The season’s not over yet… part 1 From 40 minutes at Robin’s Wood, Gloucester y’day. The next generation of Ectoedemia heringella in Holm Oak, Ectoedemia occultella in Birch (first site record), Stigmella tiliae in Lime and Coptotriche marginea in a Bramble species. #teammoth

Why it’s worth giving Oak green islands a second look. Details in Alt text. All from local parks in the last 2 days. #teammoth

Compensation (?) for a cold wet walk on the Berkshire Downs above Uffington on 14/10. Probable feeding evidence of Coleophora ahenella in Buckthorn. Large cream coloured blotches with large feeding holes. #teammoth

Some leaf mine bits and pieces from Cheltenham today. Caloptilia honoratella mines in Sycamore (first mine record for VC33); Lyonetia clerkella mine in Robinia pseudoacacia (probable xenophagy, larva dead) and Bucculatrix bechsteinella in pear (an unusual foodplant in Glos).

Phyllonorycter pastorella Looking at the underside of Crack Willow leaves in the garden produced this example of a mine with a string central crease. Approx 10mm long axis, unfortunately it was parasitized (hole at 9 o’clock) Mine contained frass and front of pupa. First for Glos

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A selection of species visiting an old jam and over-ripe fruit mix in the last few evenings: Vine’s Rustic Square-spot Rustic Large Yellow Underwing Agriphila geniculea

Phyllocnistis mines from Oxford this morning. What would have been in simpler times P. saligna in White Willow, P. xenia in White Poplar and P. unipunctella in Lombardy Poplar (with side order of Aulagromyza - another complication)

White-point rescued from a window upstairs on the bus to Oxford this morning. Not new to SP12, but definitely NFBTO

Photographed climbing the house wall here in Cheltenham this afternoon. Help appreciated as to species. #UKbutterflies #butterflies

“The tastiest leaf in the hedgerow” say 30 odd Stigmella microtheriella caterpillars. #teammoth

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As summer rolls on it’s Deja vu over on @inaturalist.bsky.social with records of “our” Copper Underwing agg. (iNat uses ‘complex’ instead of agg) being id’s to species level uses the v. complicated guide at lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Am...

Not your average speck of dust and quite a challenge to photograph… Aproaerema polychromella, first for the VC, seen on the sheet behind the actinic trap this morning. #teammoth

Small Ranunculus - the trading estate moth. Take a defunct Homebase, neglected shrubbery and plenty of Prickly Lettuce and it’s home from home for the Small Ranunculus.

A walk in the park… From this afternoon: Leucoptera laburnella in Laburnum, Lyonetia clerkella in Swedish Whitbeam, Stigmella aceris in Field Maple, Etainia louisella in Field Maple seed. Aceris photo also has probable Caloptilia semifascia fold. #teammoth

Agonopterix arenella caterpillar found in a loose spinning in a Burdock leaf this pm. ID helped by identikit.fscbiodiversity.uk/wenman/mimol... A guide par excellence for micro moth larvae

Following my recent appointment as county recorder for specks of dust, I’m pleased to identify this one as Ectoedemia heringella. (From a Holm Oak this afternoon) #teammoth

Micro-moth odds and ends #3 Not noticed this before, but Box Moth feeding is confined to the lower branches of the large Box trees in a Cheltenham park. A similar situation is sometimes apparent on Horse Chestnuts with Cameraria caterpillars. #teammoth

Micro-moth odds and ends #2 Freshly marked Brown House Moth found with 3 others, having feed as larvae in a box of organic fertiliser, with added seaweed. No wonder it looks like a big specimen. #teammoth

Micro-moth odds and ends #1 Etainia sericopeza with a very short mine from egg to Norway Maple seed (right side “wing” here) Tenanted seeds on the ground near under a Norway Maple near you.

Phyllonorycter comparella emerged y’day from a mine in Lombardy Poplar collected on 10 June. Very limited distribution in Glos. despite widespread planting of Poplar trees.

Phone photo of an Apple Ermine, tapped out of a cocoon mass on a neighbour’s Apple tree. Contrasting grey cilia just about visible. Things get more “interesting” with a bit of wear and the ID of adults becomes more or less impossible.

Two male? Uncertain, attracted to the VES lure left out overnight. A replay of last summer when this happened on 5 nights, with another three nights featuring the pomonella lure. No records of The Rustic under similar circumstances. #teammoth

There is a degree of ambivalence among some in the moth community about iNaturalist. However, 2 positives are the international perspective and some useful tools. E.g. 2 heat maps from labenvmicro.shinyapps.io/iNaturalist_... for Oak and Shiny Hook-tips - topical species in the UK. #moths

Time to look at garden centre citrus plants. 2 vacated mines with larval folds of Phyllocnistis citrella photographed today from Burford, Oxfordshire.