Jersey Mocha in my conservatory tonight. Helston VC1. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
Jersey Mocha in my conservatory tonight. Helston VC1. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
Yes an RVD....there have been a lot of them there this year! They have been breeding there for many years.
Small Marbled
Just watering the garden @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Helston garden. Bordered Straw, Small Marbled, RDPs, DSGs, RVs and SY. Fav 2 moths were Ghost and Scallop Shell. A fair few moths but did not do a proper count! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
2 Lunar Hornet Moth to lure in my garden. Helston VC1. That's the lure away until next year. #mothsmatter #teammoth
Those Scarlet Darters need to fly west....๐
Still a few migrants kicking about in Helston, VC1. Small Marbled, 2 DSG, Small Mottled Willow and a few RDPs last night. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth #mothsmatter
Thrift Clearwing to lure. The Lizard, Cornwall. #teammoth #mothsmatter
Six Belted Clearwing to lure. The Lizard, Cornwall. #teammoth #mothsmatter
First Golden Ringed,of the year, at Windmill Farm NNR, The Lizard today. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
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Small Marbled
Yay ....plant watering and my little town garden delivers another NFM (in UK). Small Marbled. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoths #mothsmatter
Amazing. Just a Bordered Straw, 2 RDPs and a Rush Veneer here. Friday looks ok!
No problem Steve - I know that you like to know about migrants as you have a passing interest.....๐
Ace few days! Steve - you may have missed my post ref the Crimson Speckled I had on Sat night...unfortunatley it got stood on! Gutted when that hapoens.
A quiter night last night in terms of numbers but had one of those awful mothing incidents.checked the trap on returning from a wedding late last night.this morning there was a squashed Crimson Speckled.poor thing. Bordered Straw and 2 PVs were other migrants. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Acrobasis repandana
A good night in the garden in Helston, Cornwall VC1. 385/85 ...lots of escapees! Acrobasis repandana a rare moth in Cornwall. Possible migrant @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
My good mothing fortune continues. Migrant Sable (Diasemiopsis ramburialis) found today at Windmill Farm NNR,The Lizard (VC1). A new moth for me and the reserve. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
Thanks Paul....first in uk for me. Had a right faff at 4.45am as I could not get a pic so pushed it into trap...when I opened trap 15 mins later i could not find it....searched again later and found it!
A lot of moths in the garden in Helston VC1....first moth I saw was this Purple Marbled! Other migrants during initial check - Bordered Straw, Rush Veneer, RDP, Turnip, Small Mottle Willow and Silver Y. Magic! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth #mothsmatter
Striped HM
Ni Moth
Passenger
Cosmopolitan
More Memorcan moths #mothsmatter
The geomatrician
Gem
Blair's Mocha
Speckled Footman
Finding some great moths in Memorca. #mothsmatter
After last nights aborted cliff top trapping...only 3 moths caught. I found this dazzler in my car just now. Lime HM. #teammoth #mothsmatter
Gave it until 1115 but it was hammering down. First moth (of 3 total) in was a Silver Y....2nd was a nice Barrett's Marbled Coronet.
Just arrived on the Clifftop at Kennack Sands, on The Lizard. Pissing down....maddogs and mothing men.....
A very unexpected visitor to my Helston (VC1) town garden last night. Little Thorn - a rare moth in Cornwall. #mothsmatter
Lovely fresh Green Arches in the garden this morning. Helston, Cornwall.VC1. Bring on the saharan plume! #mothsmatter
Fragrant Orchid at Windmill Farm NNR, The Lizard, today. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Clouded Buff at Windmillfarm NNR, The Lizard today; a heathland specialist. #mothsmatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Pigmy Rush
Yellow Centaury
Some rare plants at Windmill Farm NNR, The Lizard today; Pigmy Rush and Yellow Centaury. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social #botany