What's flying tonight?

This page allows you to see what moths have previously been recorded in Suffolk as adults at a particular time of year. This is intended to give a rough indication of what may be on the wing and not a definitive list of recorded dates (particularly earliest and latest dates). Only records that have been submitted with a precise date are included within the dataset, so records that have been submitted with dates like '12-June-2002 to 16-June-2002' or '2002' are omitted.

The flight data is based on what is flying in a particular week of the year. So what will be shown as flying for a particular time of year is actually the moths that have been recorded flying in the week of the year that the specified date lies in. For example, the 17th August 2004 lies in the 34th week of the year. Confused? - just try it out and hopefully it will become clear.

In the table of results below the 'Total records' column specifies the number of records of that species in the dataset. The 'Weekly Record Total' gives the number of records of that species recorded in the specified week. The 'Percentage of records' column indicates the percentage of records that have been recorded in this week. Species are initially ordered by 'Weekly Record Total' as this gives preference to the more commonly recorded species for that week.

Clicking the and buttons either side of the results table title will show the species lists for the previous and next week respectively.

A wide range of date formats are accepted in the text box below, try things like 20-Mar-2004 or 6/04/04 or 1 07 04


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Week 10 (8-Mar-2010 to 15-Mar-2010)

Species total : 40

B & FScientific nameVernacular name Total
records
Weekly
record
total
Percentage
of
records
1934Agriopis marginariaDotted Border2983511
1663Alsophila aesculariaMarch Moth380318
2187Orthosia cerasiCommon Quaker975282
2258Conistra vacciniiChestnut600244
2190Orthosia gothicaHebrew Character1293201
1659Achlya flavicornisYellow Horned931617
0688Agonopterix heracliana157127
2182Orthosia crudaSmall Quaker548122
1025Tortricodes alternella951111
1926Phigalia pilosariaPale Brindled Beauty170105
2256Eupsilia transversaSatellite282103
1925Apocheima hispidariaSmall Brindled Beauty43920
1930Biston stratariaOak Beauty15295
2188Orthosia incertaClouded Drab81980
1960Theria primariaEarly Moth59711
1862Gymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped Pug100950
2243Xylocampa areolaEarly Grey54550
0663Diurnea fagella18031
1927Lycia hirtariaBrindled Beauty14632
2237Lithophane ornitopusGrey Shoulder-knot16331
0695Agonopterix alstromeriana18221
0705Agonopterix umbellana4724
1044Acleris ferrugana17211
1524Emmelina monodactyla64620
1917Selenia dentariaEarly Thorn50320
1947Ectropis bistortataEngrailed54120
2139Cerastis rubricosaRed Chestnut27920
2179Panolis flammeaPine Beauty15821
0181Taleporia tubulosa1616
0282Caloptilia elongella1815
0461Ypsolopha ustella4312
0893Mompha epilobiella2913
1053Acleris hastiana6911
1054Acleris cristana3612
1288Alucita hexadactylaTwenty-plume Moth23510
1497Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1815
1746Anticlea badiataShoulder Stripe13710
1932Agriopis leucophaeariaSpring Usher7811
2061Spilosoma luteumBuff Ermine118010
2189Orthosia mundaTwin-spotted Quaker24510