My earliest ever trapped moth. First before March. A Pale Brindled Beauty I think! Let me know otherwise. #moths #mothsmatter #mothsuk #teammoth

Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.

Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk

Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.

Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.

A first for me, a Clifden Nonpareil at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, E Yorks, caught by Mike Coverdale on 24 Aug 25.
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a hawk moth caterpillar sat along a leafy stem. it is a brown, thick-set caterpillar with large black eye spots on the side of its head. At the rear is a protruding horn.

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a hawk moth caterpillar spotted last year in Highnam Woods, Glos.

At last after many of 'the other one' finally a Brown Line Bright Eye in my garden. Holly Tortrix is a lifer. 1st Dusky Thorn since 2023 and a Gold Triangle in the conservatory. VC66 @teesbirds.bsky.social #moths #mothsUK #mothsmatter

Wondering if "we were busy marvelling at the contents of our moth trap" would be accepted as a valid reason for the kids to be late to school? 🤔🫣😅

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Persistence finally pays off. My first Currant Clearwing. VC66 #moths #mothsmatter #mothsuk

3rd full year of trapping and my 400th species Agnopterix Arenella. VC66 #moths #mothsUK #mothsmatter

Cold last night just 3 Hebrew Characters, 1 Common Quaker and my first ever Oak Beauty. VC66 #moths #mothsuk #mothsmatter

First trap for a while before the midnight rain. 5 Common Quakers 3 Agnopterix Alstromeriana and first Early Grey of the year. #moths #mothsUK #mothsmatter

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One of the great things about moving house is everything is NFG. 3 pristine Common Quakers, an Oak Beauty and a Clouded Drab plus 7 HCs. #teammoth @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #moths #ukwildlife #mothsmatter #nightflyers #butterfliesandmoths #mothsuk

A single Dotted Border in VC67 Warkworth last night #mothing @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #mothsmatter #mothsuk #nature #nightflyers #ukwildlife #butterfliesamdmoths #moths

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Continuing with the letter B amongst the moths observed last year: Beautiful Hook-tip , Laspeyria flexula , Beautiful Yellow Underwing , Anarta myrtilli , Bee Moth , Aphomia sociella and Bird-cherry Ermine , Yponomeuta evonymella
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This small moth is a Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix , Pandemis cerasana.

Even smaller, this is a Barred Grass-veneer , Agriphila inquinatella, one of the Crambidae.

The Barred Marble , Celypha striana, is another small moth in the Tortricidae family .

The biggest of the 4 is the Barred Straw , Gandaritis pyraliata, one of the Geometridae. So the connection is in the name, they are all 'Barred'

Some more moths from last year. Can you guess what they have in common? Comment if you think you know the answer :-) (Or read the ALT text hehe)
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Found a few of these on the house wall (Bridgwater/Somerset). They seem to be empty so I wondered if they were parasitised? Any idea on what type of caterpillar and/or parasite? #WildlifeUK , #NatureUK , #InvertebratesUK , #InsectsUK , #CaterpillarsUK, #MothsUK , #ParasitesUK

An unexpected first for UK to the garden on 22/09/24 Phycitodes Lacateella/Peppered knot-horn. A massive thanks to Dave Appleton for all his help and knowledge for this

Simply a stunning micro nfg and square Oncocera semirubella/Rosy knot-horn or the very apt Rhubarb and Custard moth

Another scarce migrant to the garden on same night as the Lacateella 22/09/24 with 20 Norfolk records , Euchromius Ocellea/Silver-spotted veneer

A micro I wanted to see because of its Latin name as my son lives in Vancouver ! Dichrorampha vancouverana/Orange-spot Yarrow moth. Nfg and square

#moths in numbers 2024 at Ormesby St.Margaret , Norfolk.
78 trapping nights saw 10,334 with 64 nfgarden of which 30 nfsquare and amazingly 1 new for Norfolk and UK! Garden list now 546 species. Part 1 #micromoths @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #teammoth #mothsuk

Black Arches moth. Stonebarrow Dorset

Buff Ermine Moth. Stonebarrow. Dorset

Elephant Hawk Moth. Stonebarrow. Dorset

Large Emerald Moth. Stonebarrow Dorset.

We had a gr8 Moth event at work, yesterday a.m. 60 species approx. NT Naturalists were V. good. Hope I've named correctly! Call me shallow, but I like the ones with bling.... (same with my birds! 😀). Black Arches, Buff Ermine, Elephant Hawk, Large Emerald. #MothsUK #NationalTrust