Pressing some wonderfully coloured Raspberry Ripple (Rosette) apples for cider today. Fantastic flavour for single-varietal cider with juice so red that it's hard to believe it's not artificially coloured!
#cider #apples #brewing

Looks like pied to me...

Cydalima perspectalis Box-tree Moth

These little bastards have caused havock to my box hedging, but you gotta admit that the melanic form is kinda pretty...

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The departure lounge... swallows queueing
#birdwatching #kentbirding

Pyracantha bonsai

Baby pyracantha with berries for the first time
#Bonsai

Oncocera semirubella Rosy Knot-horn

Rhubarb & custard to light
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Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social, is this N janthe please?

Ripening oats, Old Nonington, Kent

Old Nonington between thunder storms today

#EastKent #Kent

Buff Tip Moth

Buff Tip Moth

On closer inspection, the twig looks grumpy at being recognised...

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Pinion-streaked Snout new for me

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Nice! I always love getting an elephant!

Barred Yellow Moth

Beautiful Hook-tip

Barred Yellow and Beautiful Hook-tip a couple highlights from last night

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A nice range of Common Swift variations!

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Amazing show last night in East Kent!

#lightning #storm

Birth of a giant (hopefully). First female giant pumpkin flower pollinated today. Hoping for a PB but will need to hit >800lbs to do so!

#GiantPumpkin #gardening #pumpkin

Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis

Swollen-thighed beetle

#beetles #insects #ukwildlife

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social is this Clay Triple-lines or Maiden's Blush please? East Kent

The elephant cocoon that we over-wintered finally emerged today! Such stunning colours!

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Completely acceptable! 😁

Green Carpet

Treble Lines ab. obscura

A pristine Green Carpet and Treble Lines ab. obscura from the other night

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Rhagium mordax on a ping pong paddle. Not it's usual habitat as far as I know.

#beetles #ukwildlife

This was interesting because it was such a clear land/sea divide

I drove along the coast from Folkestone to Rye yesterday and while the land was in full sunshine, there was a continuous bank of dense mist obscuring any view of the Channel. Very interesting...

Blue mint beetle (Chrysolina coerulans)

Blue mint beetle (Chrysolina coerulans) looking rather dashing in the evening sunlight

#beetles #ukwildlife

Some interesting Heart and Darts from last night- a very red one and one with a bifid dart

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Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social could you help with ID on this pug from my VC15 trap please? A darker Grey?

Pale Tussock moth

I love the disgruntled expression!

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Ah, thank you! New for my garden

Struggling with an ID on this one from last night. Marbled Minor agg? @mothiduk.bsky.social

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Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea

Met this colourful chap in the strawberry patch today. Black-headed Cardinal Beetle

#insects #ukwildlife