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- Another glorious #MothMonday beckons and with it the rich tones of the spectacular Ruby Tiger Moth for #MothMay. That wonderful fluffy body looks very cosy! #BugSky #SciArt #Illustration #Procreate #TeamMoth
- Another good night despite the full moon, garden was alive. Barred Hook-tip NFG Green Silver-lines NFG Freyers Pug NFG Mottled Pug NFG (No photo of the pugs yet there doing me head in) Also a Wave of some sort hiding in conservertory 😬 69 - 33 species #VC55Moths #Teammoth
- One of eleven Alabonia geoffrella seen on a morning walk around local woodland in North Hampshire today. The second commonest moth after Speckled Yellow(20) amongst 55 of 11, which also included Drab Looper(3). #TeamMoth
- A great morning for moths on the meadow at Speke hall today Lots of mother shipton, small yellow underwing , 2 burnet companion and 2 cinnabar on the rough grassland #teammoth
- Thursday 8th May Moth species (all stages) #43 #44 for the year : caterpillars of ; Setaceous Hebrew Character (F&C Canal, Clydebank) Dun-bar (F&C Canal, Westerton) #teammoth
- Hestiochora occidentalis One of my favourite moths! We are lucky enough to have had these moths visit our garden a handful of times. This species is endemic to Western Australia #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #bugsky
- Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) Carmarthenshire 06/05/25 #teammoth
- Well, here we go again! Two more potential Birch Catkin Tortrix (Pammene obscurana) today, one each to the ARG & MOL lures. That’s 4 now for the garden, a nationally scarce moth & county rarity. Something fishy going on?! @lesevanshill.bsky.social #TeamMoth
- Today was full of weevils & leafhoppers but the most amazing & surprising creatures were these bagworms, Luffia lapidella. First I saw 3, then I realised there were at least 20, probably a lot more, all feeding on lichen on the undersides of these railings by the River Ely. #TeamMoth
- The number of moths I'm trapping is ridiculous. At the moment, it scarcely seems worth it. Just 4/4 in the trap from last night. A Common Pug was NFY. #teammoth #mothsmatter
- Lime-bent wing, Bucculatrix thoracella having a rest on some Corn buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis in the garden this afternoon. #teammoth
- @dan-h-n.bsky.social what’s your thought on this leaf mine? Found on a cultivated Dogwood species. There is a larvae in a web underneath but I don’t know if it’s related to the mine 🤷🏻♂️ #teammoth
- In Needham Market's tunnels I found a roosting Pale Prominent and a Spectacle. #teammoth.
- There was also a Brown-tail colony in the hawthorn hedge in the street. #teammoth.
- I have had some Spindle trees earmarked since the winter and today I found, as I had hoped, a few Spindle Ermine caterpillars on them. Not pretty, but interesting. #teammoth.
- 6/4 last night, nothing new here in chilly VC28. Then to RSPB Titchwell, thanks to John, Julie & Roger. Nfy Moths..May Highflyer, Clouded Border, etc. Nos low again. #teammoth #norfolkmoths Nfy Birds..Turtle Dove, Temminks Stint. Also, a Ruff in full plumage, lovely! #norfolkbirding
- Last check disturbed an Angle Shades and a Diamond Back Moth from the trap areas. Hornet Queen drinking from the pond and nearby dead nettles and ferns had a few Psychoides filicivora round them, with a probable Phyllonorycter nicellii potted which is a NFG. Pheromones out just in case 🤞🏻 #teammoth
- Only one moth at the porch light last night as it was so cold, but oh my it was a good one! Waved Umber...18 years in to recording leps and this is a new species for the garden :) #teammoth #mothsmatter #leps @savebutterflies.bsky.social #insects #wildlife #springwatch
- Just two moths greeted me from the #actinic this morn. Common Swift was nfy, accompanied by a slightly tatty Heart n Dart. Better than nowt. #teammoth #norfolkmoths #moths
- Just updating the park moth records and realised that we haven't had a record of Alder Kitten since 2005 so 6 in one night in 1st may was pretty awesome. #teammoth
- Sigilliclystis insigillata - Insigillated Pug Quite a common #moth seen around Australia. This particular female had beautifully defined markings which really made her stand out #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #naturalist
- Very chilly night in #Guernsey, but I put the moth trap out as I've been away for a few weeks. Not a lot present when I checked this morning BUT ... female Emperor Moth, NFG, was very much a highlight. Furry! #Mothsmatte #teammoth
- Nice catch in the Balephuil, Tiree garden last night (35 of 17 spp) produced the first Clouded Silver for the island, the second Small Phoenix and a nice Netted Pug (with a Light Knot Grass) #teammoth
- A new micro for me down at my local patch, Wyver Lane. Elachista apicipunctella #teammoth
- After my complaint against the blocking E/NE winds over the Channel on Sunday night, the latest forecast models have a more promising flow of south-easterly winds from the near Continent. At this stage it's looking pretty decent for South East and Eastern England. #teammoth
- A nice bit of lepidopteran interest at Footherly this morning: male Adela reaumurella and a Winter Moth (favourite food of baby Blue Tits) caterpillar, found between two Elm leaves. #teammoth
- Least Black Arches - new for garden and hectad - did its very best to avoid detection by settling on the garden shed. Actually inside the trap were second garden records of Marbled Coronet and Early Tooth-striped. Portsoy - VC94 #Teammoth
- A bit of a gratuitous photo shoot this morning because I’ve only waited 3 years to see this moth. Mullein is a NFG lifer. 7/5/25 10:8 to actinic (yaaay) #teammoth
- The orichalcea lure continues to outperform the ni lure for Plusia species in St Mellion - 6th May: 5 Silver Y - 1 x ni and 4 x ori 5th May: 6 Silver Y - 1 x ni and 5 x ori #teammoth
- Even during this fine spring we’ve been enjoying, mothing has been very slow. Hebrew Characters dominate the three species I’ve recorded so far this year but overnight two Dark Sword-grass were new for me here in #Westray and a sign that there are some migrant moths out there. #TeamMoth
