the 'November/Au...

Prime Minister right, butterfly left This has been a good year for 'celebrity moths' which take it upon themselves to intervene...