Rarechat

Brilliant 😀

@yorkshireeden.bsky.social 😆

Thanks...you sent it my way? 😁

I'd love one...😄

Brilliant!😄

You're in a brilliant place😁

Good

It was a test, Dave, to see if you can overcome adversity... and the main moth is waiting to appear tomorrow 😁

Nice one 😁

Thanks Steve. Okay, I'll be happy with a fat Barred Straw or a Spinach... there's also a picture of Chevron underneath as well. Nothing like, so good call.

Could be, Steve. I've just never seen one sitting like that with its wings closed. They always sit with wings open. What about Spinach? The moth books should show underside views. It would be really useful 😁

Lesser Tawny Crescent Batia lunaris

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Common Marbled Straw Aethes smeathmanniana

Mystery moth...😁

Easington Moths...After a fresh westerly & clear night, perhaps 1 new macro which escaped, mostly expected species. Also the first mass arrival of Diamond-backs, 405 counted... So a nice couple of micros, Com Marbled Straw & Lsr Tawny Crescent, a LsrYU & a mystery carpet-type..Chevron? #teammoth

I've taken lots like you and there's not one that I'd frame....I think that because you need a high shutter speed and ISO, they're always too noisy and contrasty...and if the light isn't good, then you're up against it.. 😁

Nice pics..but they never seem to ever be in the perfect pose 😁

Stunners🤩

Fab moths 😁

Ask @marburybirds.bsky.social for her thoughts.. just upgraded 😁

That's a weird Common Rustic! Not seen one like that...😁

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You did well with that, Steve.. I just hope it was more eye-catching I real life 😁

Okay, thanks Sean, appreciatd. I presume it's more worn than it actually looks and the white body spots vary more than I understood.

An interesting moth which looks okay for a Plain. I've lightened it up a tadge. They aren't common at all in some counties...

Fabulous moth 😁

Pug sp

Pug sp

Pug sp

Easington moths...A pug that I think should be a White-spotted but it has no thoracic spot (maybe faint?) and no white spots on the sides of the abdomen...so am I looking at a Golden-rod doing a White-spotted impression? Thanks @mothiduk.bsky.social

Very useful, Les

Fabulous 😁

Yes, us northerners do have moths... the Ice Age may have retreated a few thousand years after it left what is now the southern Britain, but moths did follow... and when you're in the middle of the new desert, we'll have a Mediterranean climate up here with plenty of moths 🤣

Managed to get a copy, thanks 😁

Very true... English grammar rules dictate that all double adjectives are hyphenated with the second word beginning with a lower case... The British Birds article was a watershed moment at the time and an enjoyable read 😁

There was a lengthy British Birds article, some years ago now, that explained the English names at a time when they were revised to be grammatically correct. I've remembered it ever since. Moth names don't always conform. Eg.. It should be Light-brown Apple Moth rather than Light Brown AM #teammoth