Dave Hutton
@davehutton1969
Birds, moths & insects mainly...
This just self seeded in front garden from back some of it is over 6ft lol but the insects love it! Might milk it & chuck a load over the neighbours barren back garden 😆 shh don't tell him 🤣
Mint Moth - Pyrausta aurata Nuneaton VC38 2/8/26 plenty about at the moment... #teammoth
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Nuneaton VC38 1/8/26 1 in the garden this evening. #teammoth
Gypsy Moth NFG Nuneaton VC38 1/8/26 purchased some lures which came this morning within 1hr one into investigate #teammoth
Dewick's Plusia x3 & Silver Y (Nuneaton VC38 31/7/26) Didn't trap last night but put Ni lure out for 1st time this Year! 1st Dewick's on the log is a female as she left a pot of eggs. #teammoth
Birch Shieldbug & Leafhopper (Kybos species?) bycatch from the moth trap #bugs
Rush Veneer (2nd garden record) Rusty Dot Pearl (NFG) & Small Mottled Willow (6th garden record) a bit of migrant action in the trap overnight Nuneaton VC38 30/7/26 #teammoth
Water Veneer Nuneaton VC38 29/7/26 not a brilliant photo but a mad hatching tonight the whole garden is moving in & around the trap not 100's but probably 1000's #teammoth
Small Emerald (Lifer) Leopard Moth (26th garden record this Year) & Small Mottled Willow (4th record this Year) the best of the macros Nuneaton VC38 29/7/26 #teammoth
Ear Moth agg (2nd garden record) & Cydia splendana from a very poor trap... Nuneaton VC38 25/7/26 #teammoth
Common Field Grasshopper (Nuneaton,Warks 25/7/26) 1 of the 'pink nymphs' has made it to an adult... #bugs #insects #grasshoppers
Gorse Shieldbug (Nuneaton,Warks 24/7/26) Great to find 20+ in the garden today on the broom bush #shieldbugs #bugs
Bulrush Wainscot (Nuneaton VC38 23/7/26) Only the 3rd record for the garden & boxfresh too. #teammoth
Purple Hairstreak (Nuneaton VC38 11/7/26) Came to the moth trap at 11:30pm #butterflies #insects
Small Ranunculus (Nuneaton VC38 11/7/26) 3rd this Year & 39th Garden Record since 2016 of this once rare moth. #teammoth
Tree-lichen Beauty Nuneaton VC38 9/7/26 4th garden record but the best marked yet.... #teammoth
Large Twin-spot Carpet (Nuneaton VC38 7/7/26) Only the 3rd garden record & first since 2020 #teammoth
Common Field Grasshopper (Nuneaton,Warks 5/7/26) Still 2 with Erythrism outside the house!! Not far off the adult stage...
Leopard Moth x2, Shark & Early Thorn Nuneaton VC38 5/7/26 in a trap dominated by 17 Box-tree Moth best of the rest 1 Elephant,1 Poplar Hawkmoth,1 Smoky Wainscot,1 Poplar Grey, Light & Dark Arches & 2 Scarce Footman. #teammoth
Shark & Early Thorn Nuneaton VC38 30/6/26 the highlights from the overnight trap also Leopard Moth (4th of the Yr) Small Ranunculus (1st of the Yr) 2 Elephant Hawkmoth & double figure Common Footman (obviously having a very good Yr) #teammoth
Yellow-legged Clearwing x2 & Red-tipped Clearwing x6 Nuneaton VC38 26/6/26 That's a wrap this Year for the usual Clearwings in what has been a quiet season with max counts of 13 OTC (max last Yr was 51) 6 Lunar HM (Max last Yr 11) 6 RBC No Currant this Year. #teammoth
Luckily he's back to his normal self today but gave us a real fright for about 6hrs...
Blue Shieldbug both Adult & Teneral Adult Nuneaton,Warks 21/6/26 first time I've seen the Teneral stage.. #shieldbugs #insects #bugs
Speckled Bush-cricket (Nuneaton,Warks 20/6/26) delighted to find 2 nymphs less than 30 secs from front door this afternoon!
Red-flanked Ladybird (Nuneaton,Warks 13/6/26) Only the 2nd I've ever seen. #ladybirds #bugs #insects
Blue Shieldbug nymph & Bordered Shieldbug (Nuneaton 13/6/26) outside the house. #shieldbugs
Lunar Hornet Moth (Nuneaton VC38 12/6/26) poor overnight trap so decided to put a cpl lures out despite the drizzle rewarded with our 1st LHM of the Year (5 days later than 2025) #teammoth