Garden Moth Scheme

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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86 of 36 attended for this weeks @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social including Dogstooth, NFG Antler Moth and Oak Eggar and an Early Thorn just because it’s pretty. #teammoth

Jersey Tiger moth

Four spotted footman moth

A thorn moth (I need to check species!)

Coronet moth

Looks like a busy day identifying moths in my moth trap. These are just a few on the outside! A day early for #GardenMothSurvey as we have visitors on Saturday and apparently not the done thing to have a kitchen full of escaped moths! #mothsmatter

Dear Moth Friends & Experts, the Moth Gods bestowed upon me 98/32 for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social with visits from Dogstooth x2 and also some I.Ds I’m unsure of (Saltern Ear and Mouse Moth) for South Connemara so opinions welcome & also a NFG (late) Early Thorn #teammoth @mothiduk.bsky.social

15/07/25 VC96 92/37

Another 11 new species for the garden including:

Juniper Pug
Pebble Prominent
Gold Spangle
Mother of Pearl
Barred Red
Scalloped Oak
Antler Moth
Plain Golden Y
Pandemis heparana

#teammoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #moths

Fiday night trapping for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social brought 85 of 35 incl. Garden Tiger x6, Bright-line Brown-eye x4 and a couple of scarcer moths in my part of the world in the form of Barred Rivulet x2 and an Anania crocealis. #Teammoth

Might have been a decent haul for the @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social if most everyone had not flown away once the lid was lifted. Remaining were 49/31 with NFG Tiger moth and Poplar Hawk Moth #Teammoth

Svensson's Copper Underwing

Gypsonoma aceriana

Rhopobota naevana

Tachystola acroxantha

265/90 to the garden trap in Mundford VC28 overnight for Week 19 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social with Gypsonoma aceriana nfm, Svensson's Copper Underwing, Tachystola acroxantha and Rhopobota naevana nfg and another 21 nfy bit.ly/44xyUYN #teammoth #norfolkmoths

I may have peaked too soon in terms of numbers for the @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social with 44 of 20 incl. NFG Muslin Footman, Small Rivulet, Orchard Ermine and a solitary Large Yellow Underwing #Teammoth

July Highflier

Swallow-tailed Moth

V-pug

Early Thorn

We're halfway through the #GardenMothScheme summer period already 😱 Please send your spreadsheet to your local organiser after you fill in this week's totals.

If you fancy taking part in the scheme, next week is a great time to join in as a new quarter begins!

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A pristine Ourapteryx sambucaria, Swallow-tailed Moth, from my #Staffs garden 29/06/25 @bc-westmids.bsky.social @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

29/06/2025 VC96 23/15

Last nights trap included a Dusky Brocade which is my 100th garden species! Also first Common Rustic agg. of the year and nice to be seeing the Large Yellow Underwings again

@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #teammoth

Breckland Plume

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing showing upperside of hindwing

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing showing underside of upperwing

88/34 here in Mundford overnight for Week 18 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Star billing goes to Langmaid's Yellow Underwing - nfm and (after a quick check of @norfolkmoths.bsky.social website) maybe new for VC28! 6 others nfy #teammoth #norfolkmoths bit.ly/3ZWp3Ji

Eupoecilia angustana

Lunar Hornet Moth

Oxypteryx wilkella

Sciota adelphella

1079/87 here in Mundford VC28 overnight for week 17 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social dominated by 895 Bird-cherry Ermines! Sciota adelphella nfm, Eupoecilia angustana and Oxypteryx wilkella nfg, another 21 nfy plus T. caprimulgella and Lunar Hornet Moth to LUN bit.ly/46bLY75 #teammoth #norfolkmoths

Day 23 #30DaysWild

VC96 23/13

4 NFG last night:
Garden Tiger
Map-Winged Swift
The Clay
Burnished Brass

#teammoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #Moths

It's flyday Friday! Should be a busy one for many participants 🌞🔆☀️ Here's hoping for full traps in the morning.

