Psyche casta
3x Psyche casta
Jersey Tiger caterpillar on Green Alkanet
Scarlet Tiger caterpillar
Scarlet Tiger and Jersey Tiger cats in the garden this afternoon, along with 4 Psyche casta - all underneath an upturned wheelbarrow #cambsmoths #teammoth
Psyche casta Olympus TG-6, Spot Metering (centred on centre of frame), LED Light Guide (LG-1), 0 EV exposure compensation. 6 photo stacking in camera. Perhaps slightly dark overall?
Psyche casta Olympus TG-6, Multi-segment Metering (centred on centre of frame), LED Light Guide (LG-1), -0.3 EV exposure compensation. 6 photo stacking in camera. Perhaps slightly bright?
Psyche casta Olympus TG-6, Multi-segment Metering (centred on centre of frame), LED Light Guide (LG-1), 0 EV exposure compensation. 6 photo stacking in camera. Too bright!
Spotted this Psyche casta (Common Bagworm) between the decking boards outside my (m)office this afternoon - NFY
#teammoth #cambsmoths
Not the easiest place to photograph it but the Olympus TG-6 has done pretty well overall I reckon - details on indvidual images
Rubbish photo of a hairy caterpillar (Scarlet Tiger) munching on a hairy plant (Green Alkanet) - sadly dropped out of site before I got another go at photographing
Scarlet Tiger is a one-a-year adult for me for the last few years, including one or two in the garden. Plenty of cats later in the year at RSPB Fowlmere, but this is the first I've found this early, or indeed in the garden at home - munching its way through the Green Alkanet #teammoth #cambsmoths
Pale Pinoin was NFY on the night of 18-March-2026. With lovely sunny days, the East Anglian nights have been cold with hard frosts on 2 mornings and thick fog the last two mornings - slim pickings! #teammoth #cambsmoths
16-Mar-2025 A mild night if quite breezy. Red-Green Carpet and Zelleria hepariella were both NFY amidst the 29/9, with another un-drab form of Clouded drab and will marked Double-striped Pug the other highlights
#teammoth #cambsmoths
On the morning of 12-Mar, woke up to find the trap upside down in the wind, which was much stronger than forecast in South Cambs. Amazingly, the light was still lit despite it being in the position shown in the photos. Also amazingly, there were still 14 moths in the trap! #teammoth #cambsmoths
Oct 2025 I identified some Common Reed mines containig Cosmopterix scribalella larvae at #RSPBFowlmere - I kept a single mine in a jar, and today an adult eclosed - at the moment I am assuming the same species, although I will get it checked #teammoth #cambsmoths
Exciting news -one of my overwintering Ectoedemia turbidella (a rare moth) has emerged. I bought the pot indoors a couple of weeks ago #cambsmoths
09-Mar-2026 Just the one NFY in the 29/10 - Early Thorn - always a moth that feels difficult to photograph well...
Year total now 40 species including early stages
#cambsmoths #teammoth
Engrailed
Didn't light up last night but noticed a moth on the outside of a lighted window at around 7.30pm - Engrailed. Quite a surprise - last seen here 1st April 2024, then one in early July 2022, and two in early July 2020 #teammoth #cambsmoths
Pammene giganteana (view from above)
4x Pammene giganteana
Pammene giganteana (side view)
A nice sunny day here so put the FUN lure out while I sat eating my lunch outside - 5 Pammene giganteana arrived within a 30 minute spell (one landed on the outside of the trap and crawled around a bit before heading off elsewhere)
#teammoth #cambsmoths
Small Quaker
Twin-spotted Quaker
Diurnea fagella
24-Feb-2026 was agood night with Small Quaker, Twin-spotted Quaker and Diurnea fagella all NFY from a total of 23/7 #cambsmoths #vc29moths #teammoth #mothmatters
Spurred on by feeds for #norfolkmoths, #norfolkbirds I decided to experiment creating a feed for #cambsmoths - post with hashtags #cambsmoths #cambridgeshiremoths or #vc29moths should be included (except - I've never done this before, so... #teammoths #mothmatters)
See bsky.app/profile/did:...
