Flame Shoulder moth on the leaf of a fuchsia plant
Moths come with some brilliant names, like the Least Black Arches or the Water Carpet, but when I discovered a Flame Shoulder in the trap I was expecting something a little more…flame-y 🤷♂️
#teammoth #permaculturegarden #biodiversity #greenliving #mothsmatter
The bottom of an egg box with an array of moths on it, including a Hebrew Character, Sandy Carpet, two Early Greys and a Green Silver-link, as well as a St Marks fly.
Huge array of different moths in the trap this morning, here’s just a flavour. So many new for this year that our official recorder (my 10 year old) had to abbreviate “new species”.
#teammoth #permaculturegarden #biodiversity #greenliving
Copy of a Dominos tweet about a hapless Premier League team, on a background of a hapless Premier League player
I am suddenly warming to Dominos coming to Guernsey 🤔
⚒️🇬🇬 🍕 🇬🇬⚒️
Love it!
A pleasure to
A Silver Y moth on a blue lined background
A Peppered moth, on a stone background
Pick of the moth trap this morning were a Peppered moth and a Silver Y - a new species for me and, when I uploaded it, for iRecord it would appear.
A Emperor moth facing downwards, on an egg box
A lovely Emperor moth in the trap this morning - a first time for 2026, as well as three other species new for this year. She laid eggs on the egg box and so it is now tucked into a hawthorn hedge to feed the youngsters.
#teammoth
A Emperor moth facing downwards, on an egg box
A lovely Emperor moth in the trap this morning - a first time for 2026, as well as three other species new for this year. She laid eggs on the egg box and so it is now tucked into a hawthorn hedge to feed the youngsters.
I am happy with no dissection and "looks likely" 😂
Thanks!
A brown moth on a white background, with two distinct paler bands running across its body.
Pick of the moth trap today was this hook tip - I’m thinking Watsonalla uncinula but I’m not certain.
#teammoth
They make a great pesto too
A hedgerow in bloom
The sloe gin, sloe brandy and sloe port is starting the year well I see…
A Muslin Moth up close on a white background, showing its comb-like antennae and fluffy head
Lots of Common Quakers and Hebrew Characters but one new moth for the year - a Muslin Moth. Just a small brown moth from a distance but very cool up close.
#teammoth
Trees at night, clear sky with stars the UV light of a moth trap in the bottom left corner
Lovely evening to invite some moths to come and be recorded
#teammoth #permaculturegarden #biodiversity #greenliving
A Chestnut Moth, on a stone paving slab
This week’s clues in the question, question:
What’s this chestnut coloured moth called?
#chestnutmoth #teammoth
A Holly Blue butterfly on a Bay Laurel leaf
First Holly Blue of the year, enjoying some afternoon sun…
A light brown mushroom on an old log, surrounded by green plants
The underside of a light brown mushroom on a log
A Winter Polypore, processing an oak log.
A casual glance this might be thought to be honey fungus, but a quick look underneath and it’s obvious it’s not, as it has pores not gills.
#fungifriends
" #Fungi create #soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international scientific community to recognize fungi on the same level as #plants and #animals." #science
Three metre high Loquat tree surrounded by dead leaves, with an ivy-covered wall in the background
One of the trees that grows really well in Guernsey’s climate is the gloriously bonkers Loquat. Everything it does is upside down - leaves drop in the Spring, flowers in the Autumn, sets fruit over the winter and produces delicious fruit early summer, all the time looking great
#loveguernsey
Not sure - a variety of UK apps seem to be split down the middle….
A brown moth, called a variegated cutworm as well as a pearly underwing, on grey stone paving.
Take your pick - it’s a Variegated Cutworm Moth or it’s a Pearly Underwing. How can a moth have a slightly terrifying common name and a cute common name at the same time? Either way, it’s a first for this year in the trap last night.
#teammoth
After replacing sheep with free-roaming cattle, 5x as many butterflies were recorded, and 2x as many species, due to the increased floral diversity.
Interesting stuff. But unless stocking densities are *extremely* low, cattle are an ecological disaster too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Certainly can’t complain!
Yes, on a little rock out in the Atlantic, that happily has quite a healthy biodiversity.
That’s awesome, thanks!
I am in Guernsey, so everything is a little early here…
A black and white speckled moth on a stone step
A brown and pink moth hanging vertically on a stone wall
A reddish brown moth on a stone step
A black and white moth on a stone step
Seventeen moths in the trap last night, including a peppered moth, the magnificently named angle shades, a couple of early thorns and an oak beauty.
#teammoth
An Oak Beauty moth on a stone floor
A dotted border moth on an egg box
A Hebrew character moth on a stone floor
A little brown apple moth on a window frame
A lovely Oak Beauty in the moth trap this morning, together with a Dotted Border, a Hebrew Character and the wonderfully named Little Brown Apple Moth.
#teammoth #permaculturegarden #biodiversity #greenliving