A NFY Small Mottled Willow was the best @migrantmothuk.bsky.social overnight in my Plymouth garden trap, along with singles of Rusty-dot Pearl and Rush Veneer among 31/16. Acleris cristana was also NFY here. The work trap had 16/9, with Acleris hastiana NFY here #teammoth

The first double-digit species number in Plymouth overnight: 27 of 10, with 2 NFY Common Quaker 11 Double-striped Pug 3 Common Plume 3 Hebrew Character 3 Ypsolopha ustella 2 V-Pug NFY Tawny Pinion NFY Dotted Border Twin-spotted Quaker Agonopterix heracliana agg #teammoth

5 NFYs across the home and work traps overnight in Plymouth 12 of 6 at home included NFY March Moth (3) as well as a garden 1st female Dotted Border on the side of the house. Just 5 of 5 in the work trap, the 4 NFY were : Early Thorn, Twin-spotted Quaker, Early Moth and Ypsolopha ustella. #teammoth

Just 2 moths at my Plymouth trap overnight - Winter Moth and a NFY Oak Beauty, my earliest by 13 days #teammoth

Still limping along, with just 3 of 3 in Plymouth overnight, 2 being NFY: Dotted Border and Bloxworth Snout. Winter Moth made up the total. Puts me on 7 for the year, which is actually 4 more than this time last year! #teammoth

Finally up and running for 2026. 4 of 4 to my Plymouth garden overnight: Winter Moth, December Moth, Double-striped Pug and Rusty-dot Pearl #teammoth

1/3 While I'm still waiting for a single moth this year, I thought I'd do a few stats on my 2025 records. I recorded 732 species in 2025, submitting 10,786 records of at least 35,876 moths to 4 County Moth Recorders. #teammoth

A couple of migrants at the final work trap of the year: White-speck & Dark Sword-grass among 12/6. Noteworthy were 3 female December Moths among the 6 recorded. The garden trap had 4/2: 3 Rusty-dot Pearl & Crocidosema plebejana. Plymouth VC3 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Overnight conditions meant I could finally run the trap in work, being less windy/rainy/cold. Just 3 species, but 50 moths - 2 Winter, 3 Mottled Umber & 45 December Moths which was lovely to see. Brixton VC3 #teammoth

15 of 6 overnight in Plymouth, which included a few migrants. 62W actinic/synergetic Small Mottled Willow (pic) Silver Y 2 Rusty-dot Pearl 7 December Moth 3 LBAM Acleris ferrugana/notana @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

22 of 9 in my Plymouth garden last night: Angle Shades larva feeding on Viburnum tinus 62W actinic/synergetic 10 Rusty-dot Pearl 2 Common Marbled Carpet 2 Mottled Umber 2 Light Brown Apple Moth 2 December Moth Red-green Carpet November Moth agg Feathered Thorn #teammoth

31 of 9 overnight in Plymouth. Wine rope: female Chestnut 62W actinic/synergetic: 18 Rusty-dot Pearl 3 Feathered Thorn 3 Light Brown Apple Moth 2 Double-striped Pug Phyllonorycter messaniella December Moth November Moth agg Palpita vitrealis #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

My lifelist, incl aggs, is 1079 so far: 644 at home, 700 in work. 44 lifers in 2025, 9 macros, 35 micros. 13 of these by gendet. 732 spp seen this yr: 443 at home, 492 in work. Some good Devon records, details in the ALT text. Still a month to go, so still a chance of something new. #teammoth

My 2nd ever Slender Burnished Brass arrived sometime this afternoon, between 11am & 4pm, to its own lure. It didn't want to hang around for long! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Several migrants at the garden and work traps overnight in Plymouth. At home, 97 RDP, Silver Y, RV & P.vitrealis among 149/19 The work trap had 27 RDP, Radford's, 2 DBM, 3 P.vitrealis, 3 White-speck, White-point & Angle Shades among 90/20. Also a Cosmopolitan found by a security light #teammoth

Cosmopolitan was NFY overnight in Plymouth, among 99/18. Also Gem, Vestal, 51 RDP, Silver Y & Palpita vitrealis @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

A rare night off from trapping here in Plymouth tonight, but I still managed to get a lifer as I put out hedgehog food. A Slender Burnished Brass was in its lure trap. Devon's 9th, and the first since 1999. The last one in my 10km was the 1st record in 1943! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A Chocolate-tip in my work trap near Plymouth overnight was Devon's latest by over 2 months. 1 of 13 species at this trap. 18 species at home included a female Gem @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

