Had the rather UK-rare Goat Moth in my garden a couple of nights ago. #teamMoth #mothsMatter

So, why's it called the Goat? You'll have to read my article to find out!

https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/getting-my-goat-moth.html

Not super busy in the moth trap this morning but the first hawkmoth of the year is definitely worth getting out of bed for.
I considering trying to pose the moth actually on the cat, but the risk:reward ratio of ‘cute photo’ vs ‘moth getting eaten’ didn't seem great.

Someone mentioned Angle Shades yesterday, and one turned up in the garden last night. One of my favourites, not least because of the name, but also its colours and leafy crinkliness #teamMoth #mothsMatter

Also, new for the year this week: Chocolate-tip, Brimstone, and Puss Moth

Trip to Mayford in Surrey. Lit up. #teamMoth #mothsMatter

Got several moths new to me on the last night - Great Prominent, Scarce Tissue, Brindled Pug, Frosted Green, Lunar Marbled Brown. Also nice ones I'd ticked before: Purple Thorn, Grey Pine Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Muslin, Streamer

Not a bad night in the moth trap, starting to move from early spring moths into spring moths proper. Several new for the year, including Frosted Green (not really green), Scorched Carpet (not really a carpet), and this Muslin Moth which lived up to its name by fainting like a Regency debutante.
#moths #TeamMoth #ukmoths #VC17

I went to Ockham Common today, where this Emperor moth was attracted by my powerful sexual magnetism (i.e. a pheromone-impregnated rubber bung from a specialist lepidopteran supply store).
#TeamMoth #moths #ukmoths

Array of tiny, pale-green ova in the moth trap last night

Clouded Drab, Common Quaker, Early Grey, and Hebrew Character present

From the shape and structure, I'd say Common Quaker. She started off ovipositing neatly, but got a bit slapdash with the second layer

This evening, when I light up, I will be favouring Heath over Robinson and Skinner

#teamMoth #mothsMatter

If you're into mothing but don't know what I'm on about, I have a glossary just for you

https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/mothing-glossary.html

Also includes recommended books, websites, and a section on pheromone lures

Pretty good moths last night. One new species, Small Brindled Beauty. One which is probably new but might need dissecting to be certain — I think it's either Caloptilia elongella or C. betulicola, either of which would be new for the garden. And I've thrown in a pic of a Dotted Chestnut bc it's pretty.
#moths #TeamMoth #VC17 #ukmoths

That was not from today, that was from last September. But I did get 10 species last night, which is good for early March. Most crowd-pleasing was probably Herald:
#TeamMoth #VC17

Ooh, I've just noticed that my garden moth list is on the Number Of The Beast. I can reveal that the 666th and thus most satanic species is Plumed Fan-foot, Pechipogo plumigeralis.

Cower before its dark majesty.

This flower looks like wrongly imagined, badly executed AI, but it’s real. It’s Trichosanthes pilosa var. pilosa (Cookie M CCBYNCND2). It’s night-blooming & pollinated by hawk moths. #Cucurbitaceae #pollination #Botany #TeamMoth #Sphingidae

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Met this beautiful moth in the kitchen and escorted it to the garden. Moths have the best names: this one's called The Drinker, because the larva may be seen supping morning dew.

Plus two pages from Heather Greer's charming book "On Your Doorstep: Moths and Butterflies of Connemara"

Riband Wave? #TeamMoth #Mothstodon

#30DaysWild
I seem to have an established colony of cinnabar moths in the garden since encouraging ragwort to grow. The flowers also attract many pollinators

Drawing a day 72 is a gray wooly moth (my first new Lepidoptera species of 2024).

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

#Aizawl, #Mizoram

Found this beautiful pink moth in the kitchen today. Probably came in on the wood. I tucked him into some dense ivy in a shaded position #moth #teamMoth