White speck the only migrant on our first night in Talland Bay near Looe. 2 green brindled crescent and red-line quaker too. 40 of 7sp. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

Back home now and too cold for the trap last night. The toilet wall at Carsington produced 8 Epirrita agg though, so maybe I should have tried. A big push of Woodpigeon this morning with c20k moving south 🤗
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Only one moth in the trap last night in mid Cheshire, temperature down to 4c. I am hopeful it was a Dark Chestnut, if so it will be a new moth for me. Confirmation would be appreciated. #teammoth #mothsmatter

A lovely Barred Sallow and one of the two Red-line Quakers from Thursday nights trap. We also had Black Rustic, Green-brindled Crescent and Chestnut. A three hour trap yesterday evening yielded precisely zero moths #teammoth

Posting this again as it is looking more like a dark Dewick's Plusia. If so, it's a first for us. VC13 #moths #mothing #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @mothiduk.bsky.social

Garden Moth Survey night in Hunstanton, rain forecast so undecided about trapping, put trap out around 10pm, no rain!

Just 2 moths, 1 Beaded Chestnut on windowsill, 1 Lunar Underwing t bottom of trap & 1 wasp. #teammoth #norfolkmoths

At least we had Pinks & a Jay flying overhead.

5th Autumn of trapping and finally got a Merveille Du Jour! Posing nicely with Black Rustic, Dark Chestnut and Figure of Eight. Feathers McThorn hiding in the trap. Billingham VC66 @teesbirds.bsky.social #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth

painted tiger moth (Arachnis picta) again, with a little buddy (Cisthene deserta).

second photo is from about five years ago - my photography (and gear) have come a long way!

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4/4 #teamMoth

Merv, Black Rustic, Red-line, LgeYU

less than 12 hours after praising the good side of tomato & tobacco hornworms, I had my first visit of a Carolina sphinx/tobacco hawk moth (Manduca sexta) to the light.

a very worn individual, but far and away the largest moth I've encountered!

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Just one moth from last night’s trap, a Feathered Thorn.
Now that’s what I call ‘Dances with Wogan’.

I take pleasure in baiting the Irishman to come out to play, and then seeing him off with just a single moth 😆

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my favorite thing about #teammoth is the moths (of course!)

my 2nd favorite thing is learning new slang. this post is completely incomprehensible in US English 😂😂😂

Well between the 3 traps tonight we barely made double figures. Best moth of the night is a potential Agonopterix scopariella, a speciality of Botley wood, Hants where we were trapping tonight. Next best was 2 Streak, including this one that landed on me both species larva feed on broom #teammoth

Three garden trap nights this week. Highlights: (12th Oct) A.sparsana (nfy) & A.hyemana; (14th) 5 MdJ; (15th) Brick (nfy), 2 Feathered Thorn, 2 C.quercana, 7 Spruce Carpet, A.variegana, Dark Sword-grass, 3 MdJ. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

Crimson Speckled (U. pulchella), found by day on 14/10 at Hicks Lodge, Leics (VC55). N. Hagley. #teammoth

A couple of records of Scar Bank Gem (C. limbirena) this week -

To light, Porthkerris Cove, Helston, Cornwall on 14/10
To light, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly on 13/10

[photo: B. Dawson]

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15/10/26. 119/34. 6 MDJ, 42 Lge. Wainscot, Scarce Bordered Straw, Clancy's Rustic, Brindled Green, Cypress & Red-green Carpet, Delicate, RDP, 8 SMW, 3 White-point, Satellite, 4 Beet Moth, Blood-vein, 2 Red & 1 Yellow-line Quaker, Angle Shades... #teammoth #norfolkmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Not a Wogan but probably peaked at 1 moth, Gb Crescent. Temperature is already down to 8°C. Dave Wallace the jammie barsteward has had a Streak, a moth I’ve yet to trap #teammoth