Feathered Thorn in the Balephuil garden moth-trap last night - the first record for Tiree #Teammoth
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Seemed to buck the local trend in VC20 last night with 294:48. Highlight Scarce Silver-lines (missed summer gen so NFY), Lunar Yellow Underwing (hindwing checked), 2 Plumed Fan-foot (hiding in greenhouse as usual) + 42 Small Mottled Willow, 4 Vestal also NFY Sallow & Brindled Green #teammoth

Busy traps last night in Marbury VC58 31/282 but 180 of them were LYU or Lunar Underwings. Also garden record of 24 Black Rustics! 3 NFY’s: Green-brindled Crescent, Brown-spot Pinion and Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis. Also Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow, 4 Brindled Greens etc! #teammoth

Dusky-lemon sallow this morning in Sth Lancs.
My first since a lone specimen in 2010.
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Dark Sword Grass and Rush Veneer. New for year.

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Cosmopterix pulchrimella showing nicely today on my walk
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49/10 here in Mundford VC28 overnight with Large Wainscot and Lunar Underwing nfy #teammoth #norfolkmoths

This morning Autumnal Rustic was only my 4th record and the first for 6 years. The Kent Black Arches was also my 4th but the first for 7 years. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Open Day – for everyone interested in butterflies & moths. Discovering new ways of recording. Sat 3rd October Box Moor Trust Centre, Hemel Hempstead. Booking is required. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000256220... #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social

Watsonalla Puzzle time!
Spiny and Spiny
Spiny and Oak
Oak and Oak?
…2 Hook-tips to light last night

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59 species in St Mellion on 22/9. Migrants: P. vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl), 3 Convolvulus Hawk 2 female/1 male. Male had soft wings, so likely emerged close by, 3 Pearly Underwing, White-speck, 7 Delicate, 10 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Ni Moth, plus Jersey Mocha #teammoth

A cracking night with the traps in Belper (136/35 & 104/30) with the star being a Clancy's Rustic, NFG. Also Acleris sparsana NFY. Others of note were 2 Dewick's Plusia, Red-green Carpet, Grey Pine Carpet, Beaded Chestnut, Black Rustic, Chestnut and Aproaerema anthyllidella #teammoth

Any thoughts on this faded Ypsolopha? Obsidentify likes horridella, but it looks more scabrella to me. #TeamMoth

Durwyn and I ran 6 traps at Durlston CP last night, record'g 50 spp, incl'g Sombre Brocade, Beautiful Gothic, Hoary Footman, Jersey Mocha, & many Mecyna asinalis, plus Bordered & SB Straw, Pearly U'wing, & P.vitrealis on the migrant front #TeamMoth @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Dewick’s Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) in my Bournemouth garden last night.

One of my favourites!
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Word of the day is paltry. Use it in a sentence - The returns from last night’s #teammoth trap were paltry…

That is apart from…this beauty. NFG #485 Barred Sallow. Also new for the tetrad. 🔲

Also of note was a Mullein Wave, Scarce Silver Lines and two pristone Small Mottled Willow

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Feeling incredibly lucky this morning with what is looking to be a county first Clancy's Rustic (all overnight records pending!) 🥳 This moth was a predicted species for VC57 for 2026 and I am thrilled to be recording it in my Garden.

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50 of 23 in SW Hants last night inc a big milestone moth:
Endothenia quadrimaculana (new 10km square) was my 1000th UK species!
Also a late Brussels Lace & NFY Barred Sallow.

A few @migrantmothuk.bsky.social still: 5 Vestal, 3 R-d Pearl, 1 each L-album, Beet, Jersey Mocha & White Point

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