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I've seen it a couple of times on Exmoor.

It's my favourite form of Common Marbled Carpet too, and I haven't seen that form of Tawny-speckled Pug for yrs either.

A lovely encounter before going through the moth trap just after 6 this morning.

Gorgeous indeed!

When you feel something crawling on the back of your hand and look down to find what turns out to be one of the UK’s rarest Sawflies mistaking you for a Willow leaf it’s helpful to be standing a few feet away from a local and national Sawfly Recorder: the beautiful Arge enodis (Clophill Lakes, Beds)

We're now laying out the Tachinids for #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z to be published this Autumn TOP Cistogaster globosa & Gymnocheta viridis; BOTTOM Phasia hemiptera & Tachina grossa @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana eggs

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana on the outside of the kitchen window. It has one of my favourite micro moth scientific names. Shortly after she'd flown off, I noticed eggs had been laid on the window.
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At least 40 Jersey Tiger to my 20w actinic in the garden last night. Obviously, it was easy counting the ones at rest on the trap and nearby, but less so the ones already inside. It was hugely disappointing otherwise, but it was nice to see Lobesia abscisana again.
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Opheltes glaucopterus

Opheltes glaucopterus at the Bristol & District Moth Group field meeting at Gordano NNR last night. A parasitoid of Cimbex larvae. I'd seen it once before in N. Devon.

Ptocheuusa paupella

I'm so glad I checked the trap around midnight last night and saw this Ptocheuusa paupella at rest on the funnel. A lifer for me.
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It's always nice to see Volucella zonaria in the garden. One was on the Buddleia a short while ago. My first this year.

Coriomeris denticulatus

I didn't expect this Coriomeris denticulatus to walk across the tray I'd pulled down from the back of the seat in front of me on the train home from Taunton y'day.

Fabulous indeed!

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It's always nice to see Serica brunnea. Also, from the trap on Exmoor this morning.

Cloaked Carpet

Cloaked Carpet. A garden speciality where I run my trap on Exmoor.
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Barred Chestnut

Barred Chestnut from the trap on Exmoor this morning. I'm pretty sure this garden is the only place I've seen it. Small Rufous as well, which is good for here. New the garden, which would please my old mate John Robbins. Also, another Cloaked Carpet.
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Four-spotted Footman - male & female

Male & female Four-spotted Footman from the trap on Exmoor this morning. I had 13 (10 male & 3 female).
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Grasshopper Warbler 'reeling' behind my caravan on Exmoor c5.20 this morning. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

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Scalloped Hook-tip

It's so nice to be able to trap on Exmoor this weekend. Scalloped Hook-tip from the trap this morning. Also, 13 Four-spotted Footman, 2 Mocha, Evergestis pallidata, 2 Cloaked Carpet, Monochroa cytisella, Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella (new for me), Apotomis betuletana & Lasius fuliginosus (queen).

Nigma walckenaeri on Exmoor today. I've been keeping an eye out for it here for yrs. I was so pleased to find it, and it's new for here as far as I know.
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Cosmopterix pulchrimella

Cosmopterix pulchrimella on Pellitory-of-the-wall in Bossington on Exmoor today. Originally discovered here by @wlangdon12.bsky.social

Gypsy Moth - male

The male Gypsy Moth from the trap this morning. New for the garden and only the 2nd I've seen. Both in the last week.
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Garden Tiger

Garden Tiger from the trap this morning. My 2nd this week.
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Gypsy Moth - male

Yay! I can see you! Male Gypsy Moth in my trap currently.
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Thanks! I first saw it on Exmoor when it was still scarce. I found an egg sac on an industrial bin, kept it, and the spiderlings emerged.

Opilio canestrinii

Opilio canestrinii. Frequently seen in the garden these days.
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One I still need to see. I remember you seeing them on Fennel during a visit to Exmoor.

Is this OK for Ero aphana? Sternum marking visible in 2nd photo. Beaten off Ivy in the lane behind the house.
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