Surprised to see wet traps this morning but the moths didn’t mind as a better 9/13 in Marbury. Star was NFY Sprawler. It was difficult to get a photo showing its subtle beauty. Brindled Green, 3 Feathered Thorns, Figure of 8, 2 G-b Crescent, Angle Shades, R-g Carpet, Black Rustic, Nov agg #teammoth
November 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Surprised to see wet traps this morning but the moths didn’t mind as a better 9/13 in Marbury. Star was NFY Sprawler. It was difficult to get a photo showing its subtle beauty. Brindled Green, 3 Feathered Thorns, Figure of 8, 2 G-b Crescent, Angle Shades, R-g Carpet, Black Rustic, Nov agg #teammoth
The moths are still trickling in! 5/6 last night in Marbury: 2 Mottled Umbers, Figure of 8, Black Rustic, Angle Shades. A Ophion Obscuratus. I am happy to continue trapping as I am always optimistic that a NFG will turn up like the Streak & I will miss looking in the trap each morning too! #teammoth
November 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The moths are still trickling in! 5/6 last night in Marbury: 2 Mottled Umbers, Figure of 8, Black Rustic, Angle Shades. A Ophion Obscuratus. I am happy to continue trapping as I am always optimistic that a NFG will turn up like the Streak & I will miss looking in the trap each morning too! #teammoth
A huge resurgence in Bogong moth numbers has been seen in Australia’s Eastern states recently.
Last week we had more than 200 Bogong moths in one night to our Perth Hills moth light, so the resurgence has extended to Western Australia too!
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist
Last week we had more than 200 Bogong moths in one night to our Perth Hills moth light, so the resurgence has extended to Western Australia too!
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist
November 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
A huge resurgence in Bogong moth numbers has been seen in Australia’s Eastern states recently.
Last week we had more than 200 Bogong moths in one night to our Perth Hills moth light, so the resurgence has extended to Western Australia too!
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist
Last week we had more than 200 Bogong moths in one night to our Perth Hills moth light, so the resurgence has extended to Western Australia too!
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist
Here are all of last night’s Marbury moths in 1 photo! 5/7 2 Feathered Thorns, 2 Red-line Quakers, Satellite, Figure of Eight and Dark Chestnut. Happy to get some as I expected none after seeing the car window iced up early! #teammoth
November 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Here are all of last night’s Marbury moths in 1 photo! 5/7 2 Feathered Thorns, 2 Red-line Quakers, Satellite, Figure of Eight and Dark Chestnut. Happy to get some as I expected none after seeing the car window iced up early! #teammoth
Caught in my garden moth trap on 26th June, this looked a lot like the clothes moths that breed in my house, but with a faint discal spot it was worth checking for Tinea columbariella (Dovecot Moth), last recorded in Norfolk in 1899.
Now done so - and it was a Dovecot Moth!
#NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth
Now done so - and it was a Dovecot Moth!
#NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth
November 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Caught in my garden moth trap on 26th June, this looked a lot like the clothes moths that breed in my house, but with a faint discal spot it was worth checking for Tinea columbariella (Dovecot Moth), last recorded in Norfolk in 1899.
Now done so - and it was a Dovecot Moth!
#NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth
Now done so - and it was a Dovecot Moth!
#NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth
Still some moths flying last night, 9 of 7 sp included the first adult Mottled Umber of the year. Compared to previous years, I’m still missing Streak and Winter Moth but starting to run out of mild nights. Durham, VC66. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Still some moths flying last night, 9 of 7 sp included the first adult Mottled Umber of the year. Compared to previous years, I’m still missing Streak and Winter Moth but starting to run out of mild nights. Durham, VC66. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social
Been hoping that Crocidosema plebejana would turn up in my garden trap, and last night it did!
The usually distinct triangular dorsal marking is merged into the other markings on this specimen. The forward pointing tuft on the head is another feature.
Probably my last NFG of 2026!
#Teammoth
The usually distinct triangular dorsal marking is merged into the other markings on this specimen. The forward pointing tuft on the head is another feature.
Probably my last NFG of 2026!
#Teammoth
November 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Been hoping that Crocidosema plebejana would turn up in my garden trap, and last night it did!
The usually distinct triangular dorsal marking is merged into the other markings on this specimen. The forward pointing tuft on the head is another feature.
Probably my last NFG of 2026!
#Teammoth
The usually distinct triangular dorsal marking is merged into the other markings on this specimen. The forward pointing tuft on the head is another feature.
Probably my last NFG of 2026!
#Teammoth
10/8 at CMO. A rather wet trap early morning so delighted to find a December Moth nfy and a fresh Brick. A little later (when it was light) I checked the walls and found a nfy Sprawler 😊.
@markgolley.bsky.social
#TeamMoth
#NorfolkMoths
@markgolley.bsky.social
#TeamMoth
#NorfolkMoths
November 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
10/8 at CMO. A rather wet trap early morning so delighted to find a December Moth nfy and a fresh Brick. A little later (when it was light) I checked the walls and found a nfy Sprawler 😊.
