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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · 9d

My first ever Pseudoscorpion !OMG what a little beauty, possibly Neobisium carcinoides.Arncliffe woods, VC62 .

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · 13d

Out on the moors today looking at lichens.Pleased to find Lichenomphalia umbellifera ! @aspenecology.com

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · 13d

Gotta luv a Weevil.Curculio glandium 😃

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · 14d

Called in to see a friend today at Ruswarp, near Whitby , VC62.As we walked round her lovely garden we spotted, Western conifer seed bug,Box bug and Hawthorn shieldbug.Also 2 fresh Common blues and 4 Small copper butterflies !

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aren't Cladonias just amazing !!🙂

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Sep 6

This Fistulina hepatica ( Beefsteak fungus) was a tad " overdone" for my liking !😆

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today i noticed a thallus of Hypogymnia with yellow patches.I presumed a fungal attack, however a friend has suggested Usnic acid leachate 🤔🤔

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gotta love a Pale tussock catty !🙂

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 29

After 12mm of rain over the last 2 days, some of the common lichens on the moors look much fresher !Platismatia glauca and Parmelia omphalodes here on a large wooden post !

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 28

Only 11 sp. in the garden last night but one of them was Scarce bordered straw !😃I'm roughly 10miles from the sea and very few records near me !

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 19

2 Deaths head hawkmoth cattys found in Sleights today, VC62 !Absolute beasts !! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 12

Most of my spare time in summer is concentrated on Moths,when the Moorland species start wandering in to my garden, i get a fungal/lichen yearning!Chevron and Neglected rustic!

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 12

Not often that i see Rhizocarpon geographicum on a ridge tile,whilst slate repairing.Looking very healthy despite baking in the 27 Deg C heat !Unlike me !!🥵

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Aug 3

Square spotted clay in my garden last night, a scarce moth in Yorkshire !

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Jul 27

I would highly recommend the TG7 !!I use it for Lichen, insect and fungi photography and micro moths.Alonside Obsidentify it has transformed my identification of these subjects !

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Jul 25

And 2 Black arches .

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Jul 25

Agonopterix kaekeritziana from Dalby forest last night was a new one for me !🙂 @damianmoney.bsky.social

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Graham Featherstone @mothman60.bsky.social · Jul 20

Barred carpet from my Lealholm garden, VC62.A rare moth in Yorkshire now, a small but stable population here in the Esk valley ! @damianmoney.bsky.social