I've a soft spot for the Satellite moth.

It's one of those species where the more you look at it the more intricate colours and patterns you see.

#teammoth #mothsmatter

Autumn is here according to the #moths Rosy Rustic, Autumnal Moth and Merveille du Jour BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Red Admiral enjoying the sunshine this afternoon in Co. Antrim BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Ireland Ulster Wildlife Irish Wildlife Trust

Some beauties in the moth trap last night making the most of the warm nights #frostedorange #angleshades #rosyrustic #goldspot BC Northern Ireland #fermanagh

Fantastic habitat on The Social Farmer 🇺🇦 this morning. Holding off on cutting fields to allow #devilsbitscabious to flower which has benefitted lots of insects. Great to have BC Northern Ireland along too! #hnvfarming

😍😍😍 Invertebrates 😍😍😍
This gorgeous carrion beetle (nicrophorus investigator I think) is possibly my moth trap by-catch highlight of the year! Also the stinkiest thing in the trap to date 😂 also Pink-Barred Sallow NFY, Garden Carpet and a nice mix of pondsnails

With some Light SE winds + favorable trapping conditions these two must have reached the North Coast of NI & my trap.
Pale Mottled Willow and Setaceous Hebrew Character.
From what I can see records wise, nether have been recorded here since pre 1970 + 2000 respectively.
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Some recent invertebrates: peacock, common blue, common darter, painted lady 🦋 BC Northern Ireland Ulster Wildlife

Some weekend moth highlights! My favourite was definitely this stunning Frosted Orange 😍 Also thrilled to see Shaded Broad Bar out and about, the red form of Small Wainscot and a Mouse Moth, which isn't as common as it used to be 🐁 BC Northern Ireland

Some nettle jewels ftom today. Such an important plant. BC Northern Ireland

Two of the smallest nice things I saw walking the hills and lanes of west Fermanagh today (small copper and eyebright) Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Plantlife #hnvfarming

At the time of year when many of the #moth species become varying shades of brown or worn with age, there are welcome standouts.

The Boarded Beauty is one of them.

#teammoth #moth smatter

Busy day on the devil's bit scabious. All the insects were slow in the wet weather today and glad of the abundant nectar in the species-rich grassland #hnvfarming #fermanagh Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland All-Ireland Pollinator Plan

Clouds of silver-washed fritillaries on the islands of Upper Lough Erne. Easier to photograph in the cooler weather this week Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Northern Ireland Ulster Wildlife National Trust NI INISHRATH Sessions

First time seeing a Knotgrass Moth Caterpillar and a Haworth's Minor Moth today in Antrim Hills BC Ireland BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Ulster Wildlife

Came across hundreds of magpie moths hiding in a patch of heather on blanket bog on a very wet day in Carn Glenshane SAC Ulster Wildlife The CANN Project PeatlandConservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Northern Ireland

We had a busy day at Burntollet Wood last Saturday with our Woodland Trust🌳 volunteers recording the many moths found in our moth traps for Moth Night 2022 and David Thompson from Wild Ireland providing training on wildflower ID and management. #FaughanValley The National Lottery Heritage Fund NI BC Northern Ireland

Moth trapping on Cuilcagh and very glad to find Grey Mountain Carpet for second year, this time in Aghatirourke BC Northern Ireland RSPB NI Brad Robson Amy The CANN Project #MothsMatter #teammoth

Good haul in the moth trap. Here's a few photogenic ones. 😍 the burnished brass BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋

More dune wanderings this afternoon to check on the Marsh Helleborines with 294 counted in five patches on this site. A few Frog Orchids, Viper's Bugloss & lots of Common Blue, Ringlet, Meadow Brown & SD Burnets enjoying the sun Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland BSBI Ireland Wild Orchids UK & Ireland