Two very welcome new records for the garden, peach blossom and marbled clover. Probably the best night of the year for me. #teammoth @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Two recent crazy nights trapping with cheap LEDs and homemade traps on chalk grassland in North Herts: 3 Aug >>1,000 Small Mottled Willow 13 Aug c150 Delicate British records for both? A crazy summer, or the new normal? Answers on a postcard (that's covered in Small Mottled Willows) #TeamMoth

Rare moth makes a comeback after more than 70 years! For decades, the only site where the Dark Bordered Beauty could be found in England was Strensall Common in Yorkshire. Now a second population has been rediscovered at the National Trust's Wallington estate, providing new hope for the species.

Caloptilia fidella (Hop Stilt) First for Norfolk. Feeding signs, mines and larvae found in several south Norfolk sites by J. Dothie 07/08/2026. Likely to spread wherever Hop can be found. #norfolkmoths

A trip to the Brecks this week included finding my first Common Gromwell at Market Weston Fen. As usual, I checked for any leaf mines or caterpillars and was delighted to find this Gromwell Ermine caterpillar... @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

From Landguard, Moth trapping: 95 Moth species recorded between our 3 traps last night. Moth of the morning is Star-wort, a nationally scarce species that we last saw here five years ago. The larvae feed on the edges of saltmarsh sites on Sea-aster. - Suffolk Moths.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 6d ago

The last of our Pufflings on the Isle of May are leaving although it was still a surprise to find this little fella in the moth trap! I soon released it successfully into the North Sea

Ochsenheimeria taurella (Hairy Stem Moth). A strong contender for the title of UK's Scruffiest Moth - the ultimate dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards look. This one was suction sampled from grass tussocks on our allotment plot in Cardiff. Not very many Glamorgan records. #TeamMoth

An exciting find for Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller at their moth-trap at Freshwater Bay last night: a Verge-cricket - seemingly the second record for Britain after the recent discovery in Sussex.

‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation

‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation

As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds

theguardian.com

Ethmia bipunctella the first at my trap for several years now, a mostly coastal species in Suffolk

Bracken rolling this week at Ipswich Golf Club - bruising the stems with the roller weakens it. A form of control where we don't want it to grow now chemical treatment is no longer possible. Continuing lack of rainfall & heat is now stressing some of our Heather areas unfortunately

Huge reductions in moth numbers at the Obs on the last two cool/windy nights - Small Mottled Willows down to just double figures last night! - but sprinkle of presumably nearly all home-bred migrants still about to provide some interest.

From Landguard, Moth Trapping: 82 species of moths recorded this morning between our 3 traps. Tawny Wave is the moth of the morning, a rare species, with its UK stronghold being the Suffolk Brecks and Sandlings, it is far from annual here at Landguard in recent years.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 3w ago

From Landguard, Moth trapping: 31 Species in our 3 moth traps - windy and dry conditions. Moth of the morning is the Tufted Oak Knot-horn, an immigrant species first recorded here in 2018. The moth is now becoming established in Oak trees in Suffolk.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 3w ago

From Landguard, Brown-veined Wainscott is another reed bed species that wanders in hot weather. Good to get one as we drew a blank last year.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 3w ago

From Landguard, Double figure catches of Rusty Acorn Piercer (Cydia amplana) in recent days is suggestive of an immigration of fresh migrants. It was first noted here in 2003 and has been annual the past six years.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 3w ago

Although I've never seen the adult Cosmopterix zieglerella, a nationally scarce b moth there is still plenty of proof that they still exist in the Deben Lodge area of Falkenham/Felixstowe as the leaf mines on Hop (Humulus lupulus) are very distinctive

A slow night (to windy) saved by my 2nd Striped Hawk-moth, also pic of Gypsy Moth by torchlight & Coleophora versurella for lovers of the small & obscure, NFY was a brief visit from a Clouded Yellow during the day

Good grief! Super WOWWW! I know and have watched many sphinx moths, but that tongue is the longest I've ever seen! From the recent Smithsonian moth expedition to the Azuero peninsula, Panama. stri.si.edu/story/mothbox

We're recruiting a Transect Coordinator for Suffolk. Help support and inspire local Transect Surveyors while gaining experience in monitoring methods and local butterfly populations. More info here - volunteer.butterfly-conservation.org/opportunitie... @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Transect Coordinator (Suffolk)

Transect Coordinators help to support and promote butterfly transect recording in their area as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). They help us to understand butterfly populations loc...

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Banana Moth Opogona sacchari - New for Norfolk Trapped by David Bratt at Fakenham 2025, but not verified until a second specimen trapped by Steve West at Walpole Highway in July 2026. (Gen. Det. Male. D. Appleton) #norfolkmoths More Info… applewildlife.co.uk norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=2780

Apologies if Norfolk/Suffolk/Cambs moth websites are running slow. It’s very busy on the websites at the moment, and unfortunately the CPU on one of the server banks has had enough! Not helped by Googlebots spamming the site (now blocked) hopefully things should improve. Thanks for your patience.

It's only taken 35 years of visiting the French Alps and Pyrenees to finally get settled views of a Peak White. A late highlight yesterday afternoon here in the Alps, all my previous sightings of this (in)famously mobile species have been butterflies zipping past at great speed.

From Landguard: 79 Moth species recorded last night in 3 traps. The Oak Processionary Moth, first noted on site in 1995 & in 6 subsequent years. The caterpillars cause severe damage to oak trees by stripping leaves. Early records are evidence of them naturally crossing into the UK.

Landguard Bird Observatory @landguardbo.bsky.social · 2w ago

FIREBUG (Pyrrhocoris apterus). The first one I have seen in Long Melford (Suffolk). They certainly seem to be expanding their range around here - several have been reported locally this year. #UKBugs

Amber LED street lights could save millions of insects. New research shows 1800K amber LEDs cut insect attraction by ~40% compared to standard white LEDs, emitting almost no blue light. The study tracked 71,000 bugs across 6 German railway stations. #LightPollution #Insects #Wildlife #DarkSkies

Researchers may have solved a problem caused by artificial street lights

independent.co.uk

We still think of wildfires as something that happen to other people, in other places. But the world is changing, and the wildfire in Suffolk is a symptom of that. This is how average annual temperature in Dunwich has changed since 1940, from here: era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=52.28&ln...

Trapped in Pembrokeshire on Monday for Gynnidomorpha minimana at its only Welsh site near St David's. Very successful with 13 recorded in 3 Heath traps 🙂 Traps left overnight among the foodplant Marsh Lousewort & were heaving with moths including a ridiculous 84 Haworth's Minor! #TeamMoth

This is the Odice sp trapped last night in Bramhall, Cheshire. The Spanish are interested as it could be O.suava, but O.jucunda and O.arcuinna are possible. Not necessarily an adventive given the current situation, but that decision is for greater minds. Smart moth though 😁 #teammoth