Beginner on a budget (2 Viewers)

[Farnboro John]

I'd say get Waring et al, and Sterling et al (micros) if you can afford both. The photographic guide I would regard as a nice to have - there are lots of moth photos on the internet including resources like ukmoths.org and the various "flying tonight" by county sites.

John

 

[Stuart Goodwin]

Thank you. How often do you catch moths that aren't in Lowen?

As I only dabble in and around the garden not than many at all. I also use Inaturalist & Obsidentify as pointers to genus

 

[Richard D]

Moth trap from Paul Batty arrived last week and am very happy with the construction. Picked up a 12v Lipo battery and charger online - so the basic set up came to about £150 with a couple of spare bulbs.

Sunday night was the first night forecast to be dry so I set it it up about 8pm with the 3W LED.

It attracted over 60 moths and 20+ separate species including Straw Underwing, Larger Yellow Underwing, Flounced Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, Vine Rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Light Emerald, Brimstone, The White Point, Orange Swift, Pale Mottled Willow, Turnip Moth

Very happy for a first attempt

 

[Richard D]

 

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Moth trap from Paul Batty arrived last week and am very happy with the construction. Picked up a 12v Lipo battery and charger online - so the basic set up came to about £150 with a couple of spare bulbs.

Sunday night was the first night forecast to be dry so I set it it up about 8pm with the 3W LED.

It attracted over 60 moths and 20+ separate species including Straw Underwing, Larger Yellow Underwing, Flounced Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, Vine Rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Light Emerald, Brimstone, The White Point, Orange Swift, Pale Mottled Willow, Turnip Moth

Very happy for a first attempt

That's really good. Cloudy, warm and little/no wind is best. Rain is ok in small doses