Cydia inquinatana also confirmed (first for Yorkshire, VCs 61-65). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths
@andydnunn.bsky.socialAndy D. Nunn
@andydnunn.bsky.social
Aquatic ecologist specialising in fish. Also very interested in moths, including leaf-mining larvae.
@andydnunn.bsky.social@andydnunn.bsky.socialAnother pink Vestal last night (different individual). Also the first Large Wainscot of the year and a late Lozotaeniodes formosana. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@andydnunn.bsky.socialConfirmed as Vitula serratilineella. Not many Yorkshire records. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
@andydnunn.bsky.socialBlimey, I thought I was doing well with a single Vestal (different individuals) on two consecutive nights!
@andydnunn.bsky.socialA lovely pink Vestal from last night, my third this year. Also the first Merveille du Jour of the year. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@andydnunn.bsky.socialExcellent! Will keep my eyes peeled.
@doublekidney.bsky.socialReposted by @andydnunn.bsky.socialPhyllonorycter pastorella from Pugneys CP today near Wakefield. Spreading across Yorkshire now, with records from VC61, 62 and 63. Phyllocnistis xenia on White Poplar also spreading, and this from St Aidan's NR is the first for VC64. @andydnunn.bsky.social
@andydnunn.bsky.socialIt does seem quite variable, sometimes none at all (despite being about) and sometimes quite a few.
@andydnunn.bsky.socialLyonetia clerkella
@andydnunn.bsky.socialNo Silver Ys? I think I got about 30 in a single night recently!
@andydnunn.bsky.social... Bombycopsis nigrovittat, Schalidomitra ambages, Ethmia ampanella and Xenochroma candidata. #teammoth
@andydnunn.bsky.social... Somatina sedata, Acantholipes trimeni, Trachypteryx magella (I think) and Philotherma rennei. #teammoth
@andydnunn.bsky.social... Blenina squamifera, Zamarada plana, Amata kilimandjaronis and Ethioterpia lichenea. #teammoth
@andydnunn.bsky.socialA few more moth highlights from South Africa: Euproctis fasciata, Janomima mariana, Macropoliana natalensis and Synclera traducalis. #teammoth
@andydnunn.bsky.socialThanks!
@andydnunn.bsky.socialI potted a tiny micro off the outside of the 40-W actinic trap in my garden last night and it turned out to be Anatrachyntis badia, the first record for Yorkshire (VCs 61-65). I must admit I'd never heard of it! #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
@andydnunn.bsky.socialMore moth highlights from Wits Rural Facility at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa: Comibaena leucospilata, Heterorachis devocata, Problepsis digammata and Cometaster pyrula. #teammoth
@andydnunn.bsky.socialSome moth highlights from a recent @universityofhull.bsky.social field trip to South Africa with @robknell.bsky.social, @domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy and Africa Gomez: Gonimbrasia belina, Utetheisa pulchella, Diaphone mossambicensis, Acontia discoidea. #teammoth www.tiktok.com/@sealsathull...
@andydnunn.bsky.socialIt's been pointing at those plants almost every night since they started flowering and I was beginning to lose optimism!
@andydnunn.bsky.socialNo light trapping recently as I've been away, but luckily I left the camera trap pointing at the nicotiana plants. Convolvulus Hawk-moth new for the garden! #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social