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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · 28d

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social . Does this look like Common Marbled Carpet to you? Found in my house in East Devon this week. Thanks!

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · 28d

Don't think I've ever seen a moth this worn before and still alive! There's a tiny bit of pink and black still showing on the abdomen so I think it must be a Convolvulus Hawk-moth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social.

Privet Hawk also pink, but it's too late in the season for that I think. #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey! I've just counted 6 butterflies using the #BigButterflyCount app and I thought you'd be interested! www.bigbutterflycount.org/count/29153774

Well, actually 8. Saw a couple of Grayling too, which aren't on the count.

(Plus 4 or 5 too distant to ID).

Lovely stroll in the sun in the heath.

Big Butterfly Count

www.bigbutterflycount.org

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Jul 22

Some good daytime moth action in the garden today. Rosy Footman on the buddleia. And a Jersey Tiger - perhaps one for @migrantmothuk.bsky.social (I'm in East Devon). #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Jul 19

I don't do my #BigButterflyCount in the garden because I already record those in the @savebutterflies.bsky.social Garden Butterfly Survey. But if I did, I'd be counting loads of them. My little buddleia is really doing its job. Comma, Large White and Red Admiral - 3 of the 6 species I've just seen.

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just spotted this freshly emerged #dragonfly in my garden #pond. Looks like a Hawker of some sort, but not sure which species while it's all just pale green like this. Been watching the larvae in the pond for a few months so it's nice to see the adults now. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 30

I wonder if any #spider folk here can confirm my suspicion that this is a recluse of some sort. If so, it's presumably Mediterranean Recluse as it was in Cyprus (on my neck, until I brushed it off - no harm to me or it). @britishspiders.bsky.social @cataranea.bsky.social

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 16

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social. Would appreciate confirmation for a couple from my East Devon garden this week. Do I have Common Marbled Carpet and Dwarf Pug? Thank you!

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 14

Some of the 20 Maybugs that were in my moth trap this morning. They have been around a lot recently but this is definitely a peak count.

(There were moths too, although I haven't finished ID'ing them yet)

#teammoth #teambeetle @colsocbi.bsky.social

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 13

13 moths of 8 species in my East Devon garden last night. Highlights were a Marbled Brown and this impressive Great Prominent, which are new species for me. Treble Lines most numerous (4 of them). And I always love a green one - Green Carpet. #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 12

Do you think there's any way of judging whether individual Red Admirals are migrants or residents? Or is it really just a case of: if you're near the coast and a lot turn up, they probably came from somewhere else?

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 12

Trees and pub lore! It doesn't get better than that 🙂

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · May 6

I've never seen a cave spider before, but it seems that I've been living with them. We've taken the living room floor boards up today, and found two of these beautiful and distinctive egg sacs underneath. I'll go and look for the spiders later, when it's dark. @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Apr 12

A quiet night in my East Devon garden last night. Just 5 moths in the trap. 4 Hebrew Character, and this Streamer which is a new species for me. #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Apr 7

He's hatched! My first Orange-tip butterfly sighting of the year is the one I found as a caterpillar last year. Named - obviously - for the orange wing tips, but the underside is just as striking. That's my daughter's hand helping to release him.

@savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Apr 1

This Engrailed was another crisp, fresh-looking visitor to the outside of my kitchen window last night. And my Orange-tip chrysalis from last year is definitely turning more orange now. That colour wasn't there a few days ago. #teammoth @bcdevon.bsky.social

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 24

That's brilliant. Thank you!

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thank you!

Is it possible to identify the species of Speedwell? I feel like they can be a difficult group to separate, but that might just be me 🙂

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 23

A few from the playing field this weekend.

#WildflowerID are the first two sone sort of Speedwell, and Ground Ivy?

Also some Cow Parsley getting ready to flower, White Deadnettle, and Lesser Celandine (they're everywhere at the moment).

Ladybird and wolf spiders were out too. #WildflowerHour

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 23

Put my moth trap out in my Devon garden on Friday. First time since moving across the country. 10 moths/7 species (@migrantmothuk.bsky.social all resident - no migrants). Early Tooth-striped (a new species for me), Early Grey, Hebrew Character and Common Quaker (one of four) in the photos. #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 22

* D. fagella.

Autocorrect getting in the way there...

Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 22

@mothiduk.bsky.social Not very well marked, and apologies for a bit of a blurry photo, but does this look like Diurnea flagella to you? Trapped in my garden in Devon on Friday night. Thank you! #teammoth

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 21

Had my first Chiffchaff in the garden this week, near Exeter (had heard one out and about a few days earlier).

Not the most complex or tuneful birdsong, but I always love hearing them announce the arrival of Spring.

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 21

Was planning to put my trap out tonight (first time since moving house across the country). Raining here in Devon at the moment, but if it eases up later as forecast then I'll set up the trap and see what I get...

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Gavin Deane @gjdeane.bsky.social · Mar 13

I love getting a fresh one. This beautifully marked and pristine Herald was fluttering around my garage earlier today. Phone photo doesn't do it justice. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcdevon.bsky.social

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