cliveaderbys
Birder and moth-er, Derbyshire.
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- Not exactly buzzing at CMO HQ last night as the raw easterly crept in again. A rather lively & lovely Pale Brindled Beauty was joined by a Chestnut in the 2/2 tally. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth
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- One of two Early Moths I found near my greenhouse. It's great to have a new garden moth so early in the year. It would be nice to find a fresh one, though. #teammoth
- I know a lot of you do portable moth trapping and use sheets whilst you’re out and about. How do you hang the sheet, is it from a branch or do you have a frame that you use? If it’s a frame what one do you use? #teammoth
- Much the same as Ruth, I usually put a sheet on the ground under the trap. I have draped a sheet over a dry stone wall behind the trap also.
- The sheet on the ground is what I use now, very much like you and Ruth, but in flatter areas you don’t exactly stick out much
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- Jan finished with 4/5 in Marbury: Satellite NFY, 2 Pale Brindled Beauties, Spring Usher & Early Moth. I am copying you all 😆 Jan stats: 8/49, 19 traps, 4 Wogans! The other species were LBAM, Mottled Umber, Chestnut & March Moth #teammoth
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- I left it out all night…….the Irish rascal got me again. He’s 2-0 up on me now. #TeamMoth
- After eight Wogans, I finally got a moth – a lovely Pale Brindled Beauty NFY. I expect February to be just as disappointing as January, so I'm not anticipating a moth avalanche just yet. But it's nice to be able to pick up my camera again and take some photos. #teammoth #mothmonday #macromonday
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- I spent a short while looking for Luffia lapidella cases in a local graveyard this afternoon. Unfortunately I didn't find any, but did find this larva which I think is Marbled Beauty? #TeamMoth
- Looks like it, Clive 👍
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- I live in the middle of fields - a complete absence of light pollution around the cottage. A trail camera was accidently knocked-over one July evening last year & this is the flying moth/invertebrate life that was picked up by the infrared sensor. Notice the stars... #Teammoth
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- First moth of the year. Agonopterix alstromeriana flying around in my car when I turned the heater on. #Teammoth
- Very impressive!
- Thanks 😀 I am lucky to have a really good spot here!
- Some fairly heavy rain probably scuppered things last night, but at least the Irish man was kept at bay with a single Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella nfy. Jan stats: 6 traps, 3 Wogans, 3 moths of 3 species #TeamMoth
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View full threadI'm pretty sure January was a complete blank here last year.
- Same here. Looking at my notes I had 6 attempts and zero moths. Didn’t get any moths here until the 24th February, and very much doubt I’ll be trying again much before that date this year. Just flogging a dead horse here in the winter months.
- When do you usually begin trapping? I’ve had to be picky with the weather here, but there have been fruitful opportunities.
- For the past couple of years I’ve had a go from January onwards, with very little reward. I think I managed 8 consecutive Wogans for just one moth in January. The weather during this January has felt worse than the previous couple years, which is why I haven’t really been very inspired.
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- Out along the valley this morning. A single Russian White-fronted Goose with a Canada Goose flock on the flood water south of Dun Wood (appalling record shot below). Plus: 12 Snipe, c130 Lapwing, 30 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, Goosander. 🪶 @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
- "In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere." www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
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- I think you need to grit your teeth and get the trap out!!
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- Despite knowing that the temperature would drop dramatically, we put the trap out again and very quickly saw off Sir Terry with a Winter Moth and an LBAM. Final total 11/6, Dark Chestnut, Chestnut, Mottled Umber and a different A heracliana. @markgolley.bsky.social #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths
- Untold fun & games with epic tech fail (actually no fun, just games) across the last few days. Back down to somewhere adjacent to calm vibes now, so here's some moths from a milder Tuesday this week. Winter Moths & Mottled Umbers. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoths
- 15/7 at CMO on a mild wind free night. Early Moth, Scarlet Tiger cat and Angles Shades cat nfy. Winter Moth, Dark Chestnut, Pale Brindled Beauty and A heracliana. @markgolley.bsky.social #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths
- 10/6 at CMO last night. Double-striped Pug nfy and our earliest by 55 days! 4 Dark Chestnut, Chestnut, Satellite, Mottled Umber and 2 Early Moth. @markgolley.bsky.social #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths
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- January stats from CMO Traps 13 Moths 64 Species 12 Despite the horrible conditions throughout most of the month, our best ever. Satellite, LBAM and Double-striped Pug all new for January. @markgolley.bsky.social #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths
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- Last nights trap in SE Hants yielded 14/4. 8x T. alternella, 3x Chestnut, 2x Spring Usher and 1x NFY A. logiana. As that was the last trap this month, January moth challenge was 7 traps, 43 Moths, 13 species split 8/5 macros/micros #teammoth
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