Springing into spring like...

Moths come in many different shapes and sizes! Just take a look at the majestic Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella) 💚

📸 : Tim Melling
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The first Great Prominent of the year in the Hampshire garden yesterday, showing its marvellous camouflage. #MothsMatter

Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) - North Antrim. The first of these stunning moths appeared today in North Antrim, a day later than last year. Too windy for decent macro shots so these are library images. #moths #moths matter #teammoth BC Northern Ireland Ulster Wildlife Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Peekaboo….Male Muslin Moth being shy. #mothsmatter #mothmonday

Shoulder Stripe - Earophila bad iata this morning. #teammoth #MothsMatter

A fresh The Streamer - Anticlea derivata. Here it always seems to arrive a few days after Shoulder Stripe moth, both Rose specialist. #teammoth #MothsMatter

Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) -April 2024. A few new moths appearing last night, including several examples of this species. #moths #MothsMatter #teammoth Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋

White Ermine, Great Prominent, Lunar Marbled Brown & Pale Tussock all new for year at last nights actinic in the garden. #MothsMatter #teammoth

Nice to get the first Pine Beauty of the year two nights ago in a significant improvement in moth numbers finally with some damp but mild evenings #moths #moths matter #macrophotography

My moth trap didn't take long to go through this morning, a nut tree tussock and this nfy flame shoulder. Almost gale force by this morning, the definition of stupid in the dictionary has my picture next to it🤪
S Monmouthshire
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This posing Muslin Moth was NFY last night in the Hampshire garden. A reasonable return of 10 of 8 using two 2W LEDs and a few egg boxes. In comparison, the previous night I had 41 of 20 using 2 traps with 70W of actinic bulb/tubes on what was a warmer night. #MothsMatter

Streamer (Anticlea derivata) - North Antrim., April 2024. An attractive species which I get up here most years, but rarely more than one or two. #moths #moths matter #teammoth Ulster Wildlife BC Northern Ireland Butterfly Conservation 🦋

It may only be an lbam, but wlis already joined by a ruddy Streak..to the actinic trap, after only 30 minutes. Makes me regret this being the first time this year it been out.
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🦋 Moths outnumber butterflies 9 to 1 worldwide, boasting 160,000 species to butterflies' 17,500.
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What a stunner. One of the male Emperor Moths to lure in the garden late this afternoon. They have both departed safely #mothsmatter

Three Mullein moths (Cucullia verbasci) have emerged this month from overwintered pupae in the shed. Not sure why I bothered to photograph all 3 when they look identical! Found as caterpillars on Water Figwort in early June 2023. 10 months as a pupa - what a life! #MothsMatter

First #moth of my visit to Yorkshire - a lovely Oak Eggar #caterpillar !
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A fantastic image by Chris Knott taken a couple of days ago illustrating the large wingspan of an Emperor moth when compared to a smaller Brimstone. #mothsmatter

O hail, thou….male Emperor moth, SW London today. They are here. #mothsmatter .

I want to avoid photographing a Waved Umber again 'cos it gave me the runaround. Last night's trap (16/7) also contained a couple of new #moths for the year - a Swallow Prominent and a White-shouldered House-moth.

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