Alan Salter
@alandcs.bsky.social
Moths. (Home trap located in VC13) Butterflies. MotorHomes. Scuba. Walking. Ebiking.
Trawling through my butterfly photos I now find that I have seen, photographed and recorded 100 species in total. Many more to go of course.
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trawling through my butterfly photos I now find that I have seen, photographed and recorded 100 species in total. Many more to go of course.
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
#butterfly #butterflies #iNaturalist
The Herdwicks are doing their best to Conservation Graze some of the steeper slopes on Mill Hill, Shoreham. Hopefully this will allow some of the natural downland flora to return & improve the habitat for Adonis Blue & Chalkhill Blue butterflies. @southdownsnp.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Herdwicks are doing their best to Conservation Graze some of the steeper slopes on Mill Hill, Shoreham. Hopefully this will allow some of the natural downland flora to return & improve the habitat for Adonis Blue & Chalkhill Blue butterflies. @southdownsnp.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
@bcsussex.bsky.social
36/9 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
36/9 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
Turnip Moth
Palpita vitrialis x3
Double-striped Pug
Vine’s Rustic
LBAM x5
Rusty Dot Pearl x22
Green-brindled Crescent
Golden Twin-spot (again !)
Crocidosema plebejana
Wetter than I’d hoped early evening so not very busy.
38/14 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
38/14 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg.
Numbers boosted by 15 Udea ferugalis
Also visiting P. vitrialis x2 Scarce Bordered Straw and Golden Twin-spot
20/12 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
20/12 1NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Pictured are Colotois pennaria. Feathered Thorn and Endotricha flammealis. Rose-flounced Tabby.
Also visiting
Olive-tree Pearl x3.
Rusty DP x5.
SSD.
Mottled Umber (NFY).
Red-line Quaker.
Lesser YU.
Beaded Chestnut.
Turnip Moth.
LBAM x3
Oak Rustic.
Two years ago this very day 🇦🇺
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two years ago this very day 🇦🇺
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Asteroscopus sphinx. The Sprawler
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Asteroscopus sphinx. The Sprawler
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
NFY No 461 VC13
Not seen here since 2021 and only my 2nd ever.
Arriving at 5.30pm it is perhaps my earliest moth of interest for quite a while.
Between the showers this morning NTSheffield Park
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@nationaltrust.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Between the showers this morning NTSheffield Park
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@nationaltrust.org.uk
#TeamMoth VC13
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
November 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#TeamMoth VC13
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October Statistics
Moths 879
Species NFY 8
Lifers 2
Traps 28
Year to date Statistics
Moths 7679
Species NFY 460
Lifers 89
Traps 200
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
16/11 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
198th night of trapping this year produced nothing new but I did catch an Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula with brown highlights, rather than the white highlights type, neither of which visit me very often.
198th night of trapping this year produced nothing new but I did catch an Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula with brown highlights, rather than the white highlights type, neither of which visit me very often.
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
16/11 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
198th night of trapping this year produced nothing new but I did catch an Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula with brown highlights, rather than the white highlights type, neither of which visit me very often.
198th night of trapping this year produced nothing new but I did catch an Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula with brown highlights, rather than the white highlights type, neither of which visit me very often.
It’s pretty chilly out there but the wind has dropped and it’s not raining so the MV Robinson is out and the blank has already been avoided.
VC13 #TeamMoth
VC13 #TeamMoth
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s pretty chilly out there but the wind has dropped and it’s not raining so the MV Robinson is out and the blank has already been avoided.
VC13 #TeamMoth
VC13 #TeamMoth
#TeamMoth
It’s a bit chilly but the wind has dropped and it’s stopped raining for a while so the traps are out. Still waiting for that migrant lifer after those favourable winds @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
VC13
It’s a bit chilly but the wind has dropped and it’s stopped raining for a while so the traps are out. Still waiting for that migrant lifer after those favourable winds @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
VC13
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#TeamMoth
It’s a bit chilly but the wind has dropped and it’s stopped raining for a while so the traps are out. Still waiting for that migrant lifer after those favourable winds @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
VC13
It’s a bit chilly but the wind has dropped and it’s stopped raining for a while so the traps are out. Still waiting for that migrant lifer after those favourable winds @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
VC13
Some wind expected by the morning so the Robinson is braced with housebrick, timber rainshield weighting and egg boxes moved back from the funnel for compete dryness. 😂😂😂
#TeamMoth ☔️⛈️🌪️
Ready for those migrants @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#TeamMoth ☔️⛈️🌪️
Ready for those migrants @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some wind expected by the morning so the Robinson is braced with housebrick, timber rainshield weighting and egg boxes moved back from the funnel for compete dryness. 😂😂😂
#TeamMoth ☔️⛈️🌪️
Ready for those migrants @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#TeamMoth ☔️⛈️🌪️
Ready for those migrants @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
33/14 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Nothing new this morning but further visits from
Mythimna unipuncta
White-speck (2nd in 2025)
Chrysodeixis chalcites
Golden Twin-spot (4th)
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Green-brindled Crescent (6th)
Rather damp and windy in the early part of the night but a mild early morning 🌅
Nothing new this morning but further visits from
Mythimna unipuncta
White-speck (2nd in 2025)
Chrysodeixis chalcites
Golden Twin-spot (4th)
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Green-brindled Crescent (6th)
Rather damp and windy in the early part of the night but a mild early morning 🌅
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
33/14 0NFY VC13 #TeamMoth
Nothing new this morning but further visits from
Mythimna unipuncta
White-speck (2nd in 2025)
Chrysodeixis chalcites
Golden Twin-spot (4th)
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Green-brindled Crescent (6th)
Rather damp and windy in the early part of the night but a mild early morning 🌅
Nothing new this morning but further visits from
Mythimna unipuncta
White-speck (2nd in 2025)
Chrysodeixis chalcites
Golden Twin-spot (4th)
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Green-brindled Crescent (6th)
Rather damp and windy in the early part of the night but a mild early morning 🌅
A non-mothing friend just sent me this photo. Fortunately he didn’t catch it himself but it at the Portland Bird Observatory where it’s on display. #TeamMoth.
October 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A non-mothing friend just sent me this photo. Fortunately he didn’t catch it himself but it at the Portland Bird Observatory where it’s on display. #TeamMoth.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM