Alan Salter
@alandcs.bsky.social
Moths. (Home trap located in VC13) Butterflies. MotorHomes. Scuba. Walking. Ebiking.
My Hawkmoth life list increased by one in 2025 the long awaited Striped.
Shown below are:
Elephant. Hummingbird. Small Elephant
Privet. Striped. Spurge(Spain 2024)
Convolvulus. Oak(France 2023)
Lime. Pine. Eyed.
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Of the U.K. regulars no EyedHM this year.
Shown below are:
Elephant. Hummingbird. Small Elephant
Privet. Striped. Spurge(Spain 2024)
Convolvulus. Oak(France 2023)
Lime. Pine. Eyed.
#TeamMoth VC13
Of the U.K. regulars no EyedHM this year.
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My Hawkmoth life list increased by one in 2025 the long awaited Striped.
Shown below are:
Elephant. Hummingbird. Small Elephant
Privet. Striped. Spurge(Spain 2024)
Convolvulus. Oak(France 2023)
Lime. Pine. Eyed.
#TeamMoth VC13
Of the U.K. regulars no EyedHM this year.
Shown below are:
Elephant. Hummingbird. Small Elephant
Privet. Striped. Spurge(Spain 2024)
Convolvulus. Oak(France 2023)
Lime. Pine. Eyed.
#TeamMoth VC13
Of the U.K. regulars no EyedHM this year.
2025 has been a bit of a strange one for flight times & I know I said I wasn’t trapping tonight but you know how it is….. Wogan avoided
Chrysodeixis chalcites.
Golden Twin-spot. 😳
VC13 #TeamMoth
Chrysodeixis chalcites.
Golden Twin-spot. 😳
VC13 #TeamMoth
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
2025 has been a bit of a strange one for flight times & I know I said I wasn’t trapping tonight but you know how it is….. Wogan avoided
Chrysodeixis chalcites.
Golden Twin-spot. 😳
VC13 #TeamMoth
Chrysodeixis chalcites.
Golden Twin-spot. 😳
VC13 #TeamMoth
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Anyone clever enough to put a name to any of these moths attracted to outside lights in Chobe, Botswana from a few years back?
Resorting to trawling unidentified moth photos now. 🤷♂️
Anyone clever enough to put a name to any of these moths attracted to outside lights in Chobe, Botswana from a few years back?
Resorting to trawling unidentified moth photos now. 🤷♂️
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Anyone clever enough to put a name to any of these moths attracted to outside lights in Chobe, Botswana from a few years back?
Resorting to trawling unidentified moth photos now. 🤷♂️
Anyone clever enough to put a name to any of these moths attracted to outside lights in Chobe, Botswana from a few years back?
Resorting to trawling unidentified moth photos now. 🤷♂️
Reading Atropos No76 featuring an interesting article of Julian Clarke’s account of finding Tamarisk Peacock.Chiasmia aestimaria in Sussex in 2024.
It reminded me that I may have trapped one on holiday in the South of France in 2023.
Tamarisk grows quite near here so one to watch out for?
#TeamMoth
It reminded me that I may have trapped one on holiday in the South of France in 2023.
Tamarisk grows quite near here so one to watch out for?
#TeamMoth
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reading Atropos No76 featuring an interesting article of Julian Clarke’s account of finding Tamarisk Peacock.Chiasmia aestimaria in Sussex in 2024.
It reminded me that I may have trapped one on holiday in the South of France in 2023.
Tamarisk grows quite near here so one to watch out for?
#TeamMoth
It reminded me that I may have trapped one on holiday in the South of France in 2023.
Tamarisk grows quite near here so one to watch out for?
#TeamMoth
It was chilly this morning at @nationaltrust.org.uk Sheffield Park with a North wind blowing.
At the bridge between Ten Foot Pond & Middle Lake the view was worth wrapping up for.
#NTSheffieldPark
#Sussex
At the bridge between Ten Foot Pond & Middle Lake the view was worth wrapping up for.
#NTSheffieldPark
#Sussex
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It was chilly this morning at @nationaltrust.org.uk Sheffield Park with a North wind blowing.
At the bridge between Ten Foot Pond & Middle Lake the view was worth wrapping up for.
