Les Evans-Hill
@lesevanshill.bsky.social
Retired | FLS, FRES, M0ARM | @britentsoc.bsky.social Council Member | VC39 Staffordshire County Moth Recorder | Insects | Birding | Guitar | Photography | Amateur Radio | Staffordshire Moorlands/SW London
MapMate Users!
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
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February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
MapMate Users!
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
Martin Townsend and I are drafting an article for the Ent. Record about Paranthrene tabaniformis D(usky Clearwing), including its rediscovery at Tubney, Berkshire. Literature searches since Marc Botham’s article have only come up with Colin Plant’s follow-up and 2 pieces by David >>> #MothsMatter
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Martin Townsend and I are drafting an article for the Ent. Record about Paranthrene tabaniformis D(usky Clearwing), including its rediscovery at Tubney, Berkshire. Literature searches since Marc Botham’s article have only come up with Colin Plant’s follow-up and 2 pieces by David >>> #MothsMatter
A well-founded argument casting doubt on the inclusion of Pieris mannii (Southern Small White) as a British species, based on an image and no supporting specimen is published in the Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 138 (2026). Was it merely an aberration of P. rapae (Small White)? #UKButterflies
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
A well-founded argument casting doubt on the inclusion of Pieris mannii (Southern Small White) as a British species, based on an image and no supporting specimen is published in the Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 138 (2026). Was it merely an aberration of P. rapae (Small White)? #UKButterflies
Hi all, I'm delighted to announce the latest version of the MapMate Taxa Library is now available to download from the new MapMate Support website at mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MothsMatter
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mapmate.info
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Hi all, I'm delighted to announce the latest version of the MapMate Taxa Library is now available to download from the new MapMate Support website at mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MothsMatter
I've not done any mothing recently, but #TeamMoth activity is going on in the background with the new Surrey Moths website, and more recently QGIS mapping, more specifically creating an atlas.
With respect to QGIS and atlases, I can produce and atlas with just a single dateband; however... >>>
With respect to QGIS and atlases, I can produce and atlas with just a single dateband; however... >>>
December 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've not done any mothing recently, but #TeamMoth activity is going on in the background with the new Surrey Moths website, and more recently QGIS mapping, more specifically creating an atlas.
With respect to QGIS and atlases, I can produce and atlas with just a single dateband; however... >>>
With respect to QGIS and atlases, I can produce and atlas with just a single dateband; however... >>>
Work continues on the new Surrey Moths website at www.surreymoths.org.uk. It's still lacking images, and some species accont detail (the admin is in place to start writing them), but it's now functioning well and like a good wine will improve with age. #MothsMatter
Surrey Moths
www.surreymoths.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Work continues on the new Surrey Moths website at www.surreymoths.org.uk. It's still lacking images, and some species accont detail (the admin is in place to start writing them), but it's now functioning well and like a good wine will improve with age. #MothsMatter
No mothing for me for the past 2 weeks while on holiday. However, I'm almost done building a new website for the Surrey Moth Group. There's not much content in it, just info on the group and sending in records to the newly-formed Verification Team. All well be revealed in a few days! #MothsMatter
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
No mothing for me for the past 2 weeks while on holiday. However, I'm almost done building a new website for the Surrey Moth Group. There's not much content in it, just info on the group and sending in records to the newly-formed Verification Team. All well be revealed in a few days! #MothsMatter
More military aviation shenanigans with a pair of Eurofighters sparring with high-g turns and afterburners over Winterton-on-Sea 😄. Other things with wings were less inspiring today 🫤.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
More military aviation shenanigans with a pair of Eurofighters sparring with high-g turns and afterburners over Winterton-on-Sea 😄. Other things with wings were less inspiring today 🫤.
I watched 6 F-15E Strike Eagles fly out over the North Sea earlier, 1 came back soon after venting fuel. I guess a problem with that airframe! 🤔
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I watched 6 F-15E Strike Eagles fly out over the North Sea earlier, 1 came back soon after venting fuel. I guess a problem with that airframe! 🤔
It's a bit wild this morning on the Norfolk coast! It looks like a day moth report writing and a bit more nerdy SQL and macro coding. 🤓
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It's a bit wild this morning on the Norfolk coast! It looks like a day moth report writing and a bit more nerdy SQL and macro coding. 🤓
Driving to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, for our holiday, currently on the M25 singing Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet 😀✌️
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Driving to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, for our holiday, currently on the M25 singing Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet 😀✌️
Stigmella glutinosae/alnetella on Alder. The key on British leafminers favours the former, but both mines are vacated. I suspect this one's not doable. Wimbledon Common (VC17). @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Stigmella glutinosae/alnetella on Alder. The key on British leafminers favours the former, but both mines are vacated. I suspect this one's not doable. Wimbledon Common (VC17). @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
Asteroscopus sphinx (Sprawler) male, overnight 13 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). I've had a few of these too recently! #MothsMatter
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Asteroscopus sphinx (Sprawler) male, overnight 13 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). I've had a few of these too recently! #MothsMatter
Agriopis aurantiaria (Scarce Umber) male, overnight 13 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). I've taken a few of these this week. #MothsMatter
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Agriopis aurantiaria (Scarce Umber) male, overnight 13 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). I've taken a few of these this week. #MothsMatter
Reposted by Les Evans-Hill
Calling all VC39ers (and mothomaniac VCers the region / country over) - a quick plug for @vc39moths.bsky.social run by the eminent lepidopterist-CMR-guitarist @lesevanshill.bsky.social.
