The Queen of Spain has invaded. British visits of this gorgeous golden-coloured butterfly with distinctively shaped, squared-off hindwings have been recorded by lepidopterists for four centuries.
This year thousands have flown in, some from France & Spain & others from the Netherlands.
#butterflies
This year thousands have flown in, some from France & Spain & others from the Netherlands.
#butterflies
Queen of Spain butterfly invades Britain – but will it become native?
This year thousands of the golden-coloured butterfly have arrived in Britain in what one expert calls ‘a bold attempt at colonisation’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The Queen of Spain has invaded. British visits of this gorgeous golden-coloured butterfly with distinctively shaped, squared-off hindwings have been recorded by lepidopterists for four centuries.
This year thousands have flown in, some from France & Spain & others from the Netherlands.
#butterflies
This year thousands have flown in, some from France & Spain & others from the Netherlands.
#butterflies
“Unlike many people her age, Violet does not use social media — that is, unless you count @inaturalist.bsky.social, the citizen-science app where she identifies moths with the help of other lepidopterists. For her, the study of moths is not about influence or clout.”
Why Has This Teenager Tracked Down 11,377 Moths Since April? (Gift Article)
Violet Clinton is doing award-winning entomological field research. Her dad still has to buy the beer for her moth bait.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“Unlike many people her age, Violet does not use social media — that is, unless you count @inaturalist.bsky.social, the citizen-science app where she identifies moths with the help of other lepidopterists. For her, the study of moths is not about influence or clout.”
I would also ask the lepidopterists of the world to cut it out
New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
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October 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I would also ask the lepidopterists of the world to cut it out
Thanks look up 'Lepidopterists' sugar' there are many recipes - mine is a mixture of over-ripe bananas, black treacle, sugar and some beer or wine warmed gently then painted on a log or tree trunk
October 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Thanks look up 'Lepidopterists' sugar' there are many recipes - mine is a mixture of over-ripe bananas, black treacle, sugar and some beer or wine warmed gently then painted on a log or tree trunk
Top three problem patrons left out of this
- Stepover merchants
- Toothbrush holesmen
- Unlicensed lepidopterists
- Stepover merchants
- Toothbrush holesmen
- Unlicensed lepidopterists
September 24, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Top three problem patrons left out of this
- Stepover merchants
- Toothbrush holesmen
- Unlicensed lepidopterists
- Stepover merchants
- Toothbrush holesmen
- Unlicensed lepidopterists
September 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MOTHERWELL: A waterhole frequented by nocturnal lepidopterists.
September 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM
#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MOTHERWELL: A waterhole frequented by nocturnal lepidopterists.
Absolutely - all weather lepidopterists are welcome 😂
August 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Absolutely - all weather lepidopterists are welcome 😂
Looks too fluffy to fly. I like the idea that somewhere in a wood paneled pub in England there are a bunch of Lepidopterists arguing over pints about this little guy.
August 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Looks too fluffy to fly. I like the idea that somewhere in a wood paneled pub in England there are a bunch of Lepidopterists arguing over pints about this little guy.
Unrelatedly, 🚨🚨COOL BUG JOB ALERT🚨🚨
arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
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August 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Unrelatedly, 🚨🚨COOL BUG JOB ALERT🚨🚨
arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
Any lepidopterists in chat who could tell me if these are Euchaetes egle eggs? When I look it up I just find pictures of caterpillars and I'm so curious! #bugsky #lepidoptera #moth #nature
August 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Any lepidopterists in chat who could tell me if these are Euchaetes egle eggs? When I look it up I just find pictures of caterpillars and I'm so curious! #bugsky #lepidoptera #moth #nature
8/24/1884: Annette Braun, one of the most accomplished lepidopterists (she studied moths), is born. She was the first woman to earn a PhD from UC. Her younger sister Lucy was third. Braun was a trustee of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. Two species of moths are named after her.
August 24, 2026 at 12:54 PM
8/24/1884: Annette Braun, one of the most accomplished lepidopterists (she studied moths), is born. She was the first woman to earn a PhD from UC. Her younger sister Lucy was third. Braun was a trustee of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. Two species of moths are named after her.
Any lepidopterists out there? Is this a Swallow Tail ?
August 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Any lepidopterists out there? Is this a Swallow Tail ?
i have met @mothpotato.bsky.social and can confirm that the moth collection is the coolest part of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
August 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
i have met @mothpotato.bsky.social and can confirm that the moth collection is the coolest part of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Outwith astronomy? Making a joke once about lepidopterists, and a photo of a car parked in a large puddle.
Within astronomy? Not much.
Within astronomy? Not much.
I have a game. What were you "known" for on Twitter?
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
November 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Outwith astronomy? Making a joke once about lepidopterists, and a photo of a car parked in a large puddle.
Within astronomy? Not much.
Within astronomy? Not much.
I've done Butterfly Conservation's #BigButterflyCount for several years, despite recording every week for another project, but this is the first time I've seen nothing. However, can anyone of you #lepidopterists identify this, seen a few weeks ago? #lepidoptera #butterflies
July 13, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I've done Butterfly Conservation's #BigButterflyCount for several years, despite recording every week for another project, but this is the first time I've seen nothing. However, can anyone of you #lepidopterists identify this, seen a few weeks ago? #lepidoptera #butterflies
Curse the lepidopterists?
🦋#bugsky
🦋#bugsky
October 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Curse the lepidopterists?
🦋#bugsky
🦋#bugsky
any lepidopterists in the house? I GOTTA know the butterfly that made this fake poop chrysalis
June 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
any lepidopterists in the house? I GOTTA know the butterfly that made this fake poop chrysalis
Now published in Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society: "A Review of the Thaumatopsis Species of the Bolterellus Group with Descriptions of Two New Species (Crambidae, Crambinae)" by Bernard Landry
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bioone.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Now published in Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society: "A Review of the Thaumatopsis Species of the Bolterellus Group with Descriptions of Two New Species (Crambidae, Crambinae)" by Bernard Landry
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📄 Now published in Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society: "A new genus and species of Crambinae (Pyraloidea: Crambidae) with Brachypterous females from Colorado, U.S.A." by A.D. Warren, C.D. Ferris, B. Landry, J. Gauthier, T. Léger, J. Bilat & C.A. Nunes
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www.mdpi.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📄 Now published in Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society: "A new genus and species of Crambinae (Pyraloidea: Crambidae) with Brachypterous females from Colorado, U.S.A." by A.D. Warren, C.D. Ferris, B. Landry, J. Gauthier, T. Léger, J. Bilat & C.A. Nunes
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bioone.org/journals/the...
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bioone.org/journals/the...
📄 Now published in the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society : "A review of the Thaumatopsis species of the Bolterellus group with descriptions of two new species (Crambidae, Crambinae)" by Bernard Landry
👇
bioone.org/journals/the...
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bioone.org/journals/the...
bioone.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📄 Now published in the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society : "A review of the Thaumatopsis species of the Bolterellus group with descriptions of two new species (Crambidae, Crambinae)" by Bernard Landry
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bioone.org/journals/the...
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bioone.org/journals/the...
Lepidopterists give the noun a gerund's push toward the verb, and say that butterflies are nectaring . . .
Sue Hubbell
Sue Hubbell
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Lepidopterists give the noun a gerund's push toward the verb, and say that butterflies are nectaring . . .
Sue Hubbell
Sue Hubbell
Hey bluesky lepidopterists, anyone know this moth?
August 19, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Hey bluesky lepidopterists, anyone know this moth?