ID help required. This very small #moth has been leading me up the garden path! 7-8mm length. Obsid suggests Bryotropha spp. or Brown House Moth. Best suggestion to me seems to be Hollyhock Seed Moth (Pexicopia malvella)- but early. What do people think? #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Potted eventually last evening, Depr. chaerophylli, (Tabby Brown). Very lively, new to our area.
Another view of the Tabby Brown, very well marked little moth.
Out of trap into egg box & turned straight onto its back! Our 1st m Muslin moth of the year
1st for year a Chamomile Shark, on back of bench this morning. Didn't trap one last year.
Only 8/7 last night in Hunstanton. NFG Depr. chaerophylli, (Tabby Brown), scarce here. NFY Muslin Moth & Chamomile Shark. Only migrant 1 D/Back. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
1st w Ross's Gull reported from ploughed fields at Thornham, was found at RSPB Titchwell this morning.. #norfolkbirds
Gravitarmata margarotana
Oblique Striped
Pale Tussock
Least Black Arches
33/19 here in Mundford VC28 overnight with Gravitarmata margarotana NFM and Seraphim, Red-green Carpet, Oblique Striped, V-pug, Pale Tussock and Least Black Arches NFY #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Coronet (Craniophora ligustri)
Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)
Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)
Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana)
"New for year" visitors to my #Norwich garden trap this week. A splendid Coronet, Muslin Moth ♂️, Shuttle-shaped Dart & Oak Nycteoline. #moths #norfolkmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #pollinators #bugsky
Spectacle
For #MothFaceFriday the first Spectacle of the year. Always amuse me, they do. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Acleris literana
Oak-tree Pug
Nut-tree Tussock
Spruce Carpet
Best night so far in Old Catton. 30/13 with nfy Oak-tree & Brindled Pug, Spectacle, Spruce Carpet, Nut-tree Tussock and Acleris literana. Seems like it's taken a long time to get going. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
A few from Bluesky's "lost" day off yesterday...!
More NFY moths ~ a superb Great Prominent, a Scorched Carpet & a cracker of a Nut-tree Tussock (definitely one of my favourite moth names...).
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Last but not least on the NFY roster today, one of the two Flame Shoulders from this morning. Guest stars also included another Streamer and the 2nd Dotted Chestnut of the year.
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3/3
...and four more for Pt. 2...
Common Pug, Agonopterix subpropinquella (Black neck Buff), Waved Umber & Shuttle-shaped Dart.
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2/3
An excellent morning at CMO HQ today ~ 9 NFY in a lovely selection of 50/25. Here's Pt. 1.
Early Tooth-striped, Oak-tree Pug, Least Black Arches & Acleris kochiella (Elm Tortrix).
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1/2
Looking at the front end of a moth with black antennae and furry thorax.
My first ever muslin moth and what a stunner!
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Coastal Buff (Agonopterix yeatiana)
Swallow Prominant/Lesser Swallow Prominent
Streamer
Waved Umber
16/04/26. 36/18. Now we're sucking on diesel! Coastal Buff (Agonopterix yeatiana)-lifer, Lunar Marbled Brown, Swallow & Lesser Swallow Proms, Twenty-plumed & Waved Umber NFG. Diamond-back Moth NFY. Streamer representing the best of the rest #teammoth #norfolkmoths #MigrantMothUK
Another Oak-tree Tussock, very attractive moth
On our shed this morning, a Pine Beauty.
Found on one of our Spindle bushes today our first Spindle Ermine web of this year.
Only 15/7 last night in Hunstanton. Nothing new. Top was 8 DS Pugs, 2 SSD, & singles of Brindled & Oak Pugs, Lunar-marbled Brown, Nut-tree Tussock* & Pine Beauty*.
Found this web on our spindle today, first of the Spindle Ermines!* #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Siskins over calling as we opened trap.
