Thursday 25th March 2010 Dumpton Thanet

A little better last night for moths the trap held eight moths in total which included my first   Hebrew Character & Clouded Drab for this year, 3 Common Quaker, 3 Emmelina monodactyla (Gadget)

Wednesday 24th March 2010 Pegwell Trap

Night of 23/3. Slightly more interesting than of late at Pegwell with singles of Red-green Carpet, Oak Beauty, Pale Pinion and Clouded Drab, 5 Hebrew Character and 6 Common Quakers, (F Solly)

Wednesday 24th March 2010 Dumpton Thanet

Night of 23rd March, With only 2 Common Quakers, 2 Brown House Moths and 1 Emmelina monodactyla I would say my garden is rubbish, (Gadget)

Wednesday 24th March 2010 Eastry

Night of 23rd.... among the usual suspects of 5 Clouded Drab, 27 Hebrew Character, 19 Common Quaker a couple of Twin-spotted Quaker and an Early Grey were new for the season. Singles of Oak Beauty, Small Quaker and Chestnut rounded off a good catch on a cold night. (Bill Martin)

Tuesday 23rd March 2010 Eastry

Night of 22nd., the first rather scruffy Dotted Border and neater Engrailed were best of the bunch. 15 Hebrew Character and 10 Common Quaker were all that were in the box after the Blackbirds had cleaned up outside!! (Bill Martin)

Sunday 21st March 2010 Newington  Ramsgate

Six macro moths overnight, six!! I almost felt in need of a lie down. The culprits were 4 Common Quakers plus singles of Hebrew Character and Clouded Drab. (Phil M)

Saturday 20th March 2010 Newington  Ramsgate

Two macro moths in one night for the first time in 2010 ... exciting eh? They were singles of March Moth and Hebrew Character. (Phil M)

Friday 19th March 2010 Newington  Ramsgate

Two moths overnight ... shock horror!! Two!! A rather flashy coloured Clouded Drab and an Aogonepterix specie which I couldn't be bothered to pot up! (Phil M)

Friday 19th March 2010 Eastry

Night of 18th., produced 20 macros of 4 species, the biggest bag of the year so far. Singles of Oak Beauty and Chestnut, 10 Hebrew Character and 8 Common Quaker. Night of  17th., a couple of Clouded Drab, a March Moth and a Pale Brindled Beauty were encouraging. (Bill Martin)

Thursday 18th March 2010 Newington Ramsgate

Yet 'another' moth at the traps ... it's frantic out there I can hardly keep up with it. Overnight a non too early, Early Grey made it into the spring garden from hell. Whoopee! This is only the fifth macro moth I've caught all year - I did get a March Moth on the night of the 15th but that's it on the Newington Moth front in 2010. (Phil M)

Thursday 18th March 2010 Leaf Mine

17/3/2010. A slight variant on the 'usual' types; one of the predominantly white Acer species - this one being Phyllonorycter acerifoliella from a Field Maple mine collected from Mockett's Wood, St Peters. (F Solly)

Tuesday 16th March 2010 Pegwell Trap

Night of 15/3. Still not that warm at night. At Pegwell there were singles of:  March Moth, Dotted Border, Hebrew Character and Grey Shoulder-knot with no less than 2 Common Quakers, (F Solly)

Sunday 14th March 2010 Leaf Mines

A few more of the little critters have emerged over the last couple of days for your undoubted delight. Phyllonorycter platani from London Plane outside St Laurence School in Ramsgate, Phyllonorycter salicicolella from Goat Sallow on the Hoverport and Phyllonorycter kleemannella from Alder at Sandwich Bay. (F Solly)

Sunday 14th March 2010 Pegwell and Kingsgate Trap

Now that we have seemingly lost the easterly wind, the Pegwell and Kingsgate traps upped my carbon foot-print for the first time this year last night - not much going on with just Pale Brindled Beauty, Early Moth, Early Grey and Chestnut . (F Solly)

Friday 12th March 2010 Newington Ramsgate

The first proper spring moth arrived at long last overnight - a Common Quaker. I was starting to think it was never going to happen. (Phil M)

Saturday 6th March 2010 Dumpton Thanet  

Moths in the trap this morning Included my fist March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) for 2010 1 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 2 Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) and 1 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 5 moths in total was a surprise as the temperatures have not been that good. (Gadget) 

Thursday 4th March 2010 Leaf Mines

A couple more leaf-miners have emerged to have you on the edge on your seats. The relatively scarce - at least in these parts; although doubtless overlooked - Phyllonorycter strigulatella from Grey Alder at Stonelees and Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella from Birch at Sandwich Bay - not many mines found so probably fairly scarce there. (F Solly)

Thursday 4th March 2010 Dumpton Thanet Leaf Miner Sandwich

Moths from last night another Chestnut and Pale-brindle Beauty, the surprise was one of the leaf miners that I have been trying to hatch out  Phyllonorycter schreberella has emerged from the Elm Leaf the food plant that I have been holding, photograph will be posted tomorrow. (Gadget)

Tuesday 2nd March 2010 Newington Thanet

2 'stunning' moths at the MV's from the brightest lit garden in Thanet and beyond - a White-shouldered House Moth and an Agonopterix herecliana. Okay - I exaggerated slightly. (Phil M)

Tuesday 2nd March 2010 Dumpton Thanet

Only the one moth on the 1st March a Chestnut on the side of the trap found just after dark, (Gadget)

Monday 1st March 2010 Leaf Mines Late News

27th February 2010 A couple of micros emerged from my over-wintering leaf mines today, the tiny (2.75mm from head to wing-tip) Ectoedemia septembrella - note the fetching eye-caps, from Perforate St John's Wort at Sandwich Bay and the sllightly larger and more attractive Phyllonorycter blancardella from Apple at Kingsgate (F Solly)

Monday 1st March 2010 Dumpton Thanet Late News

Night of the 27th February 2010 just the one moth outside the trap a Pale Brindled Beauty (Gadget)