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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 4d

Picked up our copy of the excellent new Bedfordshire avifauna at the launch event today. It is 31 years since the last was published and this is so much more. 500 pages and a superb job with all monies going to 2 reserves in the county. Get it now via the Bedfordshire Bird Club website.

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 5d

Yes they probably are - I was just pointing one of the issues with Stigmella mines on Hornbeam

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 5d

@ashwhiffin.bsky.social excellent film just now on Gardeners World. Great encouragement to enhance the biodiversity of sites

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 5d

Nice to get L-album :-)

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 7d

Round here in Beds it is probably under recorded but still scarce and we rarely find it.

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 7d

Stigmella mines on Hornbeam can be problematic at Stigmella carpinella is one of the options and not identifiable without breeding through

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 14d

It could be one of several species of Oak feeding Stigmella but you would need to see the larval.features along with various features of the mine to get to an id and sadly this mige is vacated

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

That would fit and not one we would have thought of. We will have dig in the literature.

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

Looks like it but this was on Hazel. Thanks for eliminating Sawflies for us though. I have someone else I can ask

Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

Sadly not anything useable

Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

Hi Entomological peeps. I am stuck on an id even to genus of this larva on Hazel in The Burren Co Clare Ireland from early September. @gmtord.bsky.social @naturespotter.bsky.social

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

Hi bee people. Is this id to species please? B terrestris or lucorum or not splittable? Location north coast of County Clare Ireland early September @bexcartwright.bsky.social @bumble-being.bsky.social

Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 15d

Hi moth people. We are stuck on an id for this larva found on a Sea Aster stem on the north coast of County Clare West Ireland 2 weeks ago and would value any suggestions of the id. It looks like it should be in Geometridae... @rlewington2.bsky.social @gmtord.bsky.social #TeamMoth

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 16d

Yes that's fine. We gave done the same in the county Mapmate dataset for now with our 2 records

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · 23d

Good luck :-)

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks and yes iRecord is fine if it works for you too

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just seen this - excellent news. We enjoy doing stuff for @wildlifebcn.org and recording on their sites.

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 24

A nice find by Melissa this evening was a Wormwood larva on Mugwort. Only the 2nd time we have found this cryptic species. #TeamMoth

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 23

A better fit

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 22

I photographed this Small Ranunculus larva on Prickly Lettuce in a local.field edge this evening and it wasn't until.I looked at the photo that I spotted there was a second larva behind! These things are v cryptic though... #TeamMoth

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Dave Evans @willowglass12.bsky.social · Aug 21

To all moth trappers out there Do you have any humerous stories regarding moths and moth trapping?any mishaps/memorable moments etc. I did hear of a trap getting hit by lightning once?My father is writing a book and he wants to include some quirky moth elements into a short fictional story #teammoth

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 21

.... Extra is that Melissa was with me and was gutted to miss my falling in! She was also there the other time I fell in the river. She and our friend were chatting, heard a plop and said where is Andy?!!!

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 21

2 of 2.... my shout and could just see my face above the water and pulled me out. Said to me what about your camera? (In a belt pouch) Opened it and said it's dry until I took the camera out and found it half full of stinky water!. Drove home in pants and fleece with a v marshy whiff.....

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 21

1 of 2 I had previously from when we were out with the Herts recorder in a marsh. Clearing up.I had a live 240v 4 gang extension in my hand when I stepped off the bund into the marsh. Threw the 4gang onto dry land as I fell. The recorder heard my shout, arrived and pulled me out.....

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Andy Banthorpe @vc30moths.bsky.social · Aug 21

Once as we were clearing up from.a public event I wandered away from the lamp and sheet to tip a wasp out of a pot. Didn't bother with a torch and stepped off the edge of a bridge falling 10 fee or so into a shallow river. V wet and a lot of bruises in the morning from hitting the stony bottom!

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