Last night was the first time ever I've caught these two species of moths on the same night. Red-headed Chestnut ab. glabra on the left and a Black-spotted Chestnut. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk
November 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
16/11 at CMO on a rather wet but 10 degrees night. One Scarlet Tigercat still prowling around.
Migrants.. Silver Y, Angle Shades and RDP.
Migrants.. Silver Y, Angle Shades and RDP.
November 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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
A total of 3 Red-headed Chestnuts seen today @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social with thanks to MC and JH; dark and light forms pictured along with Grey Shoulder-knot - an amazing number of moths in the obs traps today given the low overnight temperatures. I think the moths were warmer in the fridge!
November 2, 2026 at 7:37 AM
November 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Barred Sallow for #mothfacefriday Just look at those eyes #teammoth
October 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Barred Sallow for #mothfacefriday Just look at those eyes #teammoth
A late-ish Silver Y was the only moth. ##Teammoth
November 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A late-ish Silver Y was the only moth. ##Teammoth
November 3, 2026 at 8:11 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
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
November 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
October 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
A Feathered Thorn for #MothFaceFriday. #teammoth
October 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A Feathered Thorn for #MothFaceFriday. #teammoth
October 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Small Magpie. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
October 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Small Magpie. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
Red Sword-grass (Xylena vetusta) - North Antrim, October 2026. A twig mimic moth, whose's scientific name means "old wood". #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Red Sword-grass (Xylena vetusta) - North Antrim, October 2026. A twig mimic moth, whose's scientific name means "old wood". #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.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