Last weekend, one of our seasonal Cairngorms Rangers, Becki, captured this incredible photo of a Kentish Glory moth at Muir of Dinnet NNR.

NatureScot are currently carrying out a survey of the invertebrates found on the site to help protect and improve habitat 🍃

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Colder nights and smaller moth catches Draycote Water but good to record Frosted Green (although more grey than green) and the micro Pammene argyrana (measurung just 5.5mm). Both are local species presumably attracted to the Turkey Oak. British Moths BC Warwickshire

Found this lovely streamer #moth today - lovely lilac shades in the sunlight British Moths

Fab Angle shades moth in the trap this morning!!

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A short 🧵 about Box Moth (Cydalima perspectalis).

This non-native moth arrived in Cardiff in 2018, having spread rapidly across southern England since 1st record in Kent in 2007.

It didn't appear in my garden until 2020. By 2023 it was the commonest species in the moth trap!

They really are. It's remarkable how small patches of native plants can support colonies of insects. They can create a web of life amongst the concrete jungle. It's sad that we all to often cannot tolerate this untidiness. We eradicate so much life.

Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) - North Antrim, April 2024. Another moth in the local woods recently. #moths #moths matter #teammoth BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Ulster Wildlife

A Hawthorn bush on a track along foot of Therfield Heath, with I think Brown Tailed Moth caterpillars, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, emerging from their web. BC_HertsMiddx #moths #Hertfordshire British Moths

Surprise early visitor yesterday to our garden. #hummingbirdhawkmoth Buglife British Moths

Decent numbers of macro moths Draycote Water in recent days, none scarce, but good examples of the their variability even if 'brown jobbies': Scorched Carpet, Lunar Marbled Brown, Pebble Prominent and Muslin Moth. British Moths BC Warwickshire

The Streamer
Just found a first for Flamborough Bird Observatory below our house security light . A new Moth for me too Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire YorkshireCoastNature British Moths

Mullein. No 399 for my garden in VC39 #mothsmatter #teammoth British Moths

30:14 last night. What a lift to open a trap with more than a handful of moths in it. Top scorers were this Brimstone with 5, tied with 5 brindled beauty. 6 nfy, now at 31 species for the year in the garden.
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Early Thorn Moth (Selenia dentaria) - North Antrim - March 2024. There are two generations of this species in Ireland. The first appear in March to May, with the second which are usually paler and smaller in summer. #moths #moths matter Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland

Best night of the year, with 57 of 22 to actinics. Striped Hawk-moth was NFY & NFG. Other highlights were Pine Beauty, 2 Dark Sword-grass & Brimstone Moth. 8 Silver Y to the Ni lure after I'd shut down the trap. Migrant Lepidoptera

Milder overnight temperatures, but rain has kept moth catches Draycote Water low. Just 37 last night (9 species) incl the first Swallow Prominent and Oak-tree Pug of the year. Several dozen Common Footman caterpillars have also emerged along the dams. British Moths BC Warwickshire

3 Scarce Prominent were among 26sp in last nights trap. VC15 British Moths KentMoths

25 moths of 8 species in a sodden trap this morning RSPB Newport Wetlands including a smart Acleris cristana, and an early Iron Prominent. #gwentmoths #VC35 #MothsMatter

A Green Silver-lines that emerged from a cocoon I found on oak in the autumn. #teammoth #MothsMatter Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

After last nights bumper catch of 18 species, i'm now upto 58 species for the year, helped by 5 new ones. Best were an early Chinese Character, Agonopterix subpropinquella, Acrolepiopsis assectella & a rather smart presumed Caloptilia semifascia. Fordham, East Cambs