Daniel Blyton
@invertdan.bsky.social
Pan species lister based in North Essex, exploring all taxa since 2018 - making good progress in some, barely scratching the surface in others.
Cranefly Recorder for Essex.
Obsessed moth / non-moth trapper.
Cranefly Recorder for Essex.
Obsessed moth / non-moth trapper.
What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves.
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves.
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Always nice to get similar moths in the same catch so a comparison photo can be taken. even better when th moths co-operate.
Dark Sword-grass (left) and Turnip (right).
North Essex, last night.
#teammoth
Dark Sword-grass (left) and Turnip (right).
North Essex, last night.
#teammoth
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Always nice to get similar moths in the same catch so a comparison photo can be taken. even better when th moths co-operate.
Dark Sword-grass (left) and Turnip (right).
North Essex, last night.
#teammoth
Dark Sword-grass (left) and Turnip (right).
North Essex, last night.
#teammoth
During the current winter chill my go to has been leaf litter. So not surprising I'm exploring springtails. This is often resulting in new species for me to record, such as Isotoma viridis, with its single pair of manubrial teeth.
February 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
During the current winter chill my go to has been leaf litter. So not surprising I'm exploring springtails. This is often resulting in new species for me to record, such as Isotoma viridis, with its single pair of manubrial teeth.
Blown into my greenhouse this evening where my light trap is running, the attractive migrant fly, Stomorhina lunata.
This one is a female (males having orange patches on the abdomen).
Such mesmerising eyes.
#MothTrapIntruders
#Flies
This one is a female (males having orange patches on the abdomen).
Such mesmerising eyes.
#MothTrapIntruders
#Flies
December 5, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Blown into my greenhouse this evening where my light trap is running, the attractive migrant fly, Stomorhina lunata.
This one is a female (males having orange patches on the abdomen).
Such mesmerising eyes.
#MothTrapIntruders
#Flies
This one is a female (males having orange patches on the abdomen).
Such mesmerising eyes.
#MothTrapIntruders
#Flies
Like others have noted, last night's promise of migrants failed to materialise. My North Essex garden trap contained a single Mottled Umber. Outside the trap were three LBAMs, a December Moth and an Oak Nycteoline.
#TeamMoth
#TeamMoth
December 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Like others have noted, last night's promise of migrants failed to materialise. My North Essex garden trap contained a single Mottled Umber. Outside the trap were three LBAMs, a December Moth and an Oak Nycteoline.
#TeamMoth
#TeamMoth
Sylvicola fuscatus appears to be well and truly established in my area (North Essex).
Had several this and last year now.
#MothTrapIntruders
Had several this and last year now.
#MothTrapIntruders
November 25, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Sylvicola fuscatus appears to be well and truly established in my area (North Essex).
Had several this and last year now.
#MothTrapIntruders
Had several this and last year now.
#MothTrapIntruders
Lindbergina aurovittata, I believe.
Attracted to my actinic lights last night (in a sheltered spot, out of the 50+ mph gusts).
#MothTrapIntruders
Attracted to my actinic lights last night (in a sheltered spot, out of the 50+ mph gusts).
#MothTrapIntruders
November 25, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Lindbergina aurovittata, I believe.
Attracted to my actinic lights last night (in a sheltered spot, out of the 50+ mph gusts).
#MothTrapIntruders
Attracted to my actinic lights last night (in a sheltered spot, out of the 50+ mph gusts).
#MothTrapIntruders
Storm Bert, part 2.
Still no African rarities to my garden trap in North Essex, but this Sprawler was good to see.
8 moths of 4 species was a big improvement on the previous night's 1 of 1. 🙂
Still no African rarities to my garden trap in North Essex, but this Sprawler was good to see.
8 moths of 4 species was a big improvement on the previous night's 1 of 1. 🙂
November 25, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Storm Bert, part 2.
Still no African rarities to my garden trap in North Essex, but this Sprawler was good to see.
8 moths of 4 species was a big improvement on the previous night's 1 of 1. 🙂
Still no African rarities to my garden trap in North Essex, but this Sprawler was good to see.
8 moths of 4 species was a big improvement on the previous night's 1 of 1. 🙂
Last night it stayed fairly dry in my North Essex garden. Just a shame it was a tad breezy. Avoided a blank, just, with a lone Feathered Thorn.
#TeamMoth
#TeamMoth
November 24, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Last night it stayed fairly dry in my North Essex garden. Just a shame it was a tad breezy. Avoided a blank, just, with a lone Feathered Thorn.
#TeamMoth
#TeamMoth
Just completed a gen det on this moth, one of a pair at my garden moth trap in North Essex, in late June.
Endothenia ustulana, Bugle Marble, a scarce (or under-recorded) inhabitant of damp woodland and waste ground.
Just the one previous record for Essex, in 1905.
#TeamMoth, #MothsMatter
Endothenia ustulana, Bugle Marble, a scarce (or under-recorded) inhabitant of damp woodland and waste ground.
Just the one previous record for Essex, in 1905.
#TeamMoth, #MothsMatter
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Just completed a gen det on this moth, one of a pair at my garden moth trap in North Essex, in late June.
Endothenia ustulana, Bugle Marble, a scarce (or under-recorded) inhabitant of damp woodland and waste ground.
Just the one previous record for Essex, in 1905.
#TeamMoth, #MothsMatter
Endothenia ustulana, Bugle Marble, a scarce (or under-recorded) inhabitant of damp woodland and waste ground.
Just the one previous record for Essex, in 1905.
#TeamMoth, #MothsMatter
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Essex Field Club, Essex Wildlife Trust, Friends of Middlewick, and RSPB. This is aiming to raise money to challenge the series of decisions that led to the site being identified as appropriate for housing- to cover the cost of specialist solicitors and barristers who are
November 13, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Essex Field Club, Essex Wildlife Trust, Friends of Middlewick, and RSPB. This is aiming to raise money to challenge the series of decisions that led to the site being identified as appropriate for housing- to cover the cost of specialist solicitors and barristers who are