Spotted this very fine delicate spinning across a vein on the garden Apple Tree earlier today - Obsi 100% Carcina quercana. Plenty of photos to confirm on lepiforum (and confirmed on FB) but Langmaid Palmer and Young say on the underside of the leaf... #teammoth #cambsmoths

Another busy trap - 219/65, with 11 NFY. Amazingly none of the 35+ Silver Y nectaring on a bush next to the trap made it into the trap, but the NFY were Tortrix viridana, Anarsia innoxiella, Chrysoteuchia culmella, Clouded Silver... 1/ #teammoth #cambsmoths

Seems that the Silver Y also like the Philadelphus that the Painted Ladies have been enjoying - counted 15 over the course of as many minutes just now. Decision not to light up tonight has been reversed.... #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #cambsmoths

Saw a flash of orange in the unmown lawn at around 17:20 - Commophilla aeneana is quite a spectacular moth (with only ~7 records in #cambsmoths - the last was @sciencebase.com in 2023) Even more surprising was when a second perched in front of me at ~20:15! #teammoth

And still they keep coming. They really do seem to like the Philadelphus flowers too... Painted Lady and the odd Red Admiral @epollard.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

Cinnabar having another good year in the garden... #teammoth #cambsmoths

Around 50 more at ~5.30 this evening - easily 8 at a time, total individuals difficult to count! #cambsmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Red-tipped Clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis; to it's own lure) and Red-belted Clearwings (S. myopaeformis; to Orange-tailed lure!) today showing their Orange and white undersides of palps respectively #teammoth #cambsmoths

Not quite a #migrantmothuk but Painted Lady near enough... 4 in the garden this morning along with a worn-looking Red Admiral @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @croughley.bsky.social @epollard.bsky.social #cambsmoths

Red-belted clearwing was NFY earlier today - to the AND lure (yep - the one for Orange-tailed Clearwing (Synanthedon andrenaeformis))... CUL was also out at the time, so intriguing preferences in play... #teammoth #cambsmoths

Pammene aurana was NFG this afternoon (although not NFY - one previously this year and one last year in the FUN lures attempting to protect the allotment Plum crop) #teammoth #cambsmoths

Despite the wind, last night was the best night in the trap for a while - 51/23 with 7 NFY (and a further 2 needing closer examination to ID). NFY were Silver Y (x3 - totally ignoring the NI lure nearby!), Burnished Brass (f. juncta?), Common Swift, Common Wainscot... 1/2 #teammoth #cambsmoths

Better morning in the trap with 29/17, with 3 NFY - Nuteg, Common White Wave and Light Brocade (Am I the only one who thinks "Charge of the Light Brocade" when I see the name?!) #teammoth #cambsmoths

St Mary's Sawston this afternoon - plenty of Horse-chestnut Leaf-miners being relatively calm in the cool afternoon, and a new gravestone for Luffia lapidella - probably 50-75 on a single stone (previously years found similar number on a different stone!) #cambsmoths #teammoth #cemeterywildlife

Glyphipterix simpliciella - NHY just now (Species 135) - not sure how I spotted this on a daisy underneath the washing line while I was bringing the dry clothes in before the rain got going... #teammoth #cambsmoths

Bit of a look round the "meadow" today - Cinnabar, Pyrausta aurata (Mint Moth), Psyche Casta, Jersey Tiger and.... #teammoth #cambsmoths

In a bit of extreme mothing I just managed to poot this Agonopterix purpurea in mid-air around the unmown "lawn"... Species 129 for the year. Yes, netting it would have been easier... if the net wasn't at the opposite end of the garden at the time! #teammoth #cambsmoths

But of quick garden watching this afternoon has landed a puzzle-beetle... Hoping the hive mind on here can answer it! Malachius bipustulatus or the rarer Cordylepherus viridis ? South Cambs, UK #entomology #beetles #coleoptera

The long run we've had in South Cambs. of cold clear nights, or cold Easterly / North-easterly winds has had me wondering how this year compares with previous... Time for @drknimenode.bsky.social to run his workflow! 1/4 (Take 2 on this part - mis-tagged in previous!) #teammoth #cambsmoths

Another cold clear night in S. Cambs - 20/12 was a slight improvement on the previous night, with Heart & Dart, Blastobasis lacticolella and Rustic Shoulder-knot NFY. Also a very mint-looking Pale Mottled Willow #teammoth #cambsmoths

On the way back from a last check of the moth trap last night found 3 Psyche casta cases and a lovely Malachius bipustulatus beetle #teammoth #cambsmoths

