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The official Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation - the national charity aiming to save butterflies, moths, theirs & our environment!
@arcanelove.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.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
@protect.earthReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialThe UK economy spends £4bn a year removing invasive species like cherry laurel, yet it can still be sold in garden centres. Cherry laurel is easily spread, forming dense clumps in woodlands, releasing cyanide, and shading out other species. We'd like to see it banned.
protect.earth/articles/che...
@davidmargiecarter.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialRed Admiral at RSPB Boyton Marshes today. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social
@jillwhitelock.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialOrange-tip butterfly, from Moses Harris, ‘The Aurelian’ (London, 1766), here under its older name of Wood Lady.
@chrisvanswaay.eurosky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialMax count per 1000m of Queen of Spain Frit (kleine parelmoer, I lathonia) on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects in 2026. Open dot=visited. Traditional high numbers in coastal dunes, but this year also lots in C and S NL. Also many near Wageningen.
@richardkbroughton.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialTwo interesting things: 1. by 1964 the squirrels in nature books and public perception were already Grey. 2. the Rooks collecting acorns. Jays get all the press for dispersing and planting acorns, but Rooks do it a lot too, and are likely also very important dispersers of oaks. Magpies too.
@bc-suffolk.bsky.socialFrom Landguard, Moth trapping: 16 species between our 3 traps. Satellite is a regular Autumnal visitor to the traps in low numbers. Satellite (Eupsilia transversa).
@savebutterflies.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialAre you new to the magical world of moths and want to learn more about moth recording? ✨🦋
Join moth expert Ray Barnett for a free online talk on Sunday 25 October, hosted by Butterfly Conservation Somerset and Bristol Branch and Planet House Productions. Book 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moths-for-...
@bc-suffolk.bsky.socialFrom Landguard, Moth trapping: 17 months between our 3 traps last night. Brindled Green pays a visit roughly two years out of three. Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita).
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialThe new (slightly revised) Red List of European Moths has been published by the EU. A summary and links to downloads can be found on our website. Moths play a vital role in ecosystems and there is also an important new document on how to plan for their conservation
www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
@mundfordmoths.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.social21/8 here in Mundford VC28 overnight with Blair's Shoulder-knot nfy #teammoth #norfolkmoths
@hcbirding.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialAlways a highlight of the mothing year - Merveille du Jour at RSPB Lakenheath Fen this morning #TeamMoth
@martinswarren.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialSurprised to see a couple of Red Admirals heading out to sea this am at Swanage, heading east towards the Isle of Wight (just visible in the mist). Cloudy but 19C.
Are they heading east for the shorter crossing across the channel? Or just a holiday on a distant isle? @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@janeferguson.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialGrey-headed Swamphen at South Denes Road, Great Yarmouth this afternoon. 08/10/2026
@dku1000.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialTwo leaf mines on clover from yesterday in Long Melford, Suffolk. 1. The moth Parectopa ononidis (Clover Stilt). 2. The fly Agromyza nana. Lots of black frass in the latter.
@royentsoc.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialIn a major win for entomology, the buff-tailed bumblebee has been selected to feature on the next series of Bank of England banknotes 🐝
Its inclusion highlights the vital role of pollinators and brings one of the UK’s most recognisable insects into the pockets of millions.
@bc-suffolk.bsky.socialFrom Landguard, We have been getting several moths out later in the year than expected. Long-legged Tabby (Synaphe punctalis) today was last noted this year on 18th August with our latest ever ones previously in early September.
@ecowarriorss.bsky.socialReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialThis is the end game
Earth's energy imbalance
The difference between amount of energy Earth receives from the sun and amount it radiates outward into space
has more than doubled over past 2 decades, massively exceeding increase predicted by climate models.
@bc-suffolk.bsky.socialFrom Landguard, Moth trapping: 42 moth species present between the 3 moth traps. Moth of the morning is the Beautiful Marbled, a migrant that failed to appear last year. Beautiful Marbled (Eublemma purpurina).
@environment.theguardian.comReposted by @bc-suffolk.bsky.socialBeautiful butterflies get more attention from the public – and from scientists