#NTSheffieldPark
#Sussex
At the bridge between Ten Foot Pond & Middle Lake the view was worth wrapping up for.
#NTSheffieldPark
#Sussex
Just like buses, just after one comes along another follows right behind!
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@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Second ever and definitely a different individual as last night’s is still awaiting release.
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@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Second ever and definitely a different individual as last night’s is still awaiting release.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just like buses, just after one comes along another follows right behind!
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@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Second ever and definitely a different individual as last night’s is still awaiting release.
#TeamMoth
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Second ever and definitely a different individual as last night’s is still awaiting release.
34/14 3NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Eublemma parva. Small Marbled
Conistra vaccinii. Chestnut
Monopis crocicapitella.
Also visiting:
Golden Twin-spot
Oak Rustic x2
P. vitrialis x5
Eublemma parva. Small Marbled
Conistra vaccinii. Chestnut
Monopis crocicapitella.
Also visiting:
Golden Twin-spot
Oak Rustic x2
P. vitrialis x5
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
34/14 3NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Eublemma parva. Small Marbled
Conistra vaccinii. Chestnut
Monopis crocicapitella.
Also visiting:
Golden Twin-spot
Oak Rustic x2
P. vitrialis x5
Eublemma parva. Small Marbled
Conistra vaccinii. Chestnut
Monopis crocicapitella.
Also visiting:
Golden Twin-spot
Oak Rustic x2
P. vitrialis x5
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
25/12 VC13 #TeamMoth
Cyclophora puppillaria. Blair’s Mocha
Also visiting
U. ferugalis x2
P.vitrialis x3
Turnip moth
Oak Rustic x3
Possible very worn Chestnut awaiting CMR decision would be NFY but fished out of a puddle so unlikely to be agreed.
Cyclophora puppillaria. Blair’s Mocha
Also visiting
U. ferugalis x2
P.vitrialis x3
Turnip moth
Oak Rustic x3
Possible very worn Chestnut awaiting CMR decision would be NFY but fished out of a puddle so unlikely to be agreed.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
25/12 VC13 #TeamMoth
Cyclophora puppillaria. Blair’s Mocha
Also visiting
U. ferugalis x2
P.vitrialis x3
Turnip moth
Oak Rustic x3
Possible very worn Chestnut awaiting CMR decision would be NFY but fished out of a puddle so unlikely to be agreed.
Cyclophora puppillaria. Blair’s Mocha
Also visiting
U. ferugalis x2
P.vitrialis x3
Turnip moth
Oak Rustic x3
Possible very worn Chestnut awaiting CMR decision would be NFY but fished out of a puddle so unlikely to be agreed.
It’s coming up to the end of the mothing season and the trap is out. Somehow I doubt I’m going to find anything close to any of this selection of my 2025 lifers in the trap . But it’s been a good year so I’ll count my blessings instead.
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It’s coming up to the end of the mothing season and the trap is out. Somehow I doubt I’m going to find anything close to any of this selection of my 2025 lifers in the trap . But it’s been a good year so I’ll count my blessings instead.
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter
Trawling through my butterfly photos I now find that I have seen, photographed and recorded 100 species in total. Many more to go of course.
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trawling through my butterfly photos I now find that I have seen, photographed and recorded 100 species in total. Many more to go of course.
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
The Herdwicks are doing their best to Conservation Graze some of the steeper slopes on Mill Hill, Shoreham. Hopefully this will allow some of the natural downland flora to return & improve the habitat for Adonis Blue & Chalkhill Blue butterflies. @southdownsnp.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Herdwicks are doing their best to Conservation Graze some of the steeper slopes on Mill Hill, Shoreham. Hopefully this will allow some of the natural downland flora to return & improve the habitat for Adonis Blue & Chalkhill Blue butterflies. @southdownsnp.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
36/9 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
36/9 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
38/14 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
38/14 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
20/12 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
20/12 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Two years ago this very day 🇦🇺
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two years ago this very day 🇦🇺
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Asteroscopus sphinx. The Sprawler
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Asteroscopus sphinx. The Sprawler
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
Between the showers this morning NTSheffield Park
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@nationaltrust.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Between the showers this morning NTSheffield Park
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@nationaltrust.org.uk
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October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
November 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM