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Micro Moth Melancholy Twas the night before Christmas, a trainee dreams of micros. The cold and snows have arrived, exacerbating his woes. The micros have all disappeared, deep in winter slumber. No moths had ...
Continue reading Micro Moth Melancholy: A Natural Talent Poem

With the autumn changing into winter, and all the trees bare, the moth season has well and truly wound down. Though to my surprise there have still been a micro or two to keep me happy. These last two months turned out to be ...
Continue reading November and December….. Mothless?

October has been a busy and varied month for sure. With longer and darker nights coming in and the temperatures dropping, the moth are disappearing too although there were still a few exciting things to be found! The month ...
Continue reading October Moth-fest

Wow! What an amazing last couple of months. I’ve been keep very busy with a mixture of brilliant bog surveying, terrific training courses and assisting or running some fun events working with the public. July July seems ...
Continue reading Summer Moth Madness

The month of June has been an incredible month of moth surveying!! From the windy and rainy Highlands to the…… windy and rainy Borders. I attended the Scottish Entomological Gathering (SEG) in Eyemouth, right down at the ...
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