A Zebra Spider drawing on the bloom of a grape 😎 #Spiders #MacroMonday

A little watercolour I’ve been working on, which all got a bit hypnotic for some reason. #oaktrees #savethebutterflies #inverts #nature #wildlifeart #teammoth

20/9/25 Caradrina clavipalpis #235 and Looney Underpants #1 #teammoth

An L-album Wainscot- Before it escaped up my sleeve; And after it’d emerged out of my clothing. What a numpty #teammoth

A couple of Micros that were new for me- Monopis crocicapitella and an Epinotia sp I’m not sure about because it’s a bit dull … tenerana? (ObsID) #teammoth

Nowt much apart from 2 Large Ranunculus on their annual tour of Gloucestershire. Bit of a dud trap night really, disappointing given the perfect weather for it. Harrumph 😑 #teammoth

Confirmation, as if it were needed.. nice to see the adult Pellitory Beauty- Cosmopterix pulchrimella #teammoth

Now then, have I found a Cosmopterix pulchrimella mine? Numerous mines on Pellitory on a shaded wall.. @vc28wildlife.bsky.social @vc33moths.bsky.social #teammoth

Another picture showing the lovely purplish tones on the Hook-tip of ambiguity #teammoth #mothsmatter

Last October I got a Spiny Hook-tip (confirmed by 🔪) Last night I got a NFG Oak Hook-tip (I’m pretty sure) because reasons.. it’s good to be able to compare them, (see alt text for which one’s which) What does #teammoth think? 😁 #VC33

Last night’s possible migrant action from L-album Wainscot (I’ve missed you 🥲) and Dark Sword-grass VC33 6/9/25 #teammoth

Hilarious that a different site was so low on numbers compared to my garden. My suspicion is that it was filtered by 🦇 🦇 as I saw a few while setting up. Howeverrrr, Pinion-streaked Snout was NFM and 2nd ever Feathered Gothic- NFY +L-album Wainscot and Dark Sword-grass for the migrants #teammoth

Nothing new for year apart from these tinies in the last week and one of those was found in house…Swammerdamiasomething (L) and very likely Gracillaria syringella (R) Different site tonight in the hope of something different from PMW, LYU SHC & Vine’s Rustics. #teammoth

2/9/23- 16:5 🫩 2/9/24- 52:14 🥱 2/9/25- 54:14 🙄 It’s that time of year again 😅 All a tad dreary. The only ‘standouts’ from last night were (drumroll)… #teammoth

Small Blood-vein, Burnished Brass and a 2nd chancer Buff Ermine were the best of an underwhelming trap - 64:22 30/8/25 VC33 #teammoth

The Moth Gods heard my moany whining and showed me two Centre-barred Sallows today (NFY…had none last year) but 4 in ‘23, so that was nice, along with a new micro for me, Eudemis profundana, Oak Marble #teammoth

Can’t believe it I tell ya - out of 192 of 44 spp only one nfy last night. One of my favourites though and I was beginning to think I’d imagined all the other Angle Shades I’d seen before #teammoth

Sweet dreams everyone.. if you can sleep at all 😬

22/8/25 43:20 There must’ve been a ton of these flying about for one to land at my gaff- getting down with the Beet this chilly morning. Not much else to report apart from the return of Light Emerald and Anania coronata … #teammoth

To all moth trappers out there Do you have any humerous stories regarding moths and moth trapping?any mishaps/memorable moments etc. I did hear of a trap getting hit by lightning once?My father is writing a book and he wants to include some quirky moth elements into a short fictional story #teammoth

I’m not keen on having this in the moth trap.. beautiful though it is 💛🖤🧡

Same Chequered Fruit Tortrix Same camera Different background.. Everything is illusion 🤪

Cypress Pug and Meal Moth both NFG too from last night #teammoth

One o’ those ‘I wasn’t going to but last minute decided to’ trap nights resulted in 4 NFGs out of 221:43 - good but manageable numbers of the usual suspects! Bordered Straw, Small Ranunculus #teammoth

‘A bit pants’ - 117 of just 28spp Is how I’d describe the trap from last night but at least there were 2 NFYs- Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) and a Chevron Grass Moth (Agriphila geniculea) #teammoth

