Andy Marquis

Figure of Eight - 5th for Guernsey

Cliff Plume - 2nd for Guernsey

Phalonidia affinitana - New to Channel Islands

Chartoscirta cincta - new to Guernsey

The year is more or less finished so a summary of 2025, there was a lot of moth trapping in the field.

So…
I made 3,466 records
778 different species, 480 of those were moths.

129 species were new to me during 2025. Moths accounted for 74 new species for me so I now have 602 moths on my life list.

The weather isn't looking great. I'm in London most of this coming week so running out of time to get a last cliff trap out for those few moths I seem to only get in the south.

A few moths last night, cold and breezy this morning, but nice to see Autumnal Rustic, my fist since 2020 and only third ever, not a common moth in my garden.

Photo's:
Autumnal Rustic
Turnip Moth
Rusty Dot Pearl
Feathered Ranunculus

Long-tailed Skua. Great bird but not very helpful for photo's staying clear of the boat.

The Fulmar were very obliging today, really like this shot.

Adult Sabine's Gull out on the #Guernsey #pelagic today, way out there in Hurd Deep.

Stunning gulls

Fulmar were close to the boat... Adore these!

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Low numbers in the trap last night but a Rosy Underwing made up for that.

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Thank you, I suspected as much

Two options for this Caloptilia, both nice to get. Questions is, which one is it? @mothiduk.bsky.social @gyrcrakes.bsky.social

Flying Ants at sunset. Lasius sp. I think.

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Little Emerald

Jersey Mocha

Migrant Sable

Gracillaria syringella

Trapped in a wooded valley on the South Coast of Guernsey last night. A small site.

69 species including a few very nice ones. Photo's of some of the new to me moths below. See Alt text for names.

Chartoscirta cincta

Chevron (not behaving for a photo!)

Brown-veined Wainscot

Bulrush Wainscot

Some moths from a La Societe Entomology Section outing to Grand Pre NR on 12th July. We ran 6 traps and captured 97 species of moth.

The bug is one of the Saldidae - Shore Bugs - Chartoscirta cincta and these are a new species for Guernsey.

Photo's labelled in Alt Text.

Snout is correct, that's about as far as I go.

But I do wonder if it's a retention thing with the wide hole on my commercial made mini robinson trap.

It works fine at home! Maybe these dark places are different. I'll change the bulb next outing.

Most interesting was the moths per trap. The MV just doesn't perform in the field, maybe too easy for moths to escape compared to my homemade skinner style traps. 63+ of 36 to MV, 91+ of 51 to Twin 30w Actinic tubes and 137+ of 54 to the little 20w Wemlite + 20W Black UV (the + is Least Carpets!)

It was done quickly due to the midges! Excluding Least carpets (of which I estimate over 100, I stopped counting), 291 other moths, not sure on species count over the 3 traps yet, need to get them all together, but i think 5 new to me species in there, but still no Striped Hawk...

Wing

Better photo

This might be interesting. Agdistis sp Plume Moth on the cliffs last night in Guernsey. Will have to investigate the differences @mothiduk.bsky.social

However, it's probably italica, which is also rare here.

@mothiduk.bsky.social looks like this might be Metalampha sp and more like M.cinnamomea with the dark colour. VC113 Guernsey. Heavy migrant night. Any comments or opinions please?

Also, I can't spell...

A few nice oce moths this morning. Not a huge number of migrants but a pair of Feline is pretty special and I assume migrant as I've never had one in 12 years of trapping here. Also Marbled White Spot rare for here, a few Small Mottled Willow, Dark Swordgrass as common migrants.

33 species in the moth trap this morning, including this fantastic Tawny-barred Angle. New for Garden. VC113.

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It's very wet out, but hopefully these heavy showers will subside and the gentle F2/3 originating in North Africa and coming across the continent will bring us something nice as well as whatever local moths are about ready for tomorrow's #bioblitz.

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Gibbaranea bituberculata on the Guernsey cliffs yesterday along with an Alopecosa sp.

Some Duck pics...

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A few things from the big low tide today.

Common Spider Crab - Macropedia rostrata
Common Squat Lobster
Aeolidia papillosa
Geitodoris planata maybe or another suggestion of Atagema gibba, waiting for experts