Steve

Thanks Rob, will do 👍

It was as described on the scrappy bit of Gorse separate from the main patch. Checked the main patch, then saw the one bush separate from the rest. The comment on the website came to mind so checked it out and bingo 😊

Thanks Rob 😊

Found a couple of Leafmines in Gorse stems. Both larvae dead, but think enough of this one to look like Phyllonorycter ulicolella? @vc28nature.bsky.social Does this look ok please?
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Blimey! But yay 😊

Yeah, see at as a real success 😁

I've got a couple of serious enthusiasts already , one already told school she wants to be a professional entomologist 😁

Went to help our Tuesday cub pack plant bluebell bulbs. Leader says, Steve will explain what we're going to do. Ooh!Are we looking for moths they say! Well yes we're always looking for moths but this time something else at the sa time 😊 they know me well 😁 #teammoth

Came out from scouts tonight to be greeted by a moonbow! Seen halos round the moon before, but none that made such an obvious "rainbow" 😊

Started December wither 5 December moths in the garden trap 😊

😉 its more like wogan was on the telly, so not physically present 😁

Well, the baggeridge mv was empty this morning. Bit of a surprise as driving out last night there must have been 30+ winter/eppirita moths and several ( probably) scarce numbers in the headlights up the drive! So, it doesn't count as a complete blank i reckon.

An LBA kept Wogan at bay, but only just. Tonight, however, there'll be loads of moths, of course there will, absolutely guaranteed !🙏🙏🙏

New study confirms that short wavelength light (UV & blue) attracts the most nocturnal insects & that intensity increases attraction for all colours. Longer wavelength & lower intensity outdoor lights should reduce biodiversity impacts resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #teammoth 🌍

I've had one in the garden this year, too. So suspect its just a good year, but have got birds foot trefoil in the front meadow! I'm sure what we plant must help. Had Grass Rivulet too, and a bumper year for yellow rattle! Possibly all wanderers that hang around to be caught as food plants there ?

We have a business plan, niche market but I'd buy one 😁😁

😄🤔now if we just add a uv led to a helium balloon too, you know I think there could be a good chance, he says, rummaging in the garage for his old telescope 😁

Im finding more that birds don't have enough legs to take me much out of my way in the last couple of years!! 😁

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Staring at catterpillar bums again, looking for an "anal comb"!!!
Found a larva inside a Teasel in the garden. Pretty sure head is very dark brown, not black. And from all angles, I've looked at its bum, I can't see a comb! In which case it'll be Endothenia gentianaeana! Fun afternoon 😁 #teammoth

And I have been known to wander off on motorway service stations 😁

I was hoping you wouldn't mention that one! 😁😁 😉

Says the man flaunting his profile pic at me 😁

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🤪 start to get jittery if I haven't checked some leaves for a couple of hours!! Well it was that or next, the range and dunelm so I valiantly and selflessly opted to walk the dog round the retail park 😉

Shopping trip to Telford. Ectoedemia argyropeza on Aspen and Ectoedemia intimella on Sallow. Retail centre car park mining 😊 #teammoth

A nice but lonely Mottled Umber on the outside of the trap last night 😊

Thanks Rob 😊

Hi Rob, I persevered and teased the remains of the larva out from its mine in the Alder. The head end still relatively intact and looks more like the pics of S.glutinosae I think. What do you reckon? In good enough condition to tell? Thanks @vc28nature.bsky.social #teammoth

Thanks Rob,