78 of 14 last night in Harby, Leics (5/3/26) including 2 Shoulder Stripe, 2 Red Chestnut, an Early Grey, a March Moth and this rather lovely Acleris literana, not one I see that regularly in the garden. #vc55moths #teammoth
Dissection confirmed vittata.
Dissection confirms A. coronata.
And the dissection shows that it is.... A. heracliana! Thoroughly putting a nail in the coffin of cilia bands as an ID aid...
Codling Moth, Harby, Leics, 5-12-25. Third generation maybe?! The bizarre records continue... #vc55moths #teammoth
Battle-scarred sub-zero migrants battle on in Harby, Leics. Rusty-dot Pearl, 20-11-25 #teammoth #vc55moths
Ectoedemia intimella on Sallow and Stigmella glutinosae on Alder, Scalford, Leics 8/11/25 #teammoth #vc55moths
Odd and unseasonal is now the norm. Last night's example was a Dark Arches. Gratuitous MdJ thrown in because even after all these years it can be difficult to resist photographing them. Harby 7/11/25 #teammoth #vc55moths
That would have made me do a double take...
Could do with a little more cloud please to cover up that huge light bulb in the sky... 79/23 in Harby last night - the craziness continues, included 2 Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl and 2 Diamond-back. Also had Vine's and Lozotaeniodes formosana! Oh - and 36x LBAM....
Poor pic of Swallow-tailed Moth on wall at work in Scalford, Leics this morning. It's November!?! #vc55moths #teammoth
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella mines on Snowberry in Plungar, Leics 1-11-25, compete with papery cocoons. Not one I find that regularly. #vc55moths #teammoth
Stigmella luteella and S. sakhalinella, Hose, Leics. #vc55moths #teammoth
Phyllocnistis xenia in Hose, Leics. First record for the Vale of Belvoir #vc55moths #teammoth
Still decent catches in Harby, Leics. Highlights last night were Ypsolopha ustella which was new for the tetrad, and another micro I'm sure will turn out to be Blastobasis vittata when gen detted (my third such moth this year), though this species is still not on the VC55 list. #vc55moths #teammoth
Satellite, Harby, Leics 13/10/25 Still fairly good numbers of moths, although last few nights have been misty and soggy. #vc55moths #teammoth
The weird season continues... Uncertain & Mottled Rustic in Harby, Leics last night 7/10/25 #vc55moths #teammoth
Delicate, Pink-barred Sallow and Yellow-line Quaker from Harby, Leics 5/10/25 #vc55moths #teammoth
Three years after planting a Field Maple it provides a new one for the garden - Stigmella aceris. Harby, Leics 5/10/25 #vc55moths #teammoth
Nice Grey Dagger larva on pyracantha in the garden this afternoon. Harby, Leics 5/10. #vc55moths #teammoth
Bucculatrix albedinella, Harby 130925
Stigmella lemniscella, Harby 130925
After years of scrutinising the leaves of local elms in the Harby tetrad, very surprised to add new two species on the same tiny isolated hedgerow scrambler. Leics 13/9/25 #vc55moths #teammoth
A few from Harby, Leics on 5/9 - Brindled Green, Frosted Orange, Dark Spectacle and a Lesser Wax Moth (surprised to find this was new for the tetrad) #vc55moths #teammoth
Warmer temps made for a better catch in Harby, Leics 5/9. Migrants and colonists included a Vestal, Dark Sword Grass, 4 Dewick's Plusias, a Silver Y, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl and 2 Scrobipalpa ocellatella. #vc55moths #teammoth
Ancylosis oblitella in Harby, Leics (1/9/25) - wasn't expecting that to reach me so soon, especially on such an otherwise steady night. #vc55moths #teammoth
Yes, after several consecutive nights and having had 8 traps out last night, and then one MV needed repairs this morning I'm having a night off tonight!
Dewick's Plusia probably the highlight from a large and very brown catch in Leics last night, two thirds of which comprised just 4 species (Common Wainscot, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Square-spot Rustic & Agriphila tristella) #vc55moths #teammoth
Purple Bar, Harby, Leics 22/8. Supporting cast 2x Small Mottled Willow, 3 European Corn-borer, Delicate, Dark Sword Grass, Shark, Small Ranunculus and a late Coronet #vc55moths #teammoth
Webb's Wainscot and Gelechia senticetella, Harby, Leics 15/8 #vc55moths #teammoth
Jersey Tiger, Harby, Leics 15/8 new for tetrad #vc55moths #teammoth
42 Scrobipalpa ocellatella in the traps last night and reports of larger numbers nearby in the Vale of Belvoir, Leics. Anyone else note this movement? #vc55moths #teammoth
