sciencebase, 23 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to random

The Buff-tip moth has evolved to resemble a snapped off Silver Birch twig and so the moth, on finding a stick, will embrace it and stay very still in the hope that nobody notices it... #teamMoth #mothsMatter

sciencebase, 1 month ago to random

You're a bird, flying in looking for tasty morsels in the shrubbery. Ooh, what's that, something fluttered by and landed? You investigate...sheeeyit there's a sharp-eyed mammal staring back at you!

Yesterday's Emperor

#teamMoth #mothsMatter

sciencebase, 1 month ago to random

Numerous Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella, out again when it was sunny for a second or two on Thursday, I'd seen half a dozen in a different part of the wood the day before.

Those "wires" are the males' antennae, which are about three times as long as his wings.

I used 1/8000s shutter speed, which was about as long as the sun shone

#moths #teamMoth #mothsMatter

Deus, 4 months ago to india

An early morning visitor. Think it flew in while I had the windows open last night. Description in alt-text.

📍 #Aizawl, #Mizoram

#Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Mothstodon #mothmania #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Lepidoptera

hastingsmothman, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Halloween

#Butterflies get all the love, but do not tell me that moths are not their equal if not their better … including these common #autumn wonders that visited last night

1. Merveille du jour (the mint choc chip #icecream of the moth world)
2. Red-green carpet
3. Vestal
4. Black rustic
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   #moths #mothing #mothtodon #teammoth #mothsmatter #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #britishwildlife #green #black #red #beauty #conservation #lepidoptera #entomology #Insects #wings #garden #alttext

hastingsmothman, 8 months ago to Halloween

Ran the moth trap last night on a warm, still night. Surprised by lack of thorns, black rustics, frosted oranges and brindled greens. But still plenty of feathered ranunculus and various yellow underwings about

My four for you today:

1. Light Emerald - ghostly but with blood-tipped wings
2. Lunar Underwing
3. Angle Shades
4. L-album Wainscot
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   #moths #mothing #mothsmatter #teammoth #conservation #entomology #lepidoptera #autumn #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #gardenlfe #alttext

Overhead shot of a thickset narrow triangular moth with furry head. It is largely dark grey/brown with veins of yellow creating a hashing effect over its wings. Each wing has two stigmata, one oval and beneath it, one kidney shape. The termen (fringe/hem of the wings) are light grey with a dark chequerboard effect along the very edge
Overhead shot of narrow arrow-shaped moth but the bottom edge of the wings rather than flat across, curve in to form an arch. Largely light brown with olive green markings, most distinctly mid wing where olive green triangles point inwards towards each other.
Overhead shot of a thickset triangular moth. Streaky in cream and brown with two distinct mirror-image L-shaped stigmata on the wings.

hastingsmothman, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Halloween

Been a couple of weeks since I’ve done some #mothing. Noticeable switch from summer #moths to #autumn moths now. Mild last night brought out some beauties:

1. BLACK RUSTIC
2. FEATHERED RANUNCULUS
3. LUNAR UNDERWING
4. LARGE WAINSCOT
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   #mothsmatter #teammoth #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #garden #lepidoptera #conservation #entomology #alttext

hastingsmothman, 9 months ago to nature

Some real variety last night including these weird and wonderful #moths

1. Oak Hook-tip
2. L-album Wainscot
3. Cypress Pug (new for garden)
4. Delicate

#mothing #teammoth #mothsmatter #mothtodon #nature #naturalworld #naturelovers #wildlife #britishwildlife #wildlifephotography #lepidoptera #entomology #sussex #hastings

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sciencebase, 9 months ago to random

300th moth species of the year, 40th species I'd not seen before. 500th+ I've photographed in 5 years of mothing

One of the smallest, 10-13mm wingspan, Gracillaria syringella, Common Slender.

