Moth trapping in October 2019 By the end of October in Scotland, moths are getting a bit thin on the ground. Nevertheless those that are around are beautiful and worth seeking out on milder nights. Which is what I did. How did my catch on the Estate at the end of October 2019 compare with …
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William Evans’ Collection
If you had some space to display a small selection of moths from your local area, which species would you choose? The most colourful? Your favourites? The commonest? Drawers of insect specimens A selection of East Lothian moths Following a brief visit last year which I documented in a previous blog, I recently had the …
Equinox
Equinox. Equal night. The date when day length and night length are equal? Actually not quite for us in the UK. It is the point in time when the position of the sun is directly above the celestial equator. This year the autumnal equinox was 0850h on 23rd September, when we in East Lothian were …
Rediscovering the moths of Whittingehame 