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Hannah
@wilderhomestead.bsky.social
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Creating a wilder smallholding in the Welsh borders. Mostly moths, sometimes butterflies, other inverts + wildflowers
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 17h
It’s looking very promising!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 17h
One you’re waiting for?
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 17h
Always worth it for a NFG!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 17h
Also tentatively looking at leaf mines (you lot are a bad influence 😆) think this is Phyllonorycter tristrigella on Elm #TeamMoth
A yellow elm leaf showing the underside with green section between the veins and a narrow blotch mine. SO24 North Herefordshire
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
I would have been very happy with that!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
Yeah bit of a shock 😆
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
A really lovely moth, and a surprisingly busy trap!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
Wasn’t ready for that lot this morning 😄 I’ll direct them north 😆
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
I was a bit unprepared for that lot 😅
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 18h
Great numbers last night for October, 91/23 sp. with 28 Green brindled crescent 😮 newbies included November moth ag, Feathered thorn, Red and Yellow lined Quakers, Mottled Umber ( I’m not ready to see you yet!) and best was Figure of 8 #TeamMoth North Herefordshire
Figure of 8 moth with brown markings and a cream coloured ‘8’ on the wings. SO24 North Herefordshire
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 22h
Wow! Beautiful 😍
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 1d
Seems like last night was a good one for mothing all round! Great numbers here too for October 🙂
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 3d
That’s a very unusual MDJ!
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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 5d
One Clancy, two Clancy, three Clancy, four…

A quad of Clancy’s Rustics to adore 🩶 🩶 🩶 🩶

#TeamMoth #NatureWithin
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 5d
Good news all round!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 5d
That’s some impressive numbers!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 5d
Yay! At last 💚
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 5d
The brown form is really lovely 😍
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
It’s going to be really interesting comparing the two gardens, we’ve not moved far but different conditions should give some new moths
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
One of each last night, hadn’t seen the brown version before!
Two Green Brindled Crescent moths, one brown, one with green edges
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
Yep absolutely 😅
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
Would love to see one of those!
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
Good luck, they are definitely one of the best autumn moths
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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 6d
💚
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