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Blastobasis vittata VC25 December 01. Verified by CMR without dissection.

Blastobasis sp. found December 21. Recorded tentatively by me as Vittata.

December 21. Looks to me like B. adustella.

December 21. Recorded by me as B. adustella.

The Blastobasis sp. I found on Nov. 30-Dec 02 has now been confirmed (without dissection) by the CMR as B. vittata on account of the 'clear black shoulder marks'. Be interesting to see how he feels about the one I found this morning alongside 2 moths that look more like adustella. VC25 #teammmoth.

More NFYs from my Butley holiday VC25. Marbled Fern, Marbled Clover, Small Mottled Willow, Garden Tiger. #teammmoth.

Top view of a moth with fawn wings that have an orange line across the bottom and a pattern of darker spots

It’s #NationalMothWeek… so I’d better post some moths 😁

It’s mid-winter here in Western Australia, but we still have a few moths around. Like this Pantydia capistrata, a moth of the Erebidae family seen in WA, New South Wales and Queensland.
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Tree-lichen Beauty (Crypha algae). Whetstone, Leics. (UK) 05/07/2025. NFY.

Also NFY here in Whetstone last night was Tree-lichen Beauty - now expected and annual since 2019. It's almost starting to become more frequent in my garden and with higher max. counts than Marbled Beauty! #vc55moths #teammmoth

117 species in St Mellion on 27/6. New for garden: Heart & Club. New for year: Cosmopolitan. 4 Ghost Moth, Leopard Moth, 7 Lackey, Catoptria pinella, 4 Privet, 15 Elephant & 5 Poplar Hawk.3 Ruddy Carpet, Wood Carpet, Magpie, 2 Ruby Tiger. Broom Moth, 6 Purple Clay, 3 Green Arches & Herald #teammmoth

Large Emerald

Grass Emerald

Gem

Lead-coloured Pug

New species for the year in St Mellion last night - 2 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana), Gem, Lead-coloured Pug, Grass Emerald and Large Emerald. #teammmoth

Buttoned Snout moth.

Buttoned Snout moth.

I didn't see this Buttoned Snout myself. It was on the wall in my late mum-in-law's house today. They hibernate as adults of course. There is only 1 record for this species on this date on the county site. #teammmoth.

#teammmoth is it possible to teach yourself moth dissection? In theory it looks possible from the reading I’ve been doing, but as a ex lab person I suspect it is more difficult than it looks. It’s also thrown up a lot of questions!