Ptocheuusa paupella is a distinctive but local Gelechid that I've seen a few times before in Ashurst, New Forest, & Orthotaenia undulana is scarce for me. No EBS on the migrant front, but 36 xylostella, 2 ferrugalis, 3 Silver Y, 1 SMW #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Epermenia aequidentellus is a nationally scarce new addition to the garden list in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning. Very few records away from the coast #teammoth

A rather unexpected uptick in migrants in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning with first Gem for the year, plus 6 Silver Y, 6 Small Mottled Willow, 2 ferrugalis, 1 noctuella & 1 Clancy's Rustic (nfg). Lilac Beauty always a pleasure to see! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Cream-bordered Green Pea is one of my favourite moths & less than annual in Ashurst, New Forest, but Sandy Carpet is much scarcer with just a handful of records. 4 SMW, 7 xylostella, 1 Silver Y & 1 ferrugalis, but no exciting migrants as yet... #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Rosy Marbled is a regular 'nice to see' moth in Ashurst, New Forest, but Crocidosema plebejana & Ancylis diminutana were nfg & even more welcome this morning! 2 SMW, 1 ferrugalis, 1 Silver Y, 8 xylostella were other migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Last night in Ashurst, New Forest less engaging than for others posting this morning! Brussels Lace used to be a 1/2 a year moth for me, but with the better air quality & lichen growth it is now quite common. 7 ferrugalis, 9 xylostella, 2 SMW as migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

It's difficult to resist not posting another Scarce MdJ from Ashurst, New Forest, this morning, along with Fox Moth, which I don't see every year. Luquetia lobella is quite regular. 28 xylostella, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 6 Silver Y, 1 ferrugalis the main migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Advice from anyone with #entomology or #wasp expertise would be welcome! Obsidentify says the attached, just sweep netted in Ashurst, New Forest, could be Sapygina decemguttata ('non-existent or highly irregular in the UK'), but I suspect it is something more regular!

I had hoped for a more exciting catch in Ashurst, New Forest, but Portland Ribbon Wave is something I had for the first time last year & Barred Red & Nephopterix angustella always nice to see. Dark Spectacle, 22 P xylostella & 1 Small Mottled Willow as migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Peacock Moth is much less common for me in Ashurst, New Forest, than Sharp-angled Peacock, but the one this morning was very distinctive. Along with Shears & Freyer's Pug it took me (eventually) over 150 species for the year #teammoth

Just to continue the hawk moth theme, Pine Hawk was nfy in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning, & always nice to see Eyed Hawk. The caterpillar was the first I've had in the trap for years - I'm not got good at them, but think it's Jersey Tiger #teammoth

Over the last few frosty nights in Ashurst, New Forest, the moths have been so sparse that any uptick like this morning's Privet Hawk is welcome (even though it is a regular here) #teammoth

Nothing that unusual this morning in Ashurst, New Forest, but a number of nfy, including Mottled Pug, Bryotropha affinis & Epinotia bilunana, but it was difficult to resist posting another Blair's Mocha as they are so beautiful & still quite a novelty for me! #teammoth

After yesterday's Pammene albuginana to the FUN lure late afternoon I thought I would try my luck with FUN again this evening; nothing for the first 90 minutes, then just before I was about to give up there were suddenly SIX Pammene argyrana with their characteristic hind wing pattern! #teammoth

A sparse collection of moths this morning in Ashurst, New Forest, but nice to see Mullein (less than annual for me) & a Small Mottled Willow eventually made it onto the garden year list @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

A few nice moths this morning in Ashurst, New Forest! Scarce Merveille du Jour is pretty much annual for me, while Blair's Mocha was something caught for the first time last year. Also another Dingy Mocha today. #teammoth

Interesting to this snake-fly, Atlantoraphidia maculicollis, in the garden today in Ashurst, New Forest: I'm not sure how common or unusual these are?

After 26 yrs I had rather given up on seeing Pinion-spotted Pug in the garden in Ashurst, New Forest, then this morning there it was, albeit a bit worn. Also great to have Dingy Mocha; my first records were last year, so it seems likely it is established in the dwarf willow very close by #teammoth

With a garden list over 1000 species in Ashurst, New Forest, any day with a new one is red-letter day, especially when it is so smart as this tiny Parectopa ononidis (Clover Stilt), a nationally scarce beautiful micro #teammoth

Scorched Carpet nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, along with Maiden's Blush. 9 xylostella this morning showing some signs of migrant penetration inland, along with Blossom Underwing yesterday @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

Having had an Epinotia immundana in the MV this morning, I was encouraged to give my newly purchased FUN lure a go in the garden... & within an hour had my first Pammene giganteana in many years of 'lights only' moth recording - very exciting! #teammoth

This beautiful Puss Moth was so well camouflaged on the path next to my actinic light that I missed it this morning & must have almost trodden on it - just about annual for me in Ashurst, New Forest #teammoth

Marbled Pug is a nationally scarce New Forest specialty - not quite annual for me & nice to see it this morning among an otherwise sparse catch #teammoth

I catch 1 or 2 Dotted Chestnut's pretty much every spring in Ashurst, New Forest, but it is such a beautiful moth that it always makes me excited! Great Prominent also nfy this morning #teammoth

