Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· 12d Much reduced numbers in the trap last night, just 78/26. Lots (10) of Jersey Tigers though, and also shown here are an Angle Shades and Privet Hawk-moth #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· 19d A couple of additions to the face-on moth theme: Brimstone and Mother of Pearl from a catch of about 200/66 last night #teammoth #Guernsey
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· 22d I think I posted a Poplar Hawk-moth face on a few weeks ago, but I can't resist another one... from last weekend #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· 24d About 260 moths last night, well down on the previous night - Diamond-back were down from 109 to just 9! I think this battered Willow Beauty deserves a special mention - still flying almost two months after their peak in our garden, in the last week of May #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· 26d Another record for us last night, the first time we've had over 400 moths. 109 of them were Diamond-back Moths.... but among the others were half a dozen Jersey Tigers, including this one face on #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jul 12 Much reduced numbers in the windy conditions last night, but we did reach our 350th species for the garden, with a Small Rivulet, first photo. Followed by the face of a Golden Twin-spot #teammoth #Guernsey
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jul 11 245 moths of 60 species last night: a couple new for us, Crambus perlella, and what I think is Assara terebrella, perhaps blown in on the easterly winds. Followed by an Early Thorn in characteristic pose and a Golden Twin-spot revving up for take-off #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jul 6 Two more NFY moths from the weekend just gone, both very fine examples of their type: Gold Twin-spot and Coronet #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jul 5 Two NFG this weekend were the Thistle Ermine, Myelois circumvoluta, and the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser, Choreutis nemorana - the latter only recorded in #Guernsey since 2023 I believe. NFY were Old Lady and Swallow Prominent #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jul 5 A couple of head-on moths before I start to properly tot up last night's 200 or so: Four-spotted Footman and a Silver Y #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 30 Finally totted up last Saturday night's catch at 367/64, our highest ever total for one night. Highlights included our first Ni Moth, and a Sharp-angled Peacock - don't see many of those - and an impressive ichneumon wasp. Finishing up with the face of a Dark Arches #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 28 A few more highlights from the night before last: a tiny Argyresthia brockeella, Dewick's Plusia, Garden Grass Veneer and Jersey Tiger #teammoth #Guernsey
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 28 About to start going through 320+ moths from last night, but in the meantime here are a few highlights from the night before, *only* 275/64... the Bordered Beauty and Pine Carpet are NFG, then a Beautiful Hook-tip and a Vestal, both quite rare for us #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 25 Could I ask #teammoth for an ID while I'm out in the field? Just seen on Herm, Channel Islands
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 21 A few more moths from this weekend: a Rosy Footman, contrasting sizes in Box Tree Moths, and new for us, probably Dichrorampha alpinana, given the presence of Ox-Eye daisies in the garden #teammoth #Guernsey
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 20 Keeping up the black and white theme, today's moth to recognise should you meet it head-on is an easy one... a Box Tree Moth #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 20 Last night's moths in black and white: Clouded Border and Ethmia quadrillella (two pics) both new for us, and a dash of colour from a Small Magpie #Guernsey #teammoth
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 19 Back to the day job for #FindsFriday, here's a beautiful sherd of pottery from our recent excavation in #Alderney. Decoration looks like impressed grain, and from other finds in this context I'm guessing early Bronze Age... but French colleagues arriving soon will tell me 😄 #archaeology 🏺
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 7 Not surprisingly much reduced numbers last night compared to last week: just 42 moths of 15 species. This Garden Grass-Veneer posed very well #teammoth #Guernsey
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 6 One of two new arrivals in our household, familiarising herself with Victor Hugo #caturday
Vauvert Moths@vauvertmoths· Jun 3 Finally got through all the photos of moths from last week's heatwave - we put the trap out four times, and got 906 moths of 106 species. A few more pics here - first Box Tree Moth of the year, Yellow Shell, our first ever Brown Silver-line and a Feline #Guernsey #teammoth