help they look even sillier when they stand up
June 28, 2026 at 12:52 AM
help they look even sillier when they stand up
This one is just a weevil??
June 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This one is just a weevil??
Many thanks to @philmicromoth.bsky.social for his agreement on the identity of this pyralid from Weir Quay last week as Sciota rhenella. First for Devon! #TeamMoth
August 18, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Many thanks to @philmicromoth.bsky.social for his agreement on the identity of this pyralid from Weir Quay last week as Sciota rhenella. First for Devon! #TeamMoth
The beautiful Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl), a migrant pyralid, at today's moth event at Grosvenor & Hilbert Park
September 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The beautiful Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl), a migrant pyralid, at today's moth event at Grosvenor & Hilbert Park
Powdered Grass-veneer (Thisanotia chrysonuchella) from @Bawdsey_Hall last night. A new pyralid moth for Bawdsey. The second vc25 record. Likely an immigrant. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk
May 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Powdered Grass-veneer (Thisanotia chrysonuchella) from @Bawdsey_Hall last night. A new pyralid moth for Bawdsey. The second vc25 record. Likely an immigrant. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk
Nephopterix Angustella caught in the last home trap, a pyralid increasing in abundance in Hants. Another moth which shows a ridge of scales across the wings like tumidana. #teammoth
August 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nephopterix Angustella caught in the last home trap, a pyralid increasing in abundance in Hants. Another moth which shows a ridge of scales across the wings like tumidana. #teammoth
Uncinus obductlla (Marjoram Knot-horn), indoors, 12 July 2026, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). Not the first site record of this rare but increasing resident pyralid. #TeamMoth
July 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Uncinus obductlla (Marjoram Knot-horn), indoors, 12 July 2026, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). Not the first site record of this rare but increasing resident pyralid. #TeamMoth
Banstead, Surrey: after 38 years of trapping the garden’s first ever Sprawler (a decreasing species in range and abundance), along with a good mix, including Red-green Carpet, Cypress Carpet, Satellite, Feathered Thorn, Green-brindled Crescent and the migrant pyralid Palpita vitrealis #TeamMoth
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Banstead, Surrey: after 38 years of trapping the garden’s first ever Sprawler (a decreasing species in range and abundance), along with a good mix, including Red-green Carpet, Cypress Carpet, Satellite, Feathered Thorn, Green-brindled Crescent and the migrant pyralid Palpita vitrealis #TeamMoth
Had to get the books out this morning! Diasemia retucularis sitting on the outside of the trap. Last recorded in Carmarthenshire 2021 & 2013 (Pyralid and Crambid Moths) Ffarmers nr Lampeter VC44 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
August 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Had to get the books out this morning! Diasemia retucularis sitting on the outside of the trap. Last recorded in Carmarthenshire 2021 & 2013 (Pyralid and Crambid Moths) Ffarmers nr Lampeter VC44 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Weymouth: Best from here was the rare migrant Pyralid, Agrotera nemoralis (Beautiful Pearl). This one not quite living up to its moniker though! There seem to be very few Dorset records, but I'm not sure how many. Also 4 Small Marbled, 3 Bordered Straw. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Weymouth: Best from here was the rare migrant Pyralid, Agrotera nemoralis (Beautiful Pearl). This one not quite living up to its moniker though! There seem to be very few Dorset records, but I'm not sure how many. Also 4 Small Marbled, 3 Bordered Straw. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
a pyralid snout moth, Los Angeles
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September 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
a pyralid snout moth, Los Angeles
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Middle-barred Minor & the pyralid Euzophera pinguis at today's Amelia moth event
May 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Middle-barred Minor & the pyralid Euzophera pinguis at today's Amelia moth event
July 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Banstead, Surrey: a busier night at the garden MV with star species being my second Striped Hawk-moth of the month plus this pyralid which I believe to be Udea fulvalis (which I have not seen before) #TeamMoth
June 23, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Banstead, Surrey: a busier night at the garden MV with star species being my second Striped Hawk-moth of the month plus this pyralid which I believe to be Udea fulvalis (which I have not seen before) #TeamMoth
1/2 #speciesaday no. 633 is Sitochroa palealis. Local. An impressive and distinctive pale yellow pyralid of open downland (feeds on Wild Carrot). July & August. This one is from Mile Oak Farm to the west of Brighton. All my records are kicked up out of long vegetation on the Downs.
July 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 633 is Sitochroa palealis. Local. An impressive and distinctive pale yellow pyralid of open downland (feeds on Wild Carrot). July & August. This one is from Mile Oak Farm to the west of Brighton. All my records are kicked up out of long vegetation on the Downs.
A few more from last night
Broad-barred White, Euzophora pinguis, Plutella porectella, Chilo phragmitella - the latter is another of the large marshland pyralid moths!
#norfolkmoths
Broad-barred White, Euzophora pinguis, Plutella porectella, Chilo phragmitella - the latter is another of the large marshland pyralid moths!
#norfolkmoths
June 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
A few more from last night
Broad-barred White, Euzophora pinguis, Plutella porectella, Chilo phragmitella - the latter is another of the large marshland pyralid moths!
#norfolkmoths
Broad-barred White, Euzophora pinguis, Plutella porectella, Chilo phragmitella - the latter is another of the large marshland pyralid moths!
#norfolkmoths
Best catch of the year last night, 197/60. Rhodophaea formosa (Beautiful Knot-Horn according to the Pyralid & Crambid book) new for garden (no photo as it escaped 🙄) + 15 other NFY. Sandy Carpet, Miller & Beautiful Golden Y the most interesting. #VC55Moths #TeamMoth
May 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Best catch of the year last night, 197/60. Rhodophaea formosa (Beautiful Knot-Horn according to the Pyralid & Crambid book) new for garden (no photo as it escaped 🙄) + 15 other NFY. Sandy Carpet, Miller & Beautiful Golden Y the most interesting. #VC55Moths #TeamMoth
The pyralid moth Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Double-striped Tabby) is one of the larger 'micro moths'. Grosvenor & Hilbert moth event today.
September 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The pyralid moth Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Double-striped Tabby) is one of the larger 'micro moths'. Grosvenor & Hilbert moth event today.
Playing with pyralid moth antennae #lepidoptera
February 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Playing with pyralid moth antennae #lepidoptera
The pyralid Uncinus obductella from the New Romney traps last night; a less than annual vagrant to the wider Dungeness area
July 22, 2026 at 8:11 AM
The pyralid Uncinus obductella from the New Romney traps last night; a less than annual vagrant to the wider Dungeness area
Plodia interpunctella would theoretically eat cake if the batter was very old and very dry. But P. interpunctella is a Pyralid moth and not a butterfly. The prosecution's arguments stand.
January 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Plodia interpunctella would theoretically eat cake if the batter was very old and very dry. But P. interpunctella is a Pyralid moth and not a butterfly. The prosecution's arguments stand.
Late addition to the list for yesterday's moth morning - the rare migrant pyralid Etiella zinckenella (Legume Knot-horn)
June 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Late addition to the list for yesterday's moth morning - the rare migrant pyralid Etiella zinckenella (Legume Knot-horn)