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Bordered Beauty, new for garden

Box-tree Moth, the first of many to come....

Chinese Character

Udea olivalis, not a common moth in our garden

120/57 to the garden trap in Mundford VC28 overnight for week 16 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Bordered Beauty nfg and another 10 nfy bit.ly/4k0Ltjw #teammoth #norfolkmoths

Poplar Hawk-moth

Peach Blossom

Buff Ermine

Brussels Lace

Week 15 of #GardenMothScheme and looks like it could get rather stormy for many of us tonight! Hope there aren't too many soggy egg boxes in the morning.
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Acompsia cinerella

Burnished Brass

Grapholita janthinana

Small Angle Shades

44/32 to the garden trap in Mundford VC28 overnight for week 14 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social nfg Acompsia cinerella the pick of 9 nfy. Also a nfy Grapholita janthinana to JAN lure overnight bit.ly/3T7P18z #teammoth #norfolkmoths

30/05/25 VC96

Small angle shades x1
Grass Rivulet x1
Brimstone x2
Notocelia cynosbatella x1
Eudonia mercurella x2

#teammoth #moths @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social

Definitely my best moth trapping so far with 7 new moths for the garden.
30/18 VC96 19/05/25

🦋 Peppered Moth
🦋 Scalloped Hazel
🦋 Pale-shouldered Brocade
🦋 Clouded-bordered Brindle
🦋 Small Angle-shades
🦋 The Campion
🦋 Knot Grass

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Brown House Moth

Common Swift

Dichrorampha sp

Large Yellow Underwing

Week 12 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social produced a paltry 10/7 here in Mundford VC28 last night. Common Swift and Brown House Moth were nfy, with a Dichrorampha sp to check later bit.ly/4kqknTv #teammoth #norfolkmoths

17/05/25 VC96 #teammoth

Four new moths for the garden:
🦋 Grey Pug
🦋 Rustic Shoulder Knot
🦋 Cabbage Moth
🦋 Small Phoenix

As well as Heart & Dart, Nut-tree tussock, garden carpet, Freyer’s Pug & Red-Green carpet.

@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #MothsMatter

Celypha striana

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Shears

Silver Y, showing off his hindwing (his choice, not mine!)

16/7 to the garden trap in Mundford VC28 overnight for Week 11 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social with Celypha striana, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shears and Silver Y all nfy bit.ly/42WGs6q #teammoth #norfolkmoths

Relatively cold overnight down to 5.1C (though down to 4.1 post-dawn) clear sky too but another quiet 20w actinic trap VC61.
4 of 4 and 2 NFY
Spectacle (with obligatory head-on shot) and Common Wave
plus Early Grey, Shuttle-shaped Dart #teammoth

Small Phoenix

Chocolate-tip

Lunar Marbled Brown

An intruding Maybug!

It's already the final week of Quarter 1 for our summer scheme! What has been your highlight so far?

Don't forget to return your spreadsheet to your local organiser after adding all your data this week.

#TeamMoth #MothsMatter #GardenMothScheme

Golden-rod Pug, new for garden

Great Prominent, last recorded in the garden in 2022

Phalonidia manniana, new for me

Scorched Carpet

92/46 to the trap in Mundford VC28 overnight for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social week 9. 30 nfy including Phalonidia manniana nfm and Golden-rod Pug nfg bit.ly/43c4z10 #teammoth #norfolkmoths

Just 3/2 in the trap in Mundford VC28 last night for Week 8 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social At least Lunar Marbled Brown was new for year bit.ly/42KmI4J #teammoth #norfolkmoths

A nice garden tick, Yellow-barred Brindle, Acasis viretata, seen in my #Staffs garden 23/04/25 #teammoth @bc-westmids.bsky.social @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #moth #Lepidoptera

Brindled Beauty

Brindled Pug

Muslin Moth

Sunday night saw 18/8 to the garden trap in Mundford VC28 for a belated @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Week 7. Brindled Beauty, Brindled Pug and Muslin Moth were nfy #teammoth #norfolkmoths