Mike Ridge, a former stalwart of the Somerset Moth Group and Butterfly Conservation, is unfortunately in poor health and in care and has had to give up his natural history activities.
He has donated much of his equipment to the SMG for sale, and has also asked us to sell some items on his behalf. They will all be available now to SMG members - contact me at john.bebbingtonfrps@btinternet.com - and then remaining items will be available at the AGM on 11th November, and in the afternoon to BC branch members at the Branch AGM.
Items for sale on behalf of Mike Ridge- these are real bargains!1x Skinner trap NEW and never unpacked -complete with choke and bulb - asking price £100
Items donated to SMG by Mike and sold for SMG funds - all new and unused, half price or better180 pots 9x4.5cm - asking price 50p each
76 tubes 5x2cm - asking price £1.25 for 10
32 pots 6x4.5cm - asking price 25p each
13 larva boxes 16x12x6.5cm - asking price £1 each
12 plastic boxes 14x11x7cm - asking price £1 each
17 larva boxes 8x7.5x7.5cm - asking price 50p each
6 square plastic boxes7x7x3.5cm - asking price 50p each
15 round plastic pots 6x3cm - asking price 50p each
43 plastic tubes 7x3cm - asking price 10p each
There are also a number of Mike’s books - awaiting reasonable offers - and free booklets and leaflets.
Separately, we have the following softback volumes from ‘The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland’. We are looking to sell them for £30 each -below the current internet prices.Vol 7 (part 1) Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae
Vol 7 (part 2) Lasiocampidae to Thyatyridae (with Life History Chart of
the British Lepidoptera)
Vol 9 Sphingidae to Noctuidae (part 1)
Vol 10 Noctudae (part 2) and Agaristidae