First solitary bee of the year… chocolate mining (Andrena scotica)
22.03.2025 13:49
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First solitary bee of the year… chocolate mining (Andrena scotica)
Good variety of moths last night...
Tree Bumble Queen loving our winter-flowering heather.
Pristine Peacock from yesterday...
First sighting of an early bumblebee queen....
3 firsts for the year on our plot over the last few days. 1st ladybird -pine, 1st butterfly - peacock and 1st bumble - buff-tailed.
The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
A photo of a bright yellow Brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) resting on a wall. Its wings are spread, showing brown patches along the edges of the forewings.
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata), Carms 2022.
Welsh name Melyn y Drain – meaning yellow of the thorns
#mothsmatter
Merry Christmas from Cofnod, channelling our inner "Fraggle Rock" 🎅☔ @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic.bsky.social
There’s been little coverage of the fallout from Storm Darragh on Wales’s native #woodlands, beyond its effects on productive #forestry. The few sites I’ve been to have had a mixed toll of damage, but few escaped impacts. How can we ensure resilience in our woods for ongoing extreme weather events?
Wales Moth List now updated with 2023 records and downloadable here 👇
butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area...
Includes a brief summary with Rob Hillier's excellent photo of Scarce Merveille du Jour from Haverfordwest, which was the first record for Wales.
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
It’s funny that we call it “dead” wood, when it can support so much life! 🪵🪲🐜🍄
Here’s a video I made earlier in the year, to spread some love for this vital habitat.
#Invertebrates #Fungi #Deadwood #Ecology 🧪
Upper row, from left: Notocelia rosaecolana - Notocelia trimaculana - Notocelia roborana Second row: Notocelia incarnatana - Notocelia cynosbatella - Notocelia uddmanniana Third row: Hedya pruniana - Hedya atropunctana - Hedya ochroleucana Fourth row: Hedya nubiferana - Hedya dimidiana - Hedya salicella
Another batch factsheet pictures completed at lepidoptera.no. This time two different genera of Norwegian bird-droppings tortrix moths:
Notocelia: www.lepidoptera.no/en/arter/?vi...
Hedya: www.lepidoptera.no/en/arter/?vi...
#lepidoptera #moths #teammoth
501 species in total...
Macros 322 - recorded all new species from day 1.
Micros 179 - intended to do this for micros - but didn't!
Thanks for asking.
Improving the factsheet images at lepidoptera.no at the moment, and all frequently occuring #Scopariinae in Norway are now complete. #mosemott #teammoth
www.lepidoptera.no/arter/?view=...
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Iris Rust (Puccinia iridis), recorded on Stinking Iris leaves at Colwyn Bay, by TonyC. @sewbrec.org.uk @discoverthewild.bsky.social
I’ll be there!
We've been moth trapping consistently here at our plot in North Wales for more than 16 years, but still getting some macro 'First -timers'. Always a thrill when you do...
#teammoth
I've been quite successful - sowing into bare earth but was told they like a frosting to aid germination so always put the seeds into the freezer for a couple of days before.
"Substantial increase in [alien invasive] grey squirrels in England is concerning, campaigners say."
Time to bring back pine martens!!!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Millions of non-native pheasants, bred in appalling conditions, are dumped into the countryside just to be shot. This isn’t conservation; it’s carnage. The shooting industry must be held accountable!
