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Interesting- all but one of my garden records are from Oct/Nov, just a single one in July 2023
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I have no idea I’m afraid. It’s guesswork really, but their occurrences in Devon don’t always seem to particularly correspond to immigration, plus they are so regular now every year
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Blair’s Mocha emergence is starting. This lovely individual was in the garden trap this morning, a different one from yesterday. #teammoth
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Me neither
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Amazed to see my first ever Dusky-lemon Sallow on a very cold evening in south Devon this week. A rare species in Devon with only a handful of records this century. #teammoth
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by Richard Fox

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Really looking forward to speaking in Wiltshire tomorrow about the impacts of climate change on UK butterflies & moths butterfly-conservation.org/events/wilts...
Wiltshire Members' Day - Chippenham
Wiltshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation invites everyone to join us at our Members’ Day on Saturday 4th October at Biddestone Village Hall near Chippenham.  A friendly social event with some great ...
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by Richard Fox

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Yep! Set a challenge of trying to get 1000 moth species in the UK this year. Getting close now…

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Finished September with lifer number 90 for the year with mines of Chrysoesthia drurella (Fiery Miner) at Dawlish Warren with Kevin Rylands. Seems to be a very scarce moth in Devon, though presumably it is also under-recorded. Brings me to 968 moth species for the year so far. #teammoth
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by Richard Fox

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Early mines of Ectoedemia erythrogenella (Coast Dot) on the east Devon coast on Sunday - a scarce species on bramble. The egg is clearly visible on the upper surface of the leaf. #teammoth
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Surely chaps with those tasselled fringes?
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It had made a home for itself by folding over the edge of an Alder leaf. I just took the leaf home and kept in a container. Once it had finished feeding, the larva pupated on the side of the container and emerged successfully today. I’ll take it back to the original site tomorrow and release it
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by Richard Fox

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Lifer today when this Caloptilia falconipennella (Dark Alder Stilt) emerged from a larva I found on Alder at Dawlish Warren earlier this month. #teammoth
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I only know one reliable site for it in Devon
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It’s a lovely moth - not one I see very often
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Slow going adding NFY moths at the moment with cold nights every night. Thankfully Oak Lutestrings were out in force at our local hotspot for this species on Friday night. This perfect Flounced Chestnut was the only other NFY. #teammoth
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This might be my best ever Vestal - from the garden moth-trap last night 😍 #teammoth
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Another early stage lifer for me from Norfolk last week with James Symonds - Mompha terminella (Enchanter's Mompha) #teammoth
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I guess because of the Channel. The species had to overcome that barrier and by the time it had, much of England was climatically suitable enabling a rapid range expansion? @mothyblackburn.bsky.social is the expert when it comes to colonisation
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Its week 26, the final week of our 50th survey season! 🎺 🎉 🦋 🥳

A HUGE thank you to all the fantastic volunteers for walking transects, recording butterflies and entering data this year.

Your efforts greatly contribute to our understanding of butterfly populations and helps us conserve them ❤️
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by Richard Fox

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For butterflies and moths the analysis matches what we’ve seen for a long time - a mixture of winners and losers in terms of distribution change
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by Richard Fox

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A few Coleophora from Norfolk last week with James Symonds. First two are scarce and were lifers for me: C. albicans (Wormwood Case-bearer), C. deviella (Blite Case-bearer), C. peribenanderi (Thistle Case-bearer) & C. lineolea (Woundwort Case-bearer) #teammoth
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Anomalous from a local heathland on Friday night - a strange looking moth (hence the name) that apparently used to be known as the False Footman. #teammoth
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Same family of plants yes
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Cochylidia heydeniana (Blue Fleabane Straw) was a new species for me in the Brecks this week. The larvae mine the flowerheads of Blue Fleabane. #teammoth
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Celebrating 50 years of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme! 🎉

Join us for a day of butterfly talks, workshops and a celebration of volunteer citizen science. Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/tsGqc4S

📸: Iain H Leach
#UKBMS50
White Admiral butterfly on bramble flowers
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by Richard Fox

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Thought it might be too late in the year, so I was delighted to find a Scarce Pug larva on the Norfolk coast yesterday - a lifer for me and a Nationally Rare species #teammoth
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by Richard Fox

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A little bit of moth trapping in the Brecks last night added a few NFY including Autumnal Rustic & Lunar Yellow Underwing #teammoth
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On average, #BigButterflyCount participants recorded 10.3 butterflies per 15-minute count 🦋

While a marked improvement on 2024’s record low of 7.2, it is only broadly average by modern standards, and has done little to reverse longer-term declines.

👉 butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfl...
A line graph illustrating the average number of butterflies per count in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count from 2016 - 2025. The graph shows years on the y-axis and the average number of butterflies on a scale of 0-20 on the x-axis. A dotted vertical line places the 10-year average at around 11 butterflies per count.
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by Richard Fox

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Excited to be with countless UK nature recovery organisations at @wildsummituk.bsky.social today - lots of talk about how to turn around insect declines
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Butterflies need our help.
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
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#pesticides
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Join me in supporting the Remove Pesticides from UK Shelves Campaign
Join the Butterfly Rescue Mission  Sign our open letter to UK retailers, asking them to remove synthetic pesticides from sale, for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come.  The UK ...
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