Andy Marquis
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Andy Marquis
@andym105.bsky.social
Entomologist and pan-species lister based in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Current Section Secretary of Entomology at La Société Guernesiaise https://societe.org.gg/.

Website at http://www.guernseywildlife.co.uk, working on an upgrade as I type this...
The weather isn't looking great. I'm in London most of this coming week so running out of time to get a last cliff trap out for those few moths I seem to only get in the south.
October 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thank you, I suspected as much
August 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Snout is correct, that's about as far as I go.
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
But I do wonder if it's a retention thing with the wide hole on my commercial made mini robinson trap.
June 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It works fine at home! Maybe these dark places are different. I'll change the bulb next outing.
June 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Most interesting was the moths per trap. The MV just doesn't perform in the field, maybe too easy for moths to escape compared to my homemade skinner style traps. 63+ of 36 to MV, 91+ of 51 to Twin 30w Actinic tubes and 137+ of 54 to the little 20w Wemlite + 20W Black UV (the + is Least Carpets!)
June 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It was done quickly due to the midges! Excluding Least carpets (of which I estimate over 100, I stopped counting), 291 other moths, not sure on species count over the 3 traps yet, need to get them all together, but i think 5 new to me species in there, but still no Striped Hawk...
June 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wing
June 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Better photo
June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
However, it's probably italica, which is also rare here.
June 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Also, I can't spell...
June 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM