I ran my actinic trap on 21 July and had a bumper catch, amongst which was one of my favourites, a Rosy Footman. Also attracted to the light...

Lappet is a wonderful moth in serious decline across the country but thankfully the Bucks/Oxon border area is still one of its strongholds a...

 Help with the ID of these would be much appreciated.                                         Bleached? Dave Ferguson, Beaconsfield

 Hi can you confirm the id of some moths from my Banbury Garden please,i think they are as follows Red twin spot carpet,Mottled rustic,not a...

 A few from Thursday night. The first at 8mm looks rather like Gypsonoma oppressana. Maybe a little on the large size? These two are small 6...

Five new species in my Robinson trap in the last week to add to my 27 year Sonning parish list (now up to 366 macro-moth species from two si...

I wondered if the moth below is a 2nd generation Engrailed? Caught in the garden trap last night, and the fw measures 14mm. The attracti...

On Wednesday evening I took the opportunity of having another trapping session at a site near Tingewick in northwest Bucks where I've be...

 Our trip to the Hook Norton Railway Cutting BBOWT reserve with 4 traps on Tuesday night yielded 107 macro species and around 72 micros (sti...

 A few highlights of this busy week from our Worminghall garden. Identification corrections welcome.  Mere Wainscot Fen Wainscot Olive Kent ...

I think you'll all agree that the third week of July was pretty good for moths, whatever your particular garden situation or trapping re...

Another very busy night on 21 July - in fact an all time record for species diversity in my East Oxford back garden with 57 species (I have ...

ID questions I'm puzzled by the moth shown below, caught in my actinic trap on 17 July 21. Could it be a faded or unusual Dun-bar? I mak...

I am struggling to decide whether this is a Foxglove or a Toadflax Pug.   Foxglove Pug seems more likely because there are plenty of foxglov...

Set the Robinson trap at Ali's Pond LNR last night and picked up new parish records for Suspected, Lunar-spotted Pinion, Oncocera semiru...

 Following a very productive trapping session at the Hook Norton Railway Cutting BBOWT reserve we have many micros to sort. However I am stu...

This moth came to my MV light sheet in oak woodland near Witney last night. It looks to me like a ♀︎ Schoenobius gigantella . An unlikely ha...