Great to have this fabulous publication land on the doormat this morning - and just after a Hummingbird Hawk-moth flew past me in the garden #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

43spp last night VC61. Please can I check Dark Spectacle and Cream Wave as they are new to the site. The latter seems new to 10km sq. Thank you so much @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth

64/37 last night in VC61. Badger down to one foot (!) Almost as many cockchafers as moths but 5 potential firsts for the site including Anchylis mitterbacheriana, Sandy Carpet - and I think that’s Rivulet rather than Small Rivulet… #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social Please say if I’m mistaken!

Would these pass muster, please @mothiduk.bsky.social ? Phyllonorycter trifasciella, Homoeosoma sinuella, Argyresthia spinosella. VC61 22/5 #teammoth

Lepidopteral alert in Paris… #teammoth

I’ve just found this micro on tansy in VC61. Is it a Dichrorampha sp? I’m not sure it’s possible to go further than that with a photo; many of these seem scarce in Yorkshire. Any thoughts appreciated @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

Rather a lovely way to finish a day’s walking along the Yorkshire coast #teammoth

Fascinating to find this at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge. I wonder who first had the idea of using them to record moths… #teammoth

Fine dawn to dusk explore of Holderness yesterday after an early start at Bempton. Garden Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats new migrants for the year…

Trying out my rather wonderful new fly book - would I get away with female Eupeodes corollae for this one, please? #UKFlies @suillia.bsky.social

A couple of hours in woods south of York last night (VC61) brought 53 moths of 15 spp, including this Lunar Marbled Brown. Satellite, Twin-spotted Quaker and Acleris hastiana new to the site #teammoth

Chuffed with this. Full of wonder. And good to see an old friend this week

Heslington East, Low Lane late afternoon 10/3: Woodcock put up on edge of rough field; Little Owl @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Feeling like the mothing season is over, so nice to see this Mottled Umber on a kitchen wall in Naburn last night (VC61)… #teammoth

Pink-barred Sallow from the woods last night #teammoth

Two Epinotias among last night’s 20 spp (7/9 VC61): ramella is common and widespread; trigonella a local and apparently retreating birch roller - this one was first 10k sq record #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

Just one Rush Veneer, but a beautiful day all the same…

3 from our York garden (VC61, 25/8). Is that Grey Chi?? I read they are much reduced in numbers especially on lower ground…Vine’s Rustic? Spruce Carpet? (sorry I struggle with these). Many thanks @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

Nice to find this a minute ago when checking the trap! It’s absolutely fresh / what a creature! @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

Not far from Stamford Bridge in Yorks: a wonderful sight and sound that we encounter far too infrequently these days…

Just 20 spp in a couple of hours last night (VC61, 22/8) but three were new to the site: Pinion-streaked Snout, this thinly-distributed grass moth Agriphila geniculea and a delightful Lesser Swallow Prominent… @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Is this Agriphila selasella please? @mothiduk.bsky.social VC61 15/8

Apologies for the woeful photo, but I’m thinking this is Cedestis gysseleniella. To light, in pine wood, VC61 18/7 Thank you as ever @mothiduk.bsky.social

Does this look good for Mere Wainscot please? VC61 last night @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #teammoth

Nice indeed to find this rare and local spindle feeder last night: Scorched Carpet. First for site/10km sq. VC61. @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social #teammoth

Is this Satin Beauty please - a female I assume? @mothiduk.bsky.social

Buff-tip, VC61, 12/7. Astonishing creature! #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Definitely worth looking for Purple Hairstreak coming down to nectar in this hot weather (poor shot of one from 27th June in a local wood) - amazed to find one nectaring this morning on buddleia in our York garden. Not often one gets a garden butterfly tick! @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Difficult ones I think: is this enough for Bactra lancealana and Blastobasis adustella (wing: 8mm) please? VC61 9/7. Thank you @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Please can you cast an expert eye on these micros @mothiduk.bsky.social Phtheochroa inopiana, Eudemis profundana, Epinotia solandriana, E. tenerana… 5/7 VC61 #teammoth Thank you!

Bordered Beauty VC61 5/7 #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Please can you help with this pug @mothiduk.bsky.social VC61 5/7. Many thanks #teammoth

VC61 20/6: mystery??, Dioryctia sp prob not doable, Acleris logiana rather than kochiella?, and another mystery (not one of the Lypusidae??)… busy night! Any help hugely appreciated @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #teammoth

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social are these good for Epinotia signatana and Helcystogramma rufescens please? VC61 16/6. Thank you so much #teammoth

VC61 13/6: 69 spp on a perfect night. Ran out of pots! Exotelia dodecella and Argyresthia conjugella new to 10km square. Scarcities included Red-necked Footman, Pale Oak Beauty, Satin Beauty and Blotched Emerald @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social #teammoth

@mothiduk.bsky.social um, is it really possible that this is identifiable as Luquetia lobella please? 65 spp so far from VC61 last night. Ran out of pots!

VC61 31/5: 33 spp in under two hours included this exquisite Small Yellow Wave, plus my first Cryptoblabes bistriga. More Small White Waves too, and Scrobipalpa costella new to site #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

Thyraylia (=Cochylis) nana? VC61 27/5. Many thanks @mothiduk.bsky.social

Larvae and web of what I believe is Spindle Ermine, Naburn, 21/5. New 10k square record - the adults are hard to determine

Two from VC61 last night: Bactra furfurana and is that Devon Carpet?? Helps always appreciated @mothiduk.bsky.social

Is there enough here for Bactra lancealana please @mothiduk.bsky.social ? VC61 18/5 Many thanks!

Thank you for your help on the Monopis @mothiduk.bsky.social here are two more of what I think is the weaverella

VC61: 10/5 and 11/5: is one Monopis laevigella (Skin Moth) and the other M. weaverella (Carrion Moth)? Thank you @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

Female Redstart by astropitches, York Sport pool on fences and in large oak @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Always nice to record Maiden’s Blush. 27 spp, 1/5 near Stillingfleet (VC61) included Dwarf Pug new to 10k square; Elachista maculicerusella, Acleris cristana and Least Black Arches new to the site @doublekidney.bsky.social

Is this Dwarf Pug please?? And Elachista maculicerusella? VC61, 1/5. Many thanks @mothiduk.bsky.social

16spp near Stillingfleet (VC61) included Orange Footman. Sandy Carpet and Oak Nycteoline new to the site @doublekidney.bsky.social

Lesser Whitethroats in today with birds at Sutton on Derwent and at least two along Pock canal between Church and Walbut bridge. Cuckoo there too and a rather tatty raven over @yorkbirding.bsky.social

I’ve neglected caterpillars for too long! Yellow-tail, 15/4, Hagg Wood Dunnington (VC61)