Around 7.30pm yesterday spotted this Pyrausta aurata (Mint Moth) on the edge of the unmown part of the "lawn". Went to grab camera and spotted also the Dichrorampha acuminata (NFY) on Ox-eye daisy - slightly surprised to see 3-5 others flying around too on a cold evening #teammoth #cambsmoths

After a bitterly cold day yesterday, 10/9 was not entirely surprising in the trap this morning. Vine's Rustic was NFY, and a rather smart Coronet also present (this dark form, f. coronula) was the first I ever saw of it here) #teammoth #cambsmoths

Lime Hawk-moth has finally managed to stop evading my trap after 6 years of trying... Even better in the flesh than I thought it would be. Happy Steve!!! #teammoth #cambsmoths

Amongst the 33/19 in and around the trap last night and this morning was this NFM White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria; 17.160) - 803rd species I've recorded. Also NFW Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria; 70.257) and Clouded border (Lomaspilis marginata; 70.207) #teammoth #cambsmoths

I remember "discovering" these in a gardening book 40 years ago (bought because my parents, and therefore me, had just moved to a house with an actual garden) - even better was to find them in the newly-local garden centre, and then that same day on the balcony of Lau's Chinese Restaurant on

Latest addition to the St Mary's Sawston moth list... Cinnabar #teammoth #cambsmoths

Couple from this morning that I missed first time round checking the trap... Both new for year #teammoth #cambsmoths

Put the Carnation Tortrix lure out for 10 minutes this morning. My best guestimate of a count if the cloud fitting round the trap was 13 moths. The various specimens found some the stress on bushes and walls later took the total to around 17. #teammoth #cambsmoths

#teammoth And I don't know if #suffolkmoths does anything (or indeed exactly where the boundary lies in relation to Devil's Dyke at the July course near Newmarket...

Just wandered out into the front garden - wow!!!

Just wondered out into the front garden - wow!!!

This looks like a blister mine between veins on Ribwort Plantain -but I can see anything that fits for it? #teammoth #vc29moths @vc28nature.bsky.social @vc30moths.bsky.social

Scarlet tiger caterpillar at RSPB Fowlmere this evening shopping with great views of a water vole (no photos of that though!) Also a Small White in the garden late afternoon #teammoth #cambsmoths

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Longniddry East Lothian VC82 - bumper haul last night including NFMs Pine Beauty and Water Carpet. Also a very smart Shoulder Stripe (NFY) #teammoth #mothinglothian #lothianmoths

EMP lure in the Lammermuirs this afternoon. Had it out for about 5 minutes, 3 moths in that time (only managed one into the net!) also Fox moth caterpillar and a Tortrix on the heather needing more thought...

Funny bit of wall...

The algorithms know... #mothsmatter #mothmatters #teammoth

Scarlet Tiger and Jersey Tiger cats in the garden this afternoon, along with 4 Psyche casta - all underneath an upturned wheelbarrow #cambsmoths #teammoth

Had a bit of fun with the phone camera in the dark in mum's garden last night where the Damson bush that's been there since at least 1985 was in full blossom

A very neat lab exercise! Having students sort through raked leaves to see what arthropods were lost to our tidying habits. I think this would work for high school too, with more instructor guidance (1/2) #teaching academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...

Spotted this Psyche casta (Common Bagworm) between the decking boards outside my (m)office this afternoon - NFY #teammoth #cambsmoths Not the easiest place to photograph it but the Olympus TG-6 has done pretty well overall I reckon - details on indvidual images

Scarlet Tiger is a one-a-year adult for me for the last few years, including one or two in the garden. Plenty of cats later in the year at RSPB Fowlmere, but this is the first I've found this early, or indeed in the garden at home - munching its way through the Green Alkanet #teammoth #cambsmoths

Pale Pinoin was NFY on the night of 18-March-2026. With lovely sunny days, the East Anglian nights have been cold with hard frosts on 2 mornings and thick fog the last two mornings - slim pickings! #teammoth #cambsmoths

Nice summary of long distance insect migration in the Guardian today with fancy graphics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

16-Mar-2025 A mild night if quite breezy. Red-Green Carpet and Zelleria hepariella were both NFY amidst the 29/9, with another un-drab form of Clouded drab and will marked Double-striped Pug the other highlights #teammoth #cambsmoths

On the morning of 12-Mar, woke up to find the trap upside down in the wind, which was much stronger than forecast in South Cambs. Amazingly, the light was still lit despite it being in the position shown in the photos. Also amazingly, there were still 14 moths in the trap! #teammoth #cambsmoths