Martin's Moths

The rain is playing pop with moth studies at the moment and the darker mornings mess up my delicate attempts to balance trap photograph...

The succession of Autumn moths continues but was much more numerous last night, when the weather turned noticeably warmer. There was tha...

The Angle Shades is one of my favourites and, more widely, one of the UK's Top Moths, judging by the number of people who find one an...

Our granddaughter rushed in from school last week with news of an exciting insect on the wall by her front door. It seemed to her - a t...

One of the pleasures of moth-trapping is spreading the word about an interest which opens our eyes to such a rich but little-known worl...

Walking down the canal towpath yesterday, my eye was caught by a flurry at my feet. Movement is the great betrayer of life in the wild,...

If dramatic appearance were the first criterion, rather than rarity, this morning's arrival might well outrank the wondrous Clifden ...