Pine Beauty was nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning & always nice to see, with Pale Pinion nfy mid-week #teammoth

The frost was too sharp in Ashurst, New Forest for much to come to the MV last night, but Shoulder Stripe is always nice to see #teammoth

Looking through the MV in Ashurst, New Forest before I head off to work at 6.00 a.m. does not make for great photos (!), but it was still nice to see Early Tooth Striped nfy this morning #teammoth

It's not a great photo of the Gelechid, but I'm rather excited to see my first Carpatolechia decorella for 12 yrs in Ashurst, New Forest, with its distinctive black bar at the base of the costa. Also Horse Chestnut this evening #teammoth

Oak Beauty is a regular visitor to the MV in Ashurst, New Forest (3 this morning), but always nice to see when they are so fresh & amazingly camouflaged #teammoth

Yellow Horned was a nice nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning - underside of the last tray in the MV & rescued what was going to be an otherwise disappointing catch (apart from nfy Oak Nycteoline) #teammoth

A 'constellation' of Satellites in this morning's MV at Ashurst, New Forest this morning, otherwise fewer moths than yesterday - perhaps a bit of a 'false dawn' yesterday! #teammoth

A bit of a step change uptick in moths at last in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, with ffy Twin-spotted Quaker, Small Quaker & Dotted Border, plus 3 Grey Shoulder Knot, Small Brindled Beauty & others #teammoth

Beautiful Plume (A acanthadaxtyla) was a nice nfy in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning. 5/10 moths was rather less than I was (optimistically) hoping for! #teammoth

Slightly surprisingly this was only my 2nd ever Agonopterix alstromeriana at the MV in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, plus a Grey Shoulder Knot & Oak Beauty - the latter always a nice harbinger of spring! #teammoth

After 0/0 the previous nights that I've tried this year in Ashurst, New Forest, it was great to have 9/6 this morning, including a couple of Spring Ushers, Dark Chestnut, Y ustella & a Winter Moth #teammoth

Dark Arches was unexpected & unseasonal in the MV in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. Also 2 ferrugalis, 1 Dark Chestnut, Turnip, Feathered Thorn, 11 December Moths & various Quakers etc, but a bit wet! #teammoth

This Buttoned Snout was an unexpected find inside the house in Ashurst, New Forest this evening, but very welcome! #teammoth

A distinctly wet Diasemiopsis ramburialis in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning, together with a single White-point (& a Dark Sword Grass yesterday) #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Acleris hyemana was a nice nfy in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning. Far from annual for me #teammoth

17/29 in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning #teammoth, but the most unexpected catch in the MV was this huge diving beetle Dytiscus; superficially most like D dimidiatus (King Diving Beetle) but this isn't recorded in the area, so ?? marginalis. Any thoughts from #beetle enthusiasts welcome

My second Clifden Nonpareil of the year in Ashurst, New Forest, was a great return for braving the rain & gloom this morning, along nfy Large Wainscot & Yellow line Quaker #teammoth

Just back from a week working in Chile & a nice catch in Ashurst, New Forest this morning! Blair's Mocha nfg, my 2nd White-Speck for the garden, 12 White Point, ferrugalis, xylostella & what I think is the rare crab spider Philodromus margaritatus #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

After 2 weeks away on holiday it is difficult to resist posting a Merveille du Jour on my return to Ashurst, New Forest, but Musotima nitidalis is arguably just as beautiful! A late Aproaerema anthylidella also good to see #teammoth

Jersey Mocha was a nice nfg in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. Probably resident now as there are a few other local records. Deep-brown Dart & Cypress Pug also nfy, plus 3 Vestal, 5 noctuella, 3 Four-spotted Footman & 4 L-album Wainscot #teammoth

Clifden nonpareil has become a 1 or 2 a year moth for me in Ashurst, New Forest but it is always great to be reminded quite how huge (& beautiful) it is #teammoth

Hedge Rustic was a nice nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning as far from annual here. Scanty migrants included ferrugalis, noctuella, plus an L-album Wainscot & 4 Four-spotted Footman #teammoth

An exciting catch in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning, with 2 nfg! 5 Beet Moths, plus Ancylis subarcuana (nationally scarce, 5th in Hants over in last 25 yrs) - the creeping willow food plant is just across the road). Also 1 vitrealis, 2 noctuella, 1 ferrugalis #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Scarce Bordered Straw was a nice nfy among a sparse catch this morning in Ashurst, New Forest. A couple of ferrugalis, Dark Spectacle & a White Point, but no other migrants. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

After many, many years of waiting a Small Marbled eventually pitched up in my MV in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning (along with 5 Corn Borer, 3 ferrugalis, 1 L-album Wainscot & a Small Mottled Willow) - now up to 511 for the year! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Obsidentify says 'C rufana' 100%, but I think this is Celypha rosaceana, nfg, in Ashurst, New Forest - views welcome! I'm hopeless on leaf mines, so assistance welcome on this sycamore leaf: Obsidentify says it is fungal (Sycamore Tarspot), but I wondered about Phyllonorycter geniculella #teammoth