Friday, 25 April 2025

25th Year Anniversary

2025 is the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Monmouthshire Moth & Butterfly Group, with our founding meeting being held in April 2000. Here's to another 25 years!



Friday, 7 March 2025

Redhouse Barns, 6th March 2025

I ran the MV Robinson over-night. This morning I recorded just 4 species:
Common Quaker 5, Hebrew Character 2, Clouded Drab 2 and Acleris literana 1. In 30 years of moth'ing I have never seen the last species before, so was quite excited. Sterling & Parsons says it is common though.
Acleris literana


Thursday, 6 March 2025

Reminder: AGM tonight, Thursday 6th March, 7.30pm

Usk Royal British Legion

Old Market St, Usk NP15 1AL


Speaker: Liam Olds, Buglife Cymru

"The biodiversity of colliery spoil sites"


Also, the temperature is around 10c tonight with hardly any wind, so get your traps on!

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

 

Monmouthshire Moth & Butterfly Group

Annual General Meeting

Thursday 6th March
7.30pm

Usk Royal British Legion

Old Market St, Usk NP15 1AL


Speaker: Liam Olds, Buglife Cymru

"The biodiversity of colliery spoil sites"

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Come and join us for some practical conservation to help our moths & butterflies

Wednesday 15th January & 12th February at Blackrock Quarry, nr Llanelly

Gwent Wildlife Trust are running a number of sessions at Blackrock Quarry, a site important for butterflies, to help combat the invasive cotoneaster. These sessions will be supported by Monmouthshire Moth and Butterfly Group and Butterfly Conservation Trust.

Location: Blackrock Quarry, Blackrock, Llanelly, Darrenfelen, Monmouthshire, NP7 0LL (SO217127, petulant.piled.butterfly). There is a layby near the site entrance for parking.

Timings: 10am-2pm on Wednesday 15th January and Wednesday 12th February

Task: Using hand tools to cut back cotoneaster.

For more details and to sign up, please send Kath a quick email at kbeasley@gwentwildlife.org 

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Bonfire Night surprise

Redhouse Barns, 5th November 

I put out the Robinson MV in sight of a large Holm Oak, in the hope of catching a lot of Spiny Hook-tips. In the morning there was just one Spiny Hook-tip outside the trap which flew away straight away. There was one Radford's Flame Shoulder inside the trap. When I was putting the trap away, I noticed another on the cabling.