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Ruth Newby
@ruthnewby.bsky.social
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Officially moth-obsessed, also easily distracted by birds, butterflies, flies, wasps and spiders. Musically devoted to an (un)holy trinity of Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 29m
It certainly does!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 3h
I see autocorrect has garbled my reply, Merv somehow became ‘Nerva’
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 4h
A very fine example of, one of the ones with lots of white highlights!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 5h
😆
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 5h
The new garden seems to be delivering. I’ve only had 1 Brown-spot Pinion in 6 years of mothing. And goes without saying the Nerva are gorgeous 💚
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 16h
😉👍
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 18h
Or even lovely
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
That’s one caterpillar I’d love to see!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
That’s lively!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
That’s the lovliest picture I’ve seen in ages! I’ve actually been (re)reading Tarka The Otter where eels feature a number of times as Otter food.
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
Definitely Spruce for me
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
Common has done well here this year, unlike 2024, and I’ve had more Smokey than normal too. So perhaps this will be my year for them…
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 19h
Yes, all Mythimnas! If you define them that way I don’t do so badly then.
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 20h
Like looking for a needle in a haystack perhaps?
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 21h
🤞though I find most Wainscots seem to avoid me, only had Common and Smokey in the garden
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 23h
Well done Steve! Definitely a moth I’d like to see…
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 1d
Harvestman Odiellus spinosus hanging out in a flower pot with a snail and a woodlouse (not sure of their species)… #hatvestmen @britishspiders.bsky.social
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, it’s a nice moth, I’m a bit too far north to get it in my garden though it does occur in the very south of VC38.
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 1d
Oh no!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 1d
Large Ranunculus perhaps?
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks, that was the way I was heading.
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2d
Some better shots:
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2d
What a smart bird!
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2d
Fairly lack-lustre trap 15:10, Rush Veneer was a bit of a surprise & I haven’t seen a Pale Mottled Willow since August but that was about it; a mystery Tortrix will probably turn out to be equally unexciting. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
Rush Veneer Pale Mottled Willow Mystery Tortrix: perhaps a dark form of Garden Rose Tortrix
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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2d
This Tortrix is a bit of a puzzler: dark form of Garden Rose Tortrix perhaps or something else entirely? @mothiduk.bsky.social #teammoth
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