A nfg from last night. Small, but exquisite - Incurvaria masculella (Feathered Cutter). Hopefully, a sign of things to come. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Some of the other fabulous moths from this morning's trap. Pale Prominent, Nut-tree Tussock, Lunar Marbled Brown & another pic of the star visitor, Pinion-spotted Pug #norfolkmoths #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #bugsky #pollinators
Powdered Quaker
15/04/26. A slightly more encouraging 27/7 but it still seems a bit on the slow side. Another Angle Shades, DSP and our second Powdered Quaker of the year. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Muslin Moth
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Early Thorn
15/12 here in Mundford VC28 overnight with Muslin Moth, Lesser Swallow Prominent and Early Thorn nfy #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Pinion-spotted Pug (Eupithecia insigniata). New species for my garden (and me!) to light overnight. A small grey moth with prominent dark markings on the leading edge of the forewing with distinctive thin cross-lines. A beautifully patterned species. This is a Nationally Scarves B listed species. It's scarce in Norfolk, primarily seen in the NW of county, the Brecks as well as occasionally in Norwich. It is the first modern record for my tetrad, having previously been recorded by E.A.Atmore 1873-1913.
Acleris literana (Lichen Tortrix)
Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae)
Absolute scenes in the #Norwich moth trap this morning! Pinion-spotted Pug - a total stunner & new for the garden, who says pugs are boring?! Also the 2nd Acleris literana this month (3rd for garden) & first Lime Hawk-moth for '26. #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths #pollinators #norfolkmoths #bugsky
Heavy rain last evening in Hunstanton, but egg boxes were dry this morning, trap empty, but last night we found a DS pug on back of bench.
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Med gull over calling, Blackcap on Hawthorn singing and RL Partridges as well. ##norfolkbirding
Marsh Tit on a branch. Still common round here, but for how long?
Crane walking through shallow water. An uncommon visitor to the local area and for one to hang around for more than a couple of days is truly exceptional. I don't think I've ever had better views of a Common Crane anywhere.
Green Hairstreak - fabulous green butterfly on a Dandelion flower. We haven't recorded them at this location before, but it is only about 250m away from a site where they are known to occur (or at least used to be).
Light Orange Underwing feeding on willow catkins. This was one of quite a good number of orange underwing sp. moths that were seen in flight at different parts of the wood. I only managed to net one to confirm it was Light Orange Underwing (and then releasing it), and later realised I'd also captured the feathered antennae of this one proving it also to be Light Orange Underwing. I suspect the others were too, but Orange Underwing is also reported to occur here so it's possible that both species were involved.
Some snaps from the the local area over the last few days: Marsh Tit still common round here, a Crane that's been here since February, Green Hairstreak at a new site for the species yesterday and Light Orange Underwing at it's only known current Norfolk site. #NorfolkBirds #NorfolkMoths
Angle Shades
14/04/26. 20/6. Nothing new, nothing spectacular except maybe this welcome Angle Shades. #teammoth #norfolkmoths & possibly #MigrantMothUK
Found on wall last night, our 1st Red Chestnut of 2026
More to come! Our 1st Shuttle-shaped Dart of the year.
Our 2st Nutmeg of the year.
Flame Shoulder, first for year, not many recorded here yet.
10/9 trap out for a few hours only last evening in Hunstanton, as rain forecast... didn't look like we had any!
5 Nfy:- Red Chestnut*, SSD*, Nutmeg*, Oak-tree pugs & Flame Shoulder*. All photos taken last night with flash. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
The Emperor revving up before departure yesterday afternoon.
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Another poor night of nothing at CMO HQ ~ just into double figures from two traps. Macro highlights were a dusty Powdered Quaker, our first Northern Drab of the year & another Swallow Prominent.
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...a few alternate takes on the Emperor Moth from this afternoon.
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Ooooof! His Imperial Majesty has paid us a visit 🙂 A pristine, simply stunning ♂️ Emperor in the garden this afternoon.
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Brindled Beauty
Early Grey
13/04/26. 16/8. Nothing new but a Brindled Beauty and Early Grey broke the monotony... #teammoth #norfolkmoths
No trap last night in Hunstanton, but on our Spindle this morning, seen from kitchen window, we've had a pr of Chiffchafff, and a singing Willow Warbler. We had 3 Blackcaps on it the other day, a very good bush, if you don't mind the Ermine cats. webs later!!!!! #norfolkbirding #norfolkmoths
Powderd Quaker
12/04/26. A slightly better 15/6 that included a shockingly pink tinged Powdered Quaker which was NFG. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
