Alan Salter

Me too.

Anything other than a leaf mine.
Not expecting anything too significant. I’ll save that for the 1000th. 😂😂😂

I put this Carpet down as Spuce Carpet but the AI doesn’t agree on this particular image. Your assistance with identifying features would be most welcome #TeamMoth
Bransgore. S. Hants

As all I need to do is hook up the electrics I will naturally have my trap out tonight. I looked up my records and I believe I trapped 26 nights last October. I’m sure I can improve on that record and I’m still waiting for No 700.

Hopefully tonight will be warmer and less humid ?

I’m in South Hampshire atm !

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11822 moths! Hmmn Bravo 🤢

Too cold and damp☹️4/2 !

Managed 75/16 here down South.
30 Lunar Underwing pushed up the total.

Allophyes oxyacanthae.
Green-brindled Crescent.
#TeamMoth VC13
Just arrived this evening.

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You two will go to any lengths for a moth tick ! Hopefully it will attract more than one tiny weeny obscure nondescript micro species which is an agricultural pest across the pond.

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It’s a mild Autumn. Just arrived -
2nd brood Swallow-tailed Moth
VC13.

Madness this afternoon in Hayward’s Heath. West Sussex.

Oddly the same two highlights today are not the same individuals as they are still in the fridge from Saturday night.

Nice catch
As you suggested my catches up to now have been at home in West Sussex and SE Hants on Hayling Island but never further West than that.

Have you tried trapping in proper Winter yet ? That’s when you can really string them together and waste a load of electricity.

Don’t be afraid to ask. We’re all nice on #TeamMoth well quite nice anyway.
After a couple of seasons it all starts making some sort of sense.

Fortunately at the end of the season we don’t have to find a pitch in the sunshine when there’s a perfectly good pitch underneath those trees over there in the shade. 🤷‍♂️

Hopefully you’re not going to adding anything non-alcoholic this month.

Tried one once.
I think someone bought it by mistake.

Still getting a lot of false alarms around here.

Can’t imagine not stopping to photograph that one. Nice.

Probably not here then.
Well done on that one though. Impressive that you had an idea it was something special.

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Couldn’t really say.

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Re-purposed Kitchen steamer becomes a Winter home for my Oak Eggar caterpillars. Still quite active munching on bramble atm but their Winter Quarters are ready. What’s the chances of success given that I’m hoping for a one year cycle ? VC13.

I’ll have another look under a different source of illumination later.

Need the wind to drop really. Probably our last trip of the year coming up this week. Three nights in the New Forest at Bransgore.

Very impressive numbers, apart from the number of traps in August 🤔
558 species to that point is worthy of recognition though. Bravo. 👏 👏👏

46/14 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Scarce Bordered Straw and Feathered Ranunculus were the highlights on a windy night. Hadn’t noticed the green eye of the SBS before.

58/21 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Allophyes oxyacanthae.
Green-brindled Crescent.
Raining & windy morning but a reasonable catch nonetheless.