Another good showing in the Camden moth trap this morning, with 94:31. Highlight was a tiny lifer in Phyllonorycter acerifoliella, micro #399. A Phyllonorycter geniculella made for a nice comparison, while a well-travelled Old Lady and L-album Wainscot were NFY. #TeamMoth

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Hey Yodel no wonder your delivery driver fecked off up the road after he delivered this parcel. Once upon a time it was a pretty vase in one piece, now its abstract art in 50 bits. You decide to put it back to the company who sold it & you seem unaccountable. How come?

When I tell people there is plenty of energy and resources and that our problems are land-use and pollution (incl. CO2), they often don't want to hear it. Somehow it has to be about energy and resource use. Why does agriculture get a free pass from the doomers?

A busy 146:37 in the Camden moth trap on a very warm and humid September morning. Three more NFY were Orange Sallow, Cochylis hybridella and Endothenia gentianaeana/marginana (retained). Also a new Palpita vitrealis on the migrant front. 🥵 #TeamMoth

Clive James, not terribly impressed with what Lindsay Anderson did with an Alan Bennett piece, comes up with this line about a sense of humour. It's just made me catch my breath slightly.

Well given the forecast that could have been a lot worse. Not as much of Joe Root as I'd have liked, but an attacking century from Pope, some outrageous Duckett ramps, and perseverance from the Sri Lankan bowlers. Looking forward to Day 2...

Another good night for moths on the Camden roof terrace, with 127:36. One NFY in a rather asymmetric Caloptilia semifascia (shots from both sides), and evidence of migration in a new fresh Palpita vitrealis, Rush Veneer and Diamond-back Moth (not shown). #TeamMoth

A see-sawing day as the momentum swung backwards and forwards, but always lovely to be watching Test cricket at the Oval.

Wow! What an incredible insect migration spectacle to witness - butterfly movements along the Dutch coast.

Tim Blackburn North Cave Wetlands Two moths in two days! Now at #spurn point

The annual counts of acorns and knopper galls is now complete for 2024. Here is a reminder of how things looked last year, in September 2023 (yr=45). A low acorn year had followed a high acorn year in 2022 (after the highest ever crop in 2020): blue = acorns; red = knopper galls.

A wonderful photo. An incredible nature spectacle is taking place right now. A mass movement of insects across Europe. Resulting in massive numbers of this massive moth reaching our shores. Pure magic!

Just returned from #ICE2024 in Kyoto 🇯🇵. Awesome conference, people and food 🍱 🪲 Bonus for receiving a best student presentation award in the ISH symposium 🐝 Gavin Broad Prof Seirian Sumner Thanks so much to International Society of Hymenopterists and British Ecological Society for travel grants.

After spending 14 years making cuts to the police, the courts, legal aid, prisons and the probation service, Tory MPs are now queuing up to point out how easy it would be to fix it all.

Hello, I'm a university professor. My job is to answer email and complete mandatory online training courses.

This is a good example of what we mean by the variance increasing with climate change. In the ealry 80s the percent acorns galls was about 40% but varied between 30% and 50%. Now it varies between 0% and 100%. That's not a good look.

For any ecological or biodiversity consultants with good field skills, a peachy job going with the amazing Durwyn Liley and team in Dorset.

So after two years I discover the lamp function on my ring flash. All those hours trying to juggle camera and torch... 🤬