Following on from my first for Devon Dichomeris acuminatus on 2nd October, Phil Sterling has dissected the large Phycitodes sp that I also had on the same night in my Plymouth trap. It turned out to be a female Homeosoma nebulella, just the 2nd record for Devon after one in September 1987! #teammoth

A rather battered gelechid that came to my Plymouth garden trap on 2nd October has been confirmed by gendet as Dichomeris acuminatus. The 4th or 5th (pending a record in Sep from the Scillies) record for the UK. A Phycitodes sp caught on the same night is awaiting confirmation #teammoth

A good evening using wine ropes from our holiday cottage near Oban last night: 17 Angle Shades, 3 Pink-barred Sallow, 4 Square-spot Rustic, Sallow, Red-line Quaker, Chestnut, Dark Sword-grass and a lifer with Red Sword-grass. Much more productive than using lights! #teammoth

At the garden centre where I work near Plymouth, a member of the hardy plants team found this male Convolvulus Hawk-moth this afternoon. Luckily I was in work, unlike in the spring when they found a Striped Hawk-moth #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

I found this sad remnant of a Striped Hawk-moth hanging by some webbing yesterday morning in my Plymouth garden. Probably a victim of the resident Magpie population that scours the garden most mornings. Fortunately for me, at least, not a year tick. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

I had my second Clepsis peritana in my Plymouth garden trap last night, possibly Devon's 3rd after my 1st on 8th July, followed by another caught by a moth-er a couple of days later near Exeter. #teammoth

Antigastra catalaunalis, Palpita vitrealis, Vestal, Small Mottled Willow, 6 Rusty-dot Pearl & 7 Rush Veneer among 70 species in my Plymouth garden overnight. P.purpuralis was new for the garden, plus 2 more Caloptilia honoratella candidates, making 4 this year @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

116 of 48 to my Plymouth garden trap overnight. A few migrants, with 11 Rush Veneer & a Gem. Also a Caloptilia species that could well be either honoratella or hemidactylella. Honoratella has only 2 Devon records and hemidactylella has yet to be recorded here. Retained for further checks. #teammoth

621/97 at the Brixton (VC3) work trap overnight, with 621/97. Mouse Moth & Crescent were NFY, with Crescent being new for the site. A good number of migrants, with 47 Rush Veneer, 9 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Radford's FS, 5 Silver Y, 2 DSG & a RDP. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

524/95 to my Brixton VC3 work trap this morning. Mocha was NFY & new for the site. Ypsolopha mucronella & dentella both NFY. 42 Rush Veneer, 8 Silver Y, 2 Radford's, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl & 4 Small Mottled Willow the migrants. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

#teammoth @stevenash71.bsky.social joined me & my sister @ Pentillie Castle, SE Cornwall, on Sat for a few hours. Apart from spotting the trap of @mothyblackburn.bsky.social across the Tamar, 772/93 moths were recorded. Acleris aspersana was new for me, and Cydia splendana, Scoparia subfusca,

551/120 in my work trap nr Plymouth from Wednesday night. 17 NFY included 2 Small Mottled Willow, Sycamore, Rhodophaea formosa & Bordered Straw. Last night, a more modest 217/56. Lesser Yellow Underwing NFY. Of note, Flame numbers went from 75 down to 37 over the 2 nights #teammoth

Very wet, but busy at my Plymouth garden & work traps overnight. 148/74 at home. Ringed China-mark, 2 Leopard Moth, 3 Buff Footman, Pammene regiana, 3 Box-tree Moth, Lesser Wax Moth & Cloaked Minor all NFY My camera died whilst processing the work trap moths, but 112 species so far here #teammoth

21 species to my Plymouth garden trap overnight, with temperatures getting down to 11°C. There was still some interest, though, with Metalampra italica NFY and Small Yellow Wave, Lozotaenia forsterana & Beautiful Hook-tip among the species recorded #teammoth

31 species to my Plymouth garden trap overnight. Their highlight was a lovely and fresh NFY July Highflyer #teammoth

31 of 24 to my Plymouth garden trap overnight. Cypress Carpet and Lozotaenia forsterana were NFY, the latter being my first here since 2021. Also, Wormwood Pug, Notocelia rosaecolana, 3 Mottled Beauty, Hedya nubiferana, 2 Common Lutestring & Green Arches #teammoth

