Martin's Moths

Top Moth from National Moth Night for me: an iridescent Green-brindled Crescent Common Marbled Carpet I have belatedly caught up...

The 'phone went the other morning at 8am when I have to admit that Penny and I were still slugging in bed with our morning tea. It ...

I was all set to write an elegiac, end-of-the-season post this morning. Indeed, I was rehearsing my opening as I looked through the sc...

I always get a kick out of a big moth choosing to spend the night in the moth trap. At this time of year, the likeliest bet is a Red Un...

I was speculating idly yesterday on why many Carpet moths and a number of other species often rest with the tip of their abdomen jaunti...

The year is turning and the changing colour of trees' leaves mark the progress of Autumn. But there are still plenty of moths about...

All too often the comparatively large and delicate Swallow-tailed Moth is battered and careworn by the time it appears in my trap, so t...