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HANTSMOTHS - The Moths of Hampshire and Isle of Wight

The site aims to provide full details of all the species that occur in the county and beyond, with good quality photographs, descriptions, distribution maps and details of annual occurrence and phenology patterns.

Advance Notice! HAMPSHIRE MOTH CONFERENCE – Littleton, January 14th 2012

The 3rd annual Branch Moth Conference will be held at Littleton Memorial Hall, near Winchester, Hampshire on Saturday 14 January 2012. Doors will open at 12.30pm and the Conference will close at 5.30pm. Refreshments will be available on the day. There will be a wide range of speakers and more details will be available nearer the time on the Hantsmoths and Branch websites. All are welcome, beginners and experts alike, and there will be plenty of opportunity to chat and meet others with similar interests.

  • 12:30 Doors open
  • 13:00 Introduction and Welcome: Dan Hoare
  • 13:15 The Mothing Year 2011: Tim Norriss
  • 13:45 Hedgerows and Moths: Jon Stokes
  • 14:15 Moths and the Media: Zoe Randle
  • 14:45 Break
  • 15:45 Bats and Moths – An Evolutionary Arms Race: Paul Hope
  • 16:15 Over the Garden Fence - Chatting up the Neighbours: Glynne Evans
  • 16:30 Hampshire Moth Night 2012 and the Atlas Project: Mike Wall
  • 17:00 Closing comments and questions: Dan Hoare
  • 17:30 Doors Close

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    Species Accounts: The main body of the site - all British species are included, the majority of which have been actually photographed in the two counties, but where no such image is available, or better quality representative images have been obtained elsewhere, these are included. Click on the links above to select a family, or use the Systematic Lists, starting here.

    MothTalk: The Hantsmoths discussion forum for moth-ers both in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and across the country.

    Flying Tonight: See what is likely to be on the wing this week, or select any week of the year.

    Newsletters: We produce a monthly (or bi-monthly in the off-season) newsletter highlighting major news and reviews of events around the two counties. Contributions always welcome!

    The photographs on this site are a result of the generosity of a large number of contributors from all over the country, or taken by myself. I would like to express particular thanks to my good friend Nick Montegriffo for the sterling work he has put in over recent months to expand the species narratives, a monumental task that I would not have had a chance to do so thoroughly myself.

    I am always attempting to improve the quality and scope of the site, so if you have images of species that are not illustrated here, show different forms, or are of better quality than those currently shown, and are willing to share them, I would be more than happy to hear from you. I have a wishlist of species that are yet to be added, contributions for which would be gratefully received.

    If you want to know more, please e-mail me at mike AT hantsmoths.org.uk.

    This site is complemented by the Yahoo e-mail discussion group, Hantsmoths:


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    Enjoy,

    Mike Wall

     

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