Mark Hows

Pale lemon sallow

Small wainscot

Mallow

Rush veneer

Just 16 species in my nature reserve (VC29), one trap was mothless just a dozen hornets but the other had a lovely pale lemon sallow #teammoth

Small Scabious

Wild Basil

Sweet Violet

Common Rock Rose

A few late flowering plants from the Chilterns this afternoon for #wildflowerhour

Box Tree Moth

Brindled Green

Large Wainscot

Rush veneer

A very weird 17 species mix in my VC29 Garden this morning #teammoth

Brick

This Brick was the pick of 17 species in my nature reserve this morning (VC29) #teammoth

Red Line Quaker

Angle Shades

15 Species in the garden (VC29) this morning, the first Red Line Quaker of the Autumn #teammoth

Maiden's Pink

Proliferous Pink

Russian cinquefoil

Smooth Rupturewort

Balmy in the Brecks this week with Maiden's Pink, Proliferous Pink, Smooth Rupturewort and Russian cinquefoil all in flower! #wildflowerhour

Scarce Bordered Straw

Brown Spot Pinion

Clancy's Rustic

Scarce Bordered Straw the pick of the 15 species in the garden trap (VC29) this morning #teammoth

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Horvathiolus superbus

Horvathiolus superbus

Horvathiolus superbus from Yorkshire today, a cracking little beetle

Rhyzobius litura

24 Spot Ladybird

16 Spot Ladybird

Adonis Ladybird

A very brief visit to the Brecks produced 5 Species of Ladybirds yesterday evening.

L-album wainscot

4 Spotted footman

Mottled rustic

Grey pine carpet

A cool night in the Brecks (VC28) produced 25 species- A couple of 4 spotted footman the pick #teammoth

Sallow

Light emerald

Beaded chestnut

Yesterday's pretty cold Nature reserve (VC29) only had 9 species #teammoth

Clancy's rustic

Deep brown dart

L-album wainscot

Mallow

Just 9 species in my very cold VC29 garden this morning #teammoth

Gold triangle

Sallow

Autumn Rustic

L-album wainscot

A very Autumnal flavoured 40 Species in my VC29 nature reserve this morning #teammoth

Evergestis limbata

Dark swordgrass

Bloodvein

Frosted orange

Just 20 species in my VC29 Garden this morning - Dark swordgrass of note #teammoth

Maiden's Blush

Large wainscot

Evergestis limbata

25 Species in my VC29 nature reserve this morning, Cypress pug the pick #teammoth

Balkan water frog

Violet dropwing

Little owl

Southern skimmer

Greece 🇬🇷 Day 3 - My last day in Greece was spent doing some helping and a bit of general wildlife searching. Balkan water frog the only herp that allowed a photo everything else moved very quickly. Glass lizard the pick of 6 species and plenty of interesting insects.

Eublemma cochylioides

Vestal

Fried egg jellyfish

Purple striped jellyfish

Greece 🇬🇷 Day 2 - With the Mediterranean Monk seal in the bag, I relaxed photographing jellyfish, travelled back to Athens and moth trapped in the evening 2/2

Mediterranean Monk seal

Mediterranean Monk seal

Mediterranean Monk seal

Mediterranean Monk seal

Greece 🇬🇷 Day 2 - Well my quest for Mediterranean Monk seals was much more successful today, this young female found after 1.5hrs searching 1/2

Geometrician

Passenger

Mediterranean corn borer

Palpita vitrealis

Greece 🇬🇷 Day 1 - Only 20 or so moths in my hotel balcony moth trap which overlooked the sea, but some nice moths to finish the day. 2/2 #teammoth

Short toed snake eagle

Woodchat shrike

Greater flamingo

Yeloukan shearwater

Greece 🇬🇷 Day 1 - Well my quest for Mediterranean Monk seals did not go well today, 9 hours without any luck. But a few nice birds to keep the spirits up. 1/2

Rhyzobius lophanthae

Rhyzobius forestieri

Nephus redtenbacheri

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides

A nice selection of Ladybirds in the New Forest on Sunday 13 species including these Inconspicuous Ladybirds with @andrew-jewels.bsky.social

Forestier's Ladybird on pale tray

Forestiers Ladybird on pale tray

Two Forestiers Ladybirds, one upside down, on pale tray

Holly tree in open woodland situation

Found three Forestier's Ladybirds (Rhyzobius forestieri) with @mammalmark.bsky.social at Beaulieu Road SU350065 in the New Forest yesterday, tapped out of the holly understory. Possibly the first New Forest records. #UKLadybirds #HampshireWildlife

Clifden Nonpareil

Clifden Nonpareil

Clearly two moths stood out in last nights catch from my nature reserve (VC29) 30 species in total #teammoth

Ruby and Jersey tigers

Slim pickings in the garden trap (VC29) , not helped by only turning one of the traps on some tigers the best #teammoth

Just been discovered, probably been hiding in plain sight for a while, established in the New Forest and there are records from surrounding areas

Autumn Ladies tresses

Marsh Gentians

Marsh Gentians

Some Lovely Marsh Gentians from the New Forest earlier today for #wildflowerhour

Seven Jersey Ladybirds, orange with large white spots, in a plastic tray.

Stunning day in the New Forest with @mammalmark.bsky.social today, a total of nine Jersey Ladybirds (Clavia decemguttata) found around the Denny Wood area. The most numerous of the 14 species of ladybird seen and significantly after 15 years of active searching the 50th UK species for us both.

Jersey Ladybird

Jersey Ladybird

Jersey Ladybird

Great to find Jersey Ladybird (Calvia decemguttata) in the New Forest today with @andrew-jewels.bsky.social

Dark swordgrass

Only Dark swordgrass of note in a haul of 58 species in my nature reserve (VC29) #teammoth