Think this is a Large Wainscott trapped in my Cheshire garden overnight? Or is it a Bulrush Wainscott? 1st for garden either way #teammoth

Trapped until 11pm in St Mellion: P vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl) 3 N noctuella (Rush Veneer) 4 U ferrugalis (Rusty-dot) 1 Vestal 1 Radford's Flame Shoulder 2 Pearly Underwing 3 Turnip Moth 3 White-speck 1 Delicate 4 Angle Shades 3 Small Mottled Willow 6 Scarce Bordered Straw 8 Silver Y #teammoth

#TeamMoth After 4 fresh Grey Shoulder-knot in a week (approaching 50% of the all-time record for the 4 VC's of Borders), and with the Mervs trickling in, may have peaked at 7 Mervs last night. 56/19 including my 3rd Pale Mottled Willow and 2nd Garden Rose Tortrix. The Ivy helps!

NFY Green-brindled Crescent and
The not-so-common here this year, Common Marbled Carpet #teammoth

November moths. Quite a difference.
Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social #TeamMoth

A lurking Grey Shoulder-knot discovered on the wall above the patio window. Cue retrieval with stepladder and net! Such a good-looking moth, especially when as fresh as this one. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social #teammoth

merveille du jour, Botton, today @teesbirds.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Moth numbers holding up in SE Hants 125/34. Nothing new but a migrant feel to the trap (could be local breeders, who knows this year 🤷🏻‍♂️). 4x SMW, 1x RDP, 1x Clancy’s, 4x Blair’s Mocha, 1x Rush Veneer, 3x L-album W, 4x White Point, 1x Vestal and Turnip. Best of Y. sequella #teammoth #migrantmothuk

42/18 last night, which is decent but I'm still Mervless. Box-tree 12 and Barred Sallow 8 were the most numerous, but Black Rustic, SpruceCarpet 2, PMW 2, SMW, Hypsopygia costalis, C quercana, A sparsana etc #TeamMoth

Barred red, I think. Seems very late in the year? Botton, today. @teesbirds.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Aethes Smeathmanniana latest county record by 5 days, Green Brindled Crescent and Scarce Bordered Straw in Billingham VC66 last night. @teesbirds.bsky.social #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths

Looked quite Mothy last night, as I put the #teammoth trap out. In fact I potted this up from the lid of the trap.

It proved to be NFM/NFG #496 Scrobipalpa costella (Bittersweet Moth) which is also new for the tetrad. 🔲

I was wondering if I’d ever get a different Scrobipalpa, after so many Beets.

Finally joined the Merveille Du Jour club. One of 12 from 8 species. #teammoth

...down at the pink Vestal club... 💗
Of an amazing 10 Vestals this morning, 7 were deep pinks, maybe born in the garden?! The other surprise amongst 88/23 was this apparent July Belle! In October. Unless anyone has any more autumnal suggestions?! #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

The night promised much, delivered little! Only 22:12, no NFYs, only migrants a Silver Y and a Rush Veneer. My latest ever Dusky Thorn & a third Deep-brown Dart (not the same individual as on 3/10) best of the rest. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social

The Satellite. Last caught here in February reflecting the adult’s overwintering life cycle.

Has partly carnivorous larvae

Eupsilia: ‘truly bare’ from the smooth patch (stigma) on the forewing which has no scales

transversa: marks across the wings

#MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Overcast and mild overnight, and moth trap numbers up to 231:27. Three species apparently new for Blakeney Point according to the Norfolk Moths website - Plumed Fan-foot, Musotima nitidalis and Acrobasis consociella. This last also NFY for me, along with Archer’s Dart. #NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth

Bit of an uptick last night despite 12C and fog by morning

58 of 25 #teamMoth

NFY were A. heracliana and Red-line Quaker, also a second-brood Mottled Rustic

My second record of Clancy’s Rustic from last night. The 4th for VC39 that I’m aware of.
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