@markgolley.bsky.social
#TeamMoth
#NorfolkMoths
@markgolley.bsky.social
#TeamMoth
#NorfolkMoths
Cold, clear and frosty but have a least one moth with this Feathered Thorn. Absolutely love how it is sat on a frosty trap! Also this bycatch by the trap is stunning. Obsid says Ophion obscuratus #teammoth
November 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Cold, clear and frosty but have a least one moth with this Feathered Thorn. Absolutely love how it is sat on a frosty trap! Also this bycatch by the trap is stunning. Obsid says Ophion obscuratus #teammoth
The 'mild' 6c nights still have some hardy moths to offer. The first Frost Tortrix of the autumn and a rather plain Figure of Eight amongst 10sp 12moths 😁 #teammoth
November 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The 'mild' 6c nights still have some hardy moths to offer. The first Frost Tortrix of the autumn and a rather plain Figure of Eight amongst 10sp 12moths 😁 #teammoth
At this time of year, finding a new garden moth in the trap is even more satisfying. It's just a pity I can't identify this one. As far as I can tell, it's either Caloptilia betulicola or Caloptilia elongella. I think the former, but it's a gen. det. unfortunately. #teammoth
November 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
At this time of year, finding a new garden moth in the trap is even more satisfying. It's just a pity I can't identify this one. As far as I can tell, it's either Caloptilia betulicola or Caloptilia elongella. I think the former, but it's a gen. det. unfortunately. #teammoth
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth keeping still for once on an Ivy covered bank #TeamMoth #MothsMatter
November 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth keeping still for once on an Ivy covered bank #TeamMoth #MothsMatter
Convergent evolution in the way hawkmoths evade being eaten by scrambling the sonar bats use to locate them 🦇
#teammoth #inverts #bats #bugsky #evolution
#teammoth #inverts #bats #bugsky #evolution
To escape hungry bats, hawkmoths have repeatedly reinvented their acoustic defenses, evolving three distinct ways to make ultrasound with their genitalia.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hawkmoth-genitals-bat-weapon
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hawkmoth-genitals-bat-weapon
How hawkmoths turned their genitals into bat-busting weapons
In arms race with bats, hawkmoths have evolved three distinct ways to make bat-busting ultrasound using their genitalia.
www.sciencenews.org
November 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Convergent evolution in the way hawkmoths evade being eaten by scrambling the sonar bats use to locate them 🦇
#teammoth #inverts #bats #bugsky #evolution
#teammoth #inverts #bats #bugsky #evolution
Lydd on Sea VC15, on a windy chilly cloudy night, the highlight, and NFG was a fresh looking Red-headed Chestnut, the 8th for the Dungeness area and the first since 2022.
Thanks to @trapsite.bsky.social for confirming the details.
#Mothsmatter
#Teammoth
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Thanks to @trapsite.bsky.social for confirming the details.
#Mothsmatter
#Teammoth
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Lydd on Sea VC15, on a windy chilly cloudy night, the highlight, and NFG was a fresh looking Red-headed Chestnut, the 8th for the Dungeness area and the first since 2022.
Thanks to @trapsite.bsky.social for confirming the details.
#Mothsmatter
#Teammoth
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Thanks to @trapsite.bsky.social for confirming the details.
#Mothsmatter
#Teammoth
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Cold night, and unsurprisingly only 2 moths in the trap this morning...but amazingly another 17 plucked from various spots near it before bed yesterday evening! Possible migs included Vestal, Silver Y, Diamond-back M and 2 Rush Veneers. 19/14 in the end.
Axminster VC3.
#TeamMoth
Axminster VC3.
#TeamMoth
November 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Cold night, and unsurprisingly only 2 moths in the trap this morning...but amazingly another 17 plucked from various spots near it before bed yesterday evening! Possible migs included Vestal, Silver Y, Diamond-back M and 2 Rush Veneers. 19/14 in the end.
Axminster VC3.
#TeamMoth
Axminster VC3.
#TeamMoth
#MothMonday
#UKmoths #teammoth
#MothsMatter
#MacroMonday
#MacroPhotography
A beautiful #LaceBorder Moth (Scopula ornata) at Butterfly Conservation's Prestbury Hill, #Cheltenham
📸Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
#UKmoths #teammoth
#MothsMatter
#MacroMonday
#MacroPhotography
A beautiful #LaceBorder Moth (Scopula ornata) at Butterfly Conservation's Prestbury Hill, #Cheltenham
📸Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
#MothMonday
#UKmoths #teammoth
#MothsMatter
#MacroMonday
#MacroPhotography
A beautiful #LaceBorder Moth (Scopula ornata) at Butterfly Conservation's Prestbury Hill, #Cheltenham
📸Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
#UKmoths #teammoth
#MothsMatter
#MacroMonday
#MacroPhotography
A beautiful #LaceBorder Moth (Scopula ornata) at Butterfly Conservation's Prestbury Hill, #Cheltenham
📸Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) N.Antrim, Oct 2026. Distinguished from the similar & more common (here) Chestnut, by the more pointed wing tip & straight outer edge (see last image). #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Dark Chestnut (Conistra ligula) N.Antrim, Oct 2026. Distinguished from the similar & more common (here) Chestnut, by the more pointed wing tip & straight outer edge (see last image). #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
4/5 yesterday in Marbury VC58. The highlights being 2 December moths and a lovely dark Satellite. Today it was a close call with just 2 moths: Merveille du Jour on the wall by the MV and 1 Figure of Eight in the actinic. #teammoth
November 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
4/5 yesterday in Marbury VC58. The highlights being 2 December moths and a lovely dark Satellite. Today it was a close call with just 2 moths: Merveille du Jour on the wall by the MV and 1 Figure of Eight in the actinic. #teammoth
Quality over quantity last couple of nights in Billingham VC66. Grey Shoulder Knot is a lifer. Dark Chestnut, Figure of Eight and Large Wainscot among the regular November ags and LBAMs. #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter @teesbirds.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Quality over quantity last couple of nights in Billingham VC66. Grey Shoulder Knot is a lifer. Dark Chestnut, Figure of Eight and Large Wainscot among the regular November ags and LBAMs. #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter @teesbirds.bsky.social