Male Scarce Umber
Male Feathered Thorn
Male Mottled Umber
Worse for wear male Scarce Umber
A healthy 26/11 from the MV last night, 21/6 macros and 5/5 micros, in all shades of autumn umbers #teammoth #salopmoths #loveatumn
Male Scarce Umber
Male Feathered Thorn
Male Mottled Umber
Worse for wear male Scarce Umber
A healthy 26/11 from the MV last night, 21/6 macros and 5/5 micros, in all shades of autumn umbers #teammoth #salopmoths #loveatumn
Feathered Thorn
One of 6 December Moths
Rusty-dot Pearl
Male Mottled Umber
Mothtrap out for the first time in four weeks (work, wind, rain, moon), and there are 12 moths around it including a migrant Rusty-dot Pearl and 6 Decembers ๐ #teammoth #salopmoths
Close up of the eponymous 8 (or 80?!) on the wing of a Figure of Eight moth
All the 8s... 18/8 to the MV today of which TEN were Figure of Eights, a record count of this declining moth #salopmoths #teammoth #vc40
Two of the NINE Figure of Eight moths on the wall by the mothtrap this evening
Figure of 72 on the wall by the mothtrap just now! (that's 9 x Figure of 8!) #salopmoths #teammoth
Merveille du Jour lying on its back in response to an attempt to lift it into the safety of the mothtrap
Merveille du Jour playing dead by the mothtrap this evening. Natural selection at its best #salopmoths #teammoth
Green-brindled Crescent of the green-less form capucina
Cappuccino for Tom was the highlight of 18/10 to the MV this morning. Love the viking/antelope horns #salopmoths #teammoth
Collage of a Merveille du Jour and three Figure of 8s
Figure of 24 and a cheeky Merv around the #mothtrap already this evening #salopmoths #teammoth
Large Wainscot
Figure of 8
Canary-shouldered Thorn
The first Large Wainscot of the year maintained our garden as the most reliable spot in the county for it. Also the first Figure of 8 and an always lovely Canary-shouldered Thorn #teammoth #salopmoths
Clifden Nonpareil coming at ya
Clifden Nonpareil showing its blue bits
A brace of Merveille du Jour
A rare second-brood Swallow-tailed Moth
A marvellous mothtrap of 84 today with large, luscious and late highlights: the awesome Clifden Nonpareil, a brace of the always stunning Merveille du Jour, and a rare second brood Swallow-tailed Moth ๐ฅ #teammoth #salopmoths
A "family favourites" sort of morning in the #mothtrap today along with a few Silver Ys and 30+ Diamondbacks #mothsmatter #salopmoths