Slightly calmer weather brought more moths (69) but less species (14) 🤷♂️
One new for the year - Red-line Quaker.
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@geoffmiller66.bsky.socialSlightly calmer weather brought more moths (69) but less species (14) 🤷♂️
One new for the year - Red-line Quaker.
@arcanelove.bsky.socialMusotima nitidalis new for site from @btobirds.bsky.social Nunnery Lakes in Thetford this week, while unsuccessfully looking for Blair's Wainscot one evening. Plenty of Large WC including several ovipositing females. #mothsmatter
@angegarrod.bsky.socialLoving the moths on this wildflower segment :)
A few from this week.
Black Rustic
Lunar Underwing
Barred Sallow
Red Green Carpet
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialBrick (Agrochola circellaris) - North Antrim - October 2026. Not an overly common species in locally, but annual in small numbers. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@losbirder.bsky.socialLydd on Sea VC15, another chilly night by the sea, led to 46 of 16sp.
The standout moth of the night was this Porter’s Rustic, the first good moth for sometime.
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#Mothsmatter
#Teammoth
#Migrantmoth
@geoffmiller66.bsky.socialHardly surprising, given on and off rain all night and strong gusty wind, only 37 moths last night of 18 species, with new for the year a Beaded Chestnut, Brick, Brindled Flat-Body and Oak Rustic.
@sciencebase.comGuess who's back...Merv is back #teamMoth #mothsMatter
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialPale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis N. Antrim, 04th Oct 2026. A milder night produced a good haul of migrant moths. Only my 2nd & 3rd of this species. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@losbirder.bsky.socialLydd on Sea VC15, a chilly clear night resulted in 91 of 22.
Turns out the 2 Yellow-line Quakers in the traps last night, were New for Garden, upon checking back I’d only trapped them before in the Lake District when on holiday in Sept 23.
@cornishca.bsky.socialA Blair's Shoulder-knot in my Nottinghamshire garden last night was NFY
#teammoth ##mothsmatter
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialGreen-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae) - North Antrim - October 2026. Another attractive moth putting in it's first appearance over the weekend. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@quercus632511.bsky.socialPleased to see two Kentish Choughs tumbling and falling in the breeze #Dovercastle today,and stumbled across a new #moth (for me)a Bloxworth Snout.On a chalk slope,what looks to me like Common Calamint,and a Slowworm sliding along the roadside. #Wildflowers #Teammoth #Mothsmatter
@keithlangdon.bsky.socialSome autumnal loveliness in this morning's #Norwich moth trap. Green-brindled Crescent & Black Rustic #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky #norfolkmoths
@britishnatureguide.bsky.socialWith heavy rain in mid Cheshire early in the evening and more forecast for the early hours I nearly didn't put the trap out. Glad I did, my first November Moth along with five Black Rustic, a Merveille du Jour, a Turnip & a couple of Shuttle-shaped Darts. #teammoth #mothsmatter
@cornishca.bsky.socialAlso these species NFY for me
##teammoth #mothsmatter
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialFeathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) - North Antrim - October 2026. This beautiful moth of autumn began to appear in numbers at the weekend. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@allthewayholmes.bsky.socialAethes 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
@steveormerod.bsky.socialThe 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
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialGrey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus) North Antrim Oct 2026. Looking like it could be a good year for this scarce moth locally. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@shaneyoda82.bsky.social#teammoth 24/11 here in North Derbyshire. 8 Box, 2 Black Rustic, 1 SMW, Small Dusty Wave, 2 Lunar UW. NFY was a Blair’s Shoulder Knot. And then possibly 2 NFG 🥳…..with…I ‘think’ Beaded Chestnut and November Moth. #DERBYSHIRE #MothsMatter #moths #insects.
