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Does the moth community still exist over here or has it migrated fully onto Bluesky? A couple of this weeks trappings both home and away #teammoth
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Moths! 6 of them! 2 Mottled Umber, 2 Spring Usher, 1 each of Common Quaker and Tortricodes alternella. The Usher, Quaker and tortix were both NFY, SE Hants VC11
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Moth stats time, Dec 2024. Only 5 traps. 59 moths, year total @ 13293. Two more to the garden year list, now @ 578 excluding gen dets. NFG Cosmopterix pulchrimella on the 30th and Pearly underwing on the 31st, a stunning end to a very good mothing year. Roll on 2025 #teammoth
Fortune favours the brave and the dumb, it also has a real soft spot for the incredibly inebriated. Windy enough to blow the garden bench over. Only one moth in the trap last night and it’s another NFG to end the year, Pearly Underwing 🤣 #teammoth #migrantmothuk
Not a Wogan, 2 Winter Moth and a Mottled Umber, plus the LBAM by the front door. Brucie bonus of Cosmopterix pulchrimella which is a NFG as well! We go again tonight in SE Hants VC11 (wind dependent) #teammoth
11 of 5 in the Xmas Day moth trap. 2 Rusty Dot, 3 Mottled Umber, 1 December Moth, 1 LBAM and 4 Winter Moth, a bit different from yesterday’s fare and a bonus Minotaur beetle. #migrantmothuk #teammoth
Xmas Eve moth trap had 10 of 8. Mottled Umber most numerous with 4, Rusty Dots x 2 for the migrants, micros with 2 Badasstella and 1 LBAM. Single of Common Quaker rounds it off. #migrantmothuk #teammoth
17 of 4 in and around the moth trap this morning. Always nice to see the larger female December Moth in amongst the male hordes. 14 December Moth, singles of Winter Moth, Yellow-line Quaker and Red-green Carpet in SE Hants VC11
Anyone interested in these books? DM me with an offer. The macro moths is first edition, the day flyers is a duplicate present. #teammoth
Moth stats time, Nov 2024. Only 11 trap dates. 411 moths, year total @ 13234. 5 to the garden year list, now @ 576 including 2 NFGs. NFY were December Moth, Sprawler and Brick, NFG were Oak Rustic and Gem and a honourable mention to the most stunning November Moth agg #teammoth
9/9 The end of year wrap up. So what did I learn this year? Trap often. Don’t be deterred by Wogans. Change things - trap location, the weather you trap in, try lures, put moth friendly plants in your garden, modify your traps, try 2 traps, trap on holiday. Happy Xmas! #teammoth
8/9 The end of year wrap up, nearly done. Odds n sods. Stathmopoda pedella an uncommon Hants moths, Garden Tiger v. high on the 2024 want list, Schreckensteinia festaliella, most serendipitous catch and Golden Rod Pug 13th Hants record and first for 11 yrs. See alt txt #teammoth
ALT George Tordoff has a smashing video of these getting down and giving it large on the dance floor
ALT Stunning moths and very gripping that I’d never got them before. Ended up like buses
ALT Schreckensteinia festaliella, only found because it jumped from the wine rope onto the edge of the pan I was using to re-soak them. Utter luck and a real one shot wonder. Should be renamed Shrek
ALT Golden-rod pug, not the easiest to ID, the broken veins are a good starting point
7). The end of year wrap up. Moth books, I think all serious moth-ers have so many ID books you almost need a separate house. So it was nice to read some other mothy literature for a change. Both brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable, thank you @TimBlackburn66 and @JLowenWildlife
6). The end of year wrap up. Frankentraps! Homemade or modified off the shelf moth traps. Fun and a cheaper way into trapping and gives you a better view of how to maximise catch. £15 coke bottle trap or my holiday trap, both work, the bottle got Brussels Lace NFG and Drinker.
5). The end of year wrap up. Migrant mothing. My garden has been bad for is migrants, so I’ve made an effort this year to catch more. @MigrantMothUK weather forecasts are a vital tool as well as trap position, more in the open or up high (suicidal flat slippery roof) #teammoth
ALT Scarce Bordered Straw NFG
ALT Small Mottled Willow NFG
ALT Gem NFG
ALT Oncocera semirubella, the rhubarb and custard moth. Not NFG but my favourite micro moth.