I’ll admit that this one has given me some grief because it could be any of three Knot-horns: Phoenix, Birch or Dusky? (Apomyelois bistriatella, Ortholepsis betulae or Pyla fusca). Obs thinks it’s 40% a Birch but doesn’t seem to know the others. If any #teammoth -ers have a clue I’d be grateful ☺️

Potty McPotface the Vapourer moth after realising it had succumbed to my magical whispering and got itself potted. ‘Let me out’ it cried as I took pictures of its little fizzog #MothFaceFriday

I had a night off from the Egg-box Disco but this lovely thing joined me in the sitting room last night anyway. Late summer vibes Yellow Shell 💛

Ooh, 2 new for the garden and me! Small Waved Umber and Orange Swift #teammoth

I like these Coleophora sp and I wish I could ID without the 🪓 Having said that, I think this is most likely to be C. trifolii because… erm 🤔 #teammoth 🤷🏻‍♀️

Astounded as I was to find a Small Mottled Willow in the trap this morning, it was the only NFG…also 2 NFYs, Tawny-speckled Pug and Ypsolopha scabrella 13/8/25 105:44 VC33 #teammoth

Absolute scenes in the privet today - I love to see these spiders 🕷️ 💚 #gardenwildlife #arachnids

I was too tired for any trapping last night and this morning I was in the garden just contemplating how much I should’ve when…an orangey winged thing spiralled around for a minute and came straight over to me and landed on my upturned hand. It’s NFG. I must be giving off vapours 🥵😅 #teammoth

The Pale Prominent A singularly strange creature pretending to be a piece of wood #teammoth #mothsmatter

A quirky lurker I found when taking the sheet down. Luckily I don’t enjoy touching bird poop so it was saved from a squishing #teammoth

58:30 to light last night and considering the conditions it didn’t seem too bad. Two new-for-garden species were Six-striped Rustic and Pyrausta despicata. A NFY was Flounced Rustic and I think a nice looking Double Striped Pug deserves a pic 😃 #teammoth

Chocks away Pip old chap Time to get tooling along! Spectacle for #MothFaceFriday

The merest trickle now of new for year species- from last night’s trapping effort, a Straw Underwing… #teammoth

First and second generations of Clay Triple Lines & Purple Bar 1st gen 28th April -top row 2nd gen 8th August #teammoth

A sign of migration for a change on a cool night, NFG Nomophila noctuella (VC33) Also visiting, Pyrausta purpuralis which was NFG, my favourite macro Latin name Notodonta ziczac, and Bryophila domestica bestest of the restest.. 👀Alt text for common names #teammoth

If I were a fashion designer, this incredibly mechanical looking grasshopper with its brightly coloured organic accessories might inspire me to design an amazing outfit. But I’m not a fashion designer so I ain’t gonna 😘 #insects #design #allotmentwildlife

And the results: A lovely White Ermine emerged today #teammoth

This Coleophora spec looks to me rather like a fish

4/8/25 75:39 not including Yponomeuta, NFG a tiny Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella)… & there was an out of season Waved Umber, a late Buff Arches and NFYs - 2 Copper Underwings #teammoth

Well you can keep your Black Arches and your Orange Swifts (Nothing to see here.. move along) 😅

Warts ‘n all for #MothFaceFriday A Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Didn’t hang the sheet but put the brolly up last night for impending ⛈️ and this morning there was what I thought was a Marbled Minor on the inside (with the light behind it it was difficult to make out..) so I just left it there for, well hours But That’s No Marbled Minor 😳

It’s about bloomin time I got these two! Blood-vein Maiden’s Blush 31/7/25 66 ish of 39 ish spp #teammoth #nightbutterflies

Ooops, missed a male Buff Footman on first count. (Excuse-it was raining) It’s a NFG anyway 🙂 #teammoth

29/7 - Swallow Prominent - the best of a very dull wet trap 67:31 The Large Yellow Blunderwings are conspicuous by their absence here this year… (Hopefully that’s not analogous with saying it’s a quiet day in A&E) #teammoth