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ALS
Station Road
Hindolveston, Norfolk
NR20 5DE
UK
e-mail: Jon.Clifton@btinternet.com
01263 862068 (phone or fax)

Vat Registration Number: 824673711
Proprietors: A & J Clifton

We aim to provide reliable, quality products at an affordable price for all entomological surveys.
All ALS products are fully field tested before we offer them for sale.

We specialize in moth traps, generators, and microscopes, but also carry the full range of products required by the amateur naturalist.
If we don't have it in stock we'll try and find it for you!

Site Guide:

Products: Our online catalogue. Including details and photographs of all our Moth Traps.
Services: Details of the unique range of services available from ALS which include Beginners Moth Courses, etc.
Survey Results: Results from our own surveys in Norfolk, Cheshire, North Wales and further afield.
ALS Beginners Guide to Moth Trapping: All you need to know to get you started.
ALS Guide to Moth Trapping: An advanced guide to moth trapping, including moth traps, sugar and larval techniques. (Note that this is now a large file and may take a few minutes to download).
Guide to Bulbs: An overview of the range of bulbs available for use in moth traps.
Guide to Batteries: An overview of the range of batteries for operating portable moth traps.
Moth Dissection Guide: A starters guide to show these identification techniques.
Macro Moth Checklist: An html checklist of macro moths.
A guide to photographing moths (large file) from Chris Harlow
Martin Corley's Guide to Micro Families.
Links: Links to other entomolgical web sites.
County Moth Recorders List: A list of all UK county moth recorders and their contact details.

Pheromone Lures for 2008

Welsh Clearwing on Cannock Chase 2006. Photo by Dave Grundy

TAKING ORDERS NOW FOR 2008

NOTE: AS FROM 1st APRIL ONLY FULL SETS OF LURES CAN BE TAKEN (PH02)

(click here to view the classic six lures)
The full set - classic six + new lures for Red-tipped, Large Red-belted, Welsh & Hornet 35-00
Contact us for further details at jon.clifton@btinternet.com
The new Hornet Clearwing lure has been field tested in 2007 and insects have been attracted within five minutes!

Why not come and meet us at one of our 2008 events:

Field Meetings and Beginners Moth Courses

University of East Anglia (UEA) Insect Identification Course (Moths). Classroom workshop 15th May (evening) followed by a field event at the National Trust's Sheringham Park, Norfolk 16th May. click here for detials.

Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk ~ Tuesday 24th June for various salt marsh and reedbed species (evening event only). Click here for previous visits moth list

Sculthorpe Moor Hawk & Owl Trust, Norfolk ~ Saturday 19th July for reedbed and carr woodland species (Beginners Moth Course, classroom and field event) Click here for previous visits moth lists

Hickling Broad, Norfolk (NWT) ~ Saturday 26th July ~ Introduction to moths and Fenn's Wainscot survey (Moths Count Training Workshop, classroom and field event)

Click here for previous visits moth list

Salhouse Broad, Norfolk ~ Saturday 2nd & 23rd August for broadland species (evening only events) Click here for previous visits moth lists

For booking details of above events contact jon.clifton@btinternet.com

Keep this page bookmarked for other forthcoming events.

We are proud to be working with Butterfly Conservation. Information is available
here or click on the logo to visit Butterfly Conservation's Web Site

Click here for details of Butterfly Conservation's Moth Team of the Year Award

ALS is again sponsoring National Moth Night in 2008 by providing the prize for
the most notable record of a resident species (macrolepidoptera)