53 of 27 at the garden trap overnight. Eudonia lacustrata & Barred Yellow were NFY here. Pretty Chalk Carpet was noteworthy. The work trap held 203 of 54. Double Square-spot was NFY here. Hawks were well represented with 3 Eyed, 4 Privet & 5 Elephant Plymouth VC3 #teammoth

Seriously gripped off by a Striped Hawk-moth that a work colleague found amongst some parsley plants yesterday, my day off! Brixton VC3 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A field trip with my sister to a SE Cornwall woodland last night gave us 719 of 122 species from 5 traps. A lifer with Triaxomera fulvimitrella & 25 other NFYs. An exhausting couple of hours processing that lot, especially when you've been awake for almost 24 hours! #teammoth

95 of 53 to my Plymouth garden trap overnight. Royal Mantle and Gypsonoma dealbana were NFY. The highlight was a gelechiid I potted up before bedtime, which turned out to be Exoteleia dodecella, a new species for me. #teammoth

Another half a dozen NFYs between the home and work traps last night. Barred Straw & Metzneria metzneriella at home; Argyresthia spinosella, Treble-bar, Homeosoma sinuella and Grass Emerald (which was also new for the site) at work. Plymouth VC3 #teammoth

A muggy 15°C @ 4.30 this morning brought 92 of 46 to my Plymouth garden trap overnight. 5 NFY, the best being a NFG Agrotera nemoralis, possibly a migrant or a wanderer from the nearby SE Cornwall population. C.striana, T.viridana, D.angustoriana & Large Yellow Underwing were the others #teammoth

11 NFYs spread between the garden and work traps overnight. 7 NFY at home: Wormwood Pug, Yellow Shell, Small Seraphim, Pandemis cerasana, Small Fan-foot, Green Pug & Rhyacionia pinivorana 4 NFY in work: Nephopterix angustella, Eudonia pallida, Bucculatrix ulmella & Beautiful Golden Y. VC3 #teammoth

15 NFY species overnight between the garden (3) & work (12) traps. Mottled Rustic, Cnephasia sp & Uncertain @ home. S.pyralella, A.hamana, Ephestia sp, Ele Hawk-moth, Common Swift, T.luculella, White-speck, Middle-barred Minor, Burnished Brass, Purple Clay, E.atricomella & N.cynosbatella. #teammoth

Another new species for me in work today, found resting on a bag of bird food. Epiblema sticticana/cirsiana. Whichever it is will be a new one for me #teammoth

A handful of NFYs at the home & work traps overnight, as well as a potential lifer and 2nd record for Devon! 47/29 at home had Pandemis cinnamomeana & Marbled White Spot as NFY. The work trap had 175/52. A potential lifer in the form of Pauper Pug - grade 4 so gendet required. 7 NFY here #teammoth

179 of 48 in the Brixton VC3 work trap this morning, 10 of which were NFY: Hedya pruniana, Hedya nubiferana, Fern, Small Square-spot, Common Wainscot, Udea olivalis, Notocelia trimaculana, Pinion-streaked Snout, Glyphipterix fuscoviridella & Dark/Grey Dagger agg. #teammoth

I ran traps at home and in work overnight. Just 19 of 14 at home with Great Prominent, Vine's Rustic, Setaceous Hebrew Character & 3 Rusty-dot Pearl being highlights. The work trap held 40 of 16, with Tawny Pinion & Eyed Hawk-moth NFY. #teammoth

Sat by the pond with a cup of tea, and a NFY Nemapogon koenigi lands beside me. No lures deployed, and no net or pot either! #teammoth

19 of 16 here in Plymouth overnight. Best of the bunch were 2 NFG Great Prominent. Also, a very worn snout species that is most probably Bloxworth. I also ran a trap in work, recording 78 of 26. Mullein Wave was NFY here. #teammoth

The traps have been pretty manic here in Plymouth this week. Lots of NFYs, but the best was this Privet Hawk-moth this morning in the work trap. My earliest by over a month, but what was special was that it was a f.lutea, where the pink colouration is replaced with yellow #teammoth

72 of 37 overnight here in Plymouth. Rivulet (2), Peppered Moth, Flame Carpet, Bee Moth, Prays ruficeps & White-pinion Spotted were all NFY. Also, Broken-barred Carpet, Pine Beauty, Caloptilia azaleella, Golden-rod Pug, Orange Footman & Diamond Back Moth #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social