One of well over 1000 micro moths we have in the UK

#teamMoth #mothsMatter #mothstodon

hastingsmothman, 9 months ago to wildlife

The wonderful world of #moths. There are the most amazing shapes and colours from last night's trap including:

1. Pale Prominent
2. Iron Prominent
3. Spectacle
4. Marbled Green

#mothing #mothsmatter #teammoth #entomology #butterflies #insects #lepidoptera #wildlife #wildlifephotography #britishwildlife #conservation #nature #naturalworld #alttext

Overhead view of a dark triangular Iron Prominent moth, largely iron grey with ginger or rust coloured flecks and a dark jagged band crossing its wings halfway down. Its wings are slightly outstretched revealing a hint of grey underwing. It has two feathered antennae left and right of its head.
Face on view of a Spectacle Moth. Dark coloured with two light rings, giving the very distinct appearance of wearing a pair of spectacles. A punk-like tuft pokes up from above.
Overhead view if a Marbled Green moth, Triangular shaped with a marbled or round-shaped mosaic effect on the wings, of different shades of green,, each shape edged in black.

hastingsmothman, 10 months ago to nature

FUNNY FUZZY FACES.

Who can resist the utterly adorable faces of the Elephant and Poplar Hawk-moths? I can’t. One of each visited the trap last night.
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#moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #mothsandbutterflies #nature #naturalworld #wildlife #britishwildlife #wildlifephotography #conservation #lepidoptera #entomology #insects #faces

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mothyblackburn, 11 months ago to random

Some amazing mothing in Suffolk last week, courtesy of a couple of excellent nature reserves. More than 25 species I'd never seen before including these beauties: Pine Hawk-moth, Blackneck, Lempke's Gold Spot and Beautiful China-mark. #TeamMoth #Mothtodon #Moths

Blackneck, as species of moth
Lempke's Gold Spot, another species of moth
Beautiful China-mark, you guessed it, another species of moth!

hastingsmothman, 1 year ago to random

Still alarmingly low numbers but a little more variety today. 6 of 5 including heart and dart, and common pug (neither shown), and these four:

1. Waved Umber (new for garden)
2. A pair of Treble Lines
3. Micromoth Notocelia cynosbatella (aka yellow-faced bell)
4. My old fave, the Nut-tree Tussock

#moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #lepidoptera #entomology #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife

Two moths, same species. Triangular with furry, sandy-coloured heads. Their wings are the same colour as the head but are traversed entirely by three thin largely equidistant dark brown lines. The very bottom edge of the wing is darker brown smudged across
A micromoth, triangular shaped. Resembles bird poo. Black/dark brown head to middle of wing, then smudgy white bottom half, with a greyish marking in the middle and darker grey across the bottom wing edge. Two yellow palps (lips) can clearly be seen.
A fat, triangular moth with feathered, orange antennae. Resembles a plush rug. Head is furry and ginger coloured, the top half of the wings are darker patterned random mix of reds, blacks and grey with two distinct black bullseyes on each wing. The lower half of the wing is lighter grey, with the entire moth resembling a petticoat peering from below a dark skirt.

hastingsmothman, 1 year ago to wildlife

10 moths of seven species in the trap last night. Top of the pops were:

1. Nut-tree Tussock
2. Least Black Arches
3. Dagger moth
4. Muslin moth (male)

Also had another muslin moth, a shuttle-shaped dart, two early greys and a common quaker,

#moth #mothtodon #mothsmatter #teammoth #entomology #lepidoptera #wildlife #nature #insect

A very small arrow-shaped moth, the upper half almost bright white with black jagged line, with the lower half more darker grey with another jagged wavy line
A triangular, thick-set moth, steely grey all over with black dagger shaped markings over the wing.
Triangular shaped moth, not as thick-set as previous nut-tree tussock and grey dagger. Dark sooty grey with several distinct black spots forming a kind of Y shape from each wing edge into the centre and then down the centre. The head is also sooty grey and is extremely furry (think bad hair day). Antennae are large and distinctly feathered like a comb. White fluffy legs.