#ukmoths — Public Fediverse posts

I disturbed this small tortrix moth whilst watering my neighbour's maple bushes this evening. Lozotaenia forsterana, perhaps? #ukmoths #moths | #kent #england

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozotaenia_forsterana?wprov=sfla1

UK Moths Guide
https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/

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I almost stepped on this Large Yellow Underwing(?) as I left the house this morning. I gently closed the door back over it, and it was still there when I returned a half hour later. I expect it'll rest there until this evening 👍 #ukmoths #moths #moth | #kent #england

Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata). I found this on my front door in #Bath #Somerset #UK. One of the few winter-active moths. This is a male, females have very tiny wings and cannot fly
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Only a few species in the moth trap today at Bath City Farm #Bath #Somerset #UK
1. Mottled Umber
2. Rusty Dot Pearl
3. December Moth
4. Another Mottled Umber
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This really doesn't look like a moth at all. It is a Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla).

Sitting out the weather.

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More highlights from the moth trap at Bath City Farm #Bath #Somerset #UK - Turnip Moth, Feathered Thorn, Blair's Shoulder Knot, Satellite
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Some highlights from the moth trap at Bath City Farm #Bath #Somerset #UK - Rusty Dot Pearl, Beaded Chestnut, Green-brindled Crescent & Yellow-line Quaker
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More highlights from the moth trap at Bath City Farm @bathcityfarm.bsky.social this week: Light Emerald, (Northern) Deep-brown Dart, White Point and Black Rustic.
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A few highlights from the moth trap at Bath City Farm @bathcityfarm.bsky.social this week: Large Ranunculus, Barred Sallow, Cypress Pug and November Moth.
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More highlights from yesterday's moth trap at Bath City Farm @bathcityfarm.bsky.social - Willow Beauty, Red-green Carpet, Oak Hook-tip and Black Rustic. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A few highlights from yesterday's moth trap at Bath City Farm @bathcityfarm.bsky.social - Dark Spectacle, The Sallow, Four-spotted Footman and Small Blood-vein. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Highlights from a moth trap at Bath City Farm
Privet Hawkmoth
Small Elephant Hawkmoth
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Iron Prominent
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Well, this was a new one for me! I'm pretty sure that it's the caterpillar of the Rusty Tussock Moth. I've read that it feeds on the leaves of trees, so it must have fallen from a sapling (I'm not sure of what) I have growing wild in my sadly neglected back yard #RustyTussockMoth #UKMoths #Moths #Kent #England

Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis) moth on #Twerton Roundhill #Bath #Somerset #UK. Harmless wasp-mimic, foodplant is Bird's-foot Trefoil
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Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata) at #Hunstrete, near #Bath #Somerset #UK
This moth inhabits woodland, and the caterpillars feed on elms.
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This is a fun moth to look for at this time of year, Cauchas fibulella. It's Britain's smallest longhorn moth, and it hangs out during the day on Germander Speedwell flowers.

I've found it before out on the Downs but this is the first time I've found it locally in south London.
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23 species in the moth trap, which is good for the time of year, but a distinct shortage of the flashier species.

What I mostly had were 34 Tachystola acroxantha. So here's my best attempt at a glamour shot. Bear in mind that it's about the length of my pinkie fingernail.

Tachies were accidentally introduced from Australia, so strewth mate, chuck a tinnie on the barbie, David Boon's moustache, Tim-Tams, bilbies, the Wizard Bombardier of Ballarat etc.

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Not super busy in the moth trap this morning but the first hawkmoth of the year is definitely worth getting out of bed for.
I considering trying to pose the moth actually on the cat, but the risk:reward ratio of ‘cute photo’ vs ‘moth getting eaten’ didn't seem great.

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Not a bad night in the moth trap, starting to move from early spring moths into spring moths proper. Several new for the year, including Frosted Green (not really green), Scorched Carpet (not really a carpet), and this Muslin Moth which lived up to its name by fainting like a Regency debutante.
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I went to Ockham Common today, where this Emperor moth was attracted by my powerful sexual magnetism (i.e. a pheromone-impregnated rubber bung from a specialist lepidopteran supply store).
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Pretty good moths last night. One new species, Small Brindled Beauty. One which is probably new but might need dissecting to be certain — I think it's either Caloptilia elongella or C. betulicola, either of which would be new for the garden. And I've thrown in a pic of a Dotted Chestnut bc it's pretty.
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Had a lovely looking moth land on our front window, hard to tell what it is as it is mostly in silhouette but I think it is a Vapourer moth but hard to tell without seeing the otherside but I don't want to disturb it; and after a burst of sunlight on it it has now flown off

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Pyrausta aurata (Mint moth) Grabbed this shot with mobile zoom
P. aurata has two generations; in May/June, & again through July/August
The larvae feed on mints, including spearmint (Mentha spicata) and Apple mint (Mentha rotundifolia), marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Meadow-clary (Salvia pratensis), Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), catmint (Nepeta cataria) and calamints (Calamintha spp)
P. aurata is locally common in England, Wales and southern Scotland
#Oxfordshire #moths #UKMoths #lepidoptera

Here’s one for #CrapWildlifePhotography or whatever the hashtag is. It’s a new moth species for me, and a fairly good record… if the county moth recorder is willing to take my word for it.

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This was probably the best moth in the trap though — Ethmia quadrillella; until recently a very scarce moth in the UK, apparently it has been spreading but it was still new for my garden. The caterpillars feed on comfreys, lungworts and Common Gromwell, which is a great selection of plant names.

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