Latest posts tagged with #mothsmatter on Bluesky
Red Sword-grass (Xylena vetusta) N Antrim, March 2025. A twig mimic, whose's scientific name means "old wood". This moth hibernates over the winter. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #nature #wildlife #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
Agonopterix heracliana (Common Brindled Brown)
Tortricodes alternella (Spring Harbinger)
Acleris ferrugana/notana
Acleris cristana (Tufted Tortrix)
3/3: continuing selection of '26 moths recorded in my #Norwich garden. Agonopterix heracliana, Tortricodes alternella, Acleris ferrugana/notana (dissection needed to differentiate) & a personal favourite Acleris cristana - which come in a variety of wonderful colours/patterns. #teammoth #mothsmatter
Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)
Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda)
Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)
Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)
2/3: continuing selection of '26 moths to my #Norwich garden trap. Dotted Border, Twin-spotted Quaker, Small Quaker & a personal favourite Oak Beauty - which seems to be having a good year locally, I have recorded 4 which equals my total recorded prior to '26. #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky
Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria)
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
Diurnea fagella (Early Reveller)
1/3: Spring mothing well & truly underway on my #Norwich garden. Here's a selection of the species that I have recorded so far. Pale Brindled Beauty, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker & Diurnea fagella. #mothsmatter #teammoth #bugsky
Franconian Lackey (Malacosoma franconicum) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)Turkey
In the family Lasiocampidae
Found in central and southern Europe, as well as Armenia. On the wing from June to August
The larvae feed on Artemisia, Achillea, Plantago & Rumex species
#Moths #MothsMatter #Turkey
A Moth (Synaphe bombycalis) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) Turkey
Found in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan
Foodplant is Poaceae sp
#Moths #Lepidoptera #Synaphebombycalis #MothsMatter #Turkey
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) & Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi). North Antrim March 2026. These two species will become very common over the coming weeks. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
Mothing on top of the David Attenborough building this morning. Lots of orthosias, and nice to have more moth-ers than moths today! #mothsmatter
Common Quaker monotony relieved last night with 2 Twin spotted and one Small. VC66. #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter
Here's a chance to get involved in some important #citizenscience.
If you spot any tagged Bogong moths over the next few weeks or months, report them to the Bogong Watch website (www.bogong.org) or record them on iNaturalist.
#mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #communityscience
Oak Beauty on a wall
A quick scout around a friend's mothtrap as I was leaving after dinner produced seven species including this cracking Oak Beauty 😍 #teammoth #mothsmatter
Moth trap results from last night in VC38 and 10 moths of 5 species with 2 new for the year.
1 Oak Beauty
5 Common Quaker
2 Clouded Drab
1 Small Quaker (nfy)
1 Early Grey (nfy)
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) NAntrim, March 2026. Appearing in local wood last week. Many examples of this species come with a lovely pinkish flush. #moth #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social #gcampbellphoto
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
Pair of Satellite Moths
Grey-shoulder Knot
Red-green Carpet
Clouded Drab
#TeamMoth Another slight increase in numbers overnight (8-9th March 26) here in North Derbyshire #DERBYSHIRE 11/5. 6 Common Quaker, 2 Satellite NFG 🥳 , 1 Grey Shoulder Knot, 1 NFY Red-Green Carpet, & 1 Clouded Drab. #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social
It might not be the most eye catching but we think the name Clouded Drab rather under sells its qualities. #mothsmatter
Nice to get in on the Oak Beauty action this morning. I’d forgotten how large they were! #mothsmatter #teammoth #londonmoths
An Early Thorn moth resting, with wings held back like a butterfly, on a lichen covered branch
An Early Thorn moth resting on a lichen covered branch at night
Early Thorn moth caterpillar blending in with a plant stem
Happy #MothMonday! Looking like a butterfly at rest, the Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) flies after dusk and is common and well distributed throughout the British Isles. 🦋
Look out for it this month!
📷: Bob Eade, Les Evans-Hill, Patrick Clement
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Two differently coloured Oak Beauties from the other night. One of the smartest spring moths! Seems to be getting commoner around here. Took 8 years to catch my first, and only seven records in the last 14 years, but have already had four this year. #teammoth #MothsMatter #YorkshireMoths
March 7th is the earliest I've had moths in previous years. 16 last night in Billingham V66 including 2 Clouded Drab which do not look the same moth! Early Grey, 2 March Moth, Hebrew Character and 10 Common Quaker. #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter
16/7 was more than I was expecting for this damp and chilly first outing of the year. This nice oak beauty was the pick #teammoth #mothsmatter
Recent moth trap results.
3-3-26
March 3
Clouded Drab 2
Common Quaker 2
5-3-26
March 1
Common Quaker 2
Oak Beauty 1
7-3-26
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 1
Hebrew Character 1
#mothsmatter #teammoth
Dotted Chestnut
Lead-coloured Drab
Two moth highlights from earlier this week in Long Melford, Suffolk: DOTTED CHESTNUT and LEAD-COLOURED DRAB. Thursday (5th) was very productive with 119 moths of 15 species in two and a half hours of trapping on the edge of an ancient wood. #mothsmatter
Mottled Grey from last night’s trap: only the 2nd in our Cardiff garden, the previous in March 2021.
Colostygia multistrigaria: multiple stripes with black ‘Styx-like’ rivulets among the wing marks. Pertaining to the mythological river.
Early entomologists certainly had imagination.
#MothsMatter
#TeamMoth It’s #MothFaceFriday Here’s my latest new for garden beauty……… A BRINDLED BEAUTY posing for me #MothsMatter #Moths #DERBYSHIRE
#DERBYSHIRE My best night of the year so far 8/5 with 3 NFG, 1 Brindled Beauty, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Chestnut. Clear at first, cloudy by morning.
Also present 3 Common Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Moths @derbyswildlife.bsky.social
Diurnea fagella
Early Grey
March Moth
Small Quaker
21 of 8 last night across the two traps. The first time I have hit double figures this year of moths caught Looking forward to hitting double figures of species anytime soon #teammoth #mothsmatter VC11 SE Hants #gardenwildlife
I’ve deployed both #mothtraps this evening .. and I’m still feeling envious of those moth-ers who can launch an MV without their neighbours complaining! 🤣🤣🤣 #teammoth #mothsmatter
Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis) - North Antrim, What a difference a few mild days make. Double figures of this scarce moth and some Bilberry coming into flower. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
Red Chestnut
Satellite
Common Quaker
Small Quaker
Lydd on Sea VC15, another chilly night by the sea, which gave 15 of 6sp.
However, there were 4 NFY’s, Red Chestnut, Satellite, Common Quaker & Small Quaker.
#Teammoth
#Mothsmatter
Menophra japygiaria
Aleucis distinctata
Agrotis
Spodoptera exigua
Nice few moths this morning, including Menophra japygiaria, Agrotis, Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua) and Aleucis distinctata! #teammoth #mothsmatter
