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

Always nice to see Psychoides filicivora (Common Fern Moth) from this morning's MV in Ashurst, New Forest #teammoth

I don't get many Cydia amplana in Ashurst, New Forest, so this was a nice nfy this morning, plus Phyllonorycter corylifoliella nfg & Cabbage nfy, plus 3 noctuella. Great to also have my 3rd Dusky Mocha of the year. Less welcome were 8 Hornets & 2 Box Moths! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

I've only had a few Tree-lichen Beauty's previously in Ashurst, New Forest, so the one this morning was nice to see. Also Plumed Fanfoot but that was disturbed by another moth just as I was about to take the picture #teammoth

Grass Emerald was a notable absentee from the garden list in Ashurst, New Forest - until today. Also Musotima nitidalis (Australiasian native, now well established in the #NewForest) but it flew off in the dining room before I could photograph it & yet to be relocated.. #teammoth

A few days away in the Italian South Tyrol - delighted to see beautiful Nine-spotted Moths flying by day in the alpine trails #teammoth

Jersey Tiger is a relatively recent addition to the garden list in Ashurst, New Forest & always nice to see, alongside Anania coronata in this morning's MV. Garden list for the year now 455 #teammoth

Dingy Mocha is a Red Data Book & Biodiversity Action Plan specialty of Hants/Dorset: when I caught my first one since starting trapping 1990 in the garden in Ashurst, New Forest in April I thought it was just a wanderer, but a second one today encourages me that it is now established here #teammoth

Anania verbascalis was a nice nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, plus difficult to resist posting pictures of Large Emerald & Light Crimson Underwing. 3 Small Mottled Willows were also my first for the year. #teammoth #migrantmoths

Small Purple Barred the best from this morning's mv in Ashurst, New Forest. Not uncommon on the forest rides but less than annual in the garden #teammoth

Brown Scallop is 'largely absent' from the New Forest, so this was a welcome nfg this morning, even though it took a bit of time to realise what it was! #teammoth

Over 400 moths of 119 species in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. 3 nfg, taking me over 1000 species for the garden, the best being Zelleria oleastrella (7th for Hampshire), alongside Lyonetia prunifoliella & Bucculatrix frangutella #teammoth #migrantmothuk

Some of my favourite macros this morning in Ashurst, New Forest: Large Emerald, Festoon, Scarce Merv & Cloaked Carpet, plus a mass of micros to work through! #teammoth

Really excited to see Argolamprotes micella for the first time in Ashurst, New Forest this morning - it's a moth I've always wanted to see & more beautiful than I hoped it would be! Also a Phyllocnistis, likely saligna, nfg & my 2nd ever Grapholita lobarzewskii #teammoth

More well marked than ones I have caught in the previous years, but I'm pretty sure this is Small Black Arches, along with an L-album Wainscot (plus 4 Four-Spotted Footman & Pale Oak Beauty) this morning in in Ashurst, New Forest #teammoth

No genuine migrants in Ashurst, New Forest today but a couple of my favourite micros: Pseudopostega crepusculella is a tiny white moth with amazing eye caps, while Parachronistis albiceps is a beautiful 'pied piper' Gelechid (but it flew off before a decent photo!) Year list up to 313. #teammoth

Epinotia signatana was a great nfg & Evergestis limbata my 2nd record in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. Pseuditelphusa paripunctella is annual here but was also nice to see #teammoth

For the most part an underwhelming set of moths this morning in Ashurst, New Forest but Fox Moth & a Delicate are always nice to see #teammoth

Rosy Marbled is a beautiful moth when fresh. 4 to the MV in Ashurst, New Forest yesterday & another one today #teammoth

Two Great Oak Beauty's to the MV in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. Annual here, but always a magnificent moth to see #teammoth

Cosmopterix orichalcia is not the easiest moth to photograph as it runs so fast! These were the best I could do before it escaped behind the radiator... My second in Ashurst, New Forest, after one in 2010. A real beauty! #teammoth

Thyraylia nana is a tiny (5mm front to back) tortrix that runs around at an absolute pace, so this was the best pic I could get! Nfg, sweep netting in the garden in Ashurst, New Forest late afternoon #teammoth

Toadflax Brocade was definitely not on my radar for the MV in Ashurst, New Forest but this little cracker this morning was a lovely nfg surprise! #teammoth

Scarce Mervaille du Jour is pretty much annual for me in Ashurst, New Forest, but always a pleasure to see, but more exciting was my first Poplar Lutestring this morning & Portland Ribbon Wave also nfg yesterday #teammoth

Marbled Brown nfy in Ashurst, New Forest but otherwise not much of interest apart from my second Red Chestnut of the year #teammoth

With the garden list now at 991 species, a new macro is a special event, even more so when it is Red Data Book species - Dingy Mocha a beautiful thing, plus 3 Marbled Pugs, Puss Moth, Pale Pinion, etc in Ashurst, New Forest #teammoth

Always nice to see Marbled Pug to the 40W actinic in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, plus another Dark Sword Grass & Chinese Character, Maiden Blush nfy #teammoth #migrantmothuk

A bit of migrant activity at the MV this morning in Ashurst, New Forest, with a Dark Sword Grass & a Silver Y, together with my first Powdered Quaker of the year #teammoth #migrantmothuk

I don't often catch Mocha's in Ashurst, New Forest but when I do they always amaze me! A pristine example from this morning's MV #Teammoth

Perhaps too cold in Ashurst, New Forest for a great variety/numbers last night, but 1 N noctuella & 1 P xylostella were signs of at least some migrant activity #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Agonopterix heracliana is a regular in Ashurst. Nice black ringed discal spots close up & well marked labial palps #TeamMoth

Esperia sulphurella is regular each spring to my MV in Ashurst, New Forest but never keeps still on a nice background. I love the white antennae rings #TeamMoth

Acleris literana is a not uncommon visitor to my MV in Ashurst, New Forest but it is so beautiful that it is difficult to resist posting a picture of one of the several forms #TeamMoth

Always nice to see Ypsolopha mucronella, in this morning's MV catch in Ashurst, New Forest. Also nfy Red Green Carpet & A acanthadactyla, plus 3 A literana #TeamMoth

One of those is it a pale Tawny, or a dark Pale Pinion's to the MV in Ashurst, New Forest but I can just about convince myself of a straight costa & black pre-tornal streak. Also a nice Dotted Chestnut nfy, much easier!

I would welcome views on this ?Psychid from this mornings MV in Ashurst, New Forest. Very worn & early, is it T tubulosa or something completely different?