N.B. I didn't intend to platform the machinations of arch-rival @sj84turner.bsky.social whilst I was at it.
N.B. I didn't intend to platform the machinations of arch-rival @sj84turner.bsky.social whilst I was at it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Calling all VC39ers (and mothomaniac VCers the region / country over) - a quick plug for @vc39moths.bsky.social run by the eminent lepidopterist-CMR-guitarist @lesevanshill.bsky.social.
N.B. I didn't intend to platform the machinations of arch-rival @sj84turner.bsky.social whilst I was at it.
N.B. I didn't intend to platform the machinations of arch-rival @sj84turner.bsky.social whilst I was at it.
An intriguing late male Oegoconia quadripuncta (Four-spotted Yellowneck) overnight 6 Nov 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17) - confirmed by dissection. #MothsMatter
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
An intriguing late male Oegoconia quadripuncta (Four-spotted Yellowneck) overnight 6 Nov 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17) - confirmed by dissection. #MothsMatter
A wander to the Co-op through Putney Heath delivered a few Feathered Thorn and November moths, and strangely nothing that made me wishing I had a net!
However, ice cream safety was delivered to my wife and a red for me while we watch The Rookie on the Tellybox (apparently, it's a Welsh thing!)
However, ice cream safety was delivered to my wife and a red for me while we watch The Rookie on the Tellybox (apparently, it's a Welsh thing!)
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A wander to the Co-op through Putney Heath delivered a few Feathered Thorn and November moths, and strangely nothing that made me wishing I had a net!
However, ice cream safety was delivered to my wife and a red for me while we watch The Rookie on the Tellybox (apparently, it's a Welsh thing!)
However, ice cream safety was delivered to my wife and a red for me while we watch The Rookie on the Tellybox (apparently, it's a Welsh thing!)
Reasonably confident this is Ectoedemia minimella on Birch, 5 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). A contorted gallery, leading to blotch with dispersed frass. Happy to be corrected as always. @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reasonably confident this is Ectoedemia minimella on Birch, 5 November 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). A contorted gallery, leading to blotch with dispersed frass. Happy to be corrected as always. @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
Phyllonorycter pastorella (Royal Leaf-miner), ex. mine on Weeping Willow 14 October 2025, emerged 4 November 2025. Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #MothsMatter
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Phyllonorycter pastorella (Royal Leaf-miner), ex. mine on Weeping Willow 14 October 2025, emerged 4 November 2025. Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #MothsMatter
Possibly Stigmella perpygmaeella on Hawthorn in my Putney Heath garden (VC17). It fits the description at www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidop.... What do you think, Rob? @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Possibly Stigmella perpygmaeella on Hawthorn in my Putney Heath garden (VC17). It fits the description at www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidop.... What do you think, Rob? @vc28nature.bsky.social #MothsMatter
Reposted by Les Evans-Hill
Ectoedemia quinquella (Five-spot Dot) on Quercus robor (Oak), provisionally new to Staffordshire, 3 November 2025, Wolverhampton (Image: Darren Taylor). #MothsMatter
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ectoedemia quinquella (Five-spot Dot) on Quercus robor (Oak), provisionally new to Staffordshire, 3 November 2025, Wolverhampton (Image: Darren Taylor). #MothsMatter
The West Midlands Moths website is now updated to include records up to an including 2024.
West Midlands Moths covers: VC36 Herefordshire; VC37 Worcestershire; VC39 Staffordshire & VC40 Shropshire.
westmidlandsmoths.co.uk #MothsMatter
West Midlands Moths covers: VC36 Herefordshire; VC37 Worcestershire; VC39 Staffordshire & VC40 Shropshire.
westmidlandsmoths.co.uk #MothsMatter
West Midlands Moths
The Moths of the West Midlands.
westmidlandsmoths.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The West Midlands Moths website is now updated to include records up to an including 2024.
West Midlands Moths covers: VC36 Herefordshire; VC37 Worcestershire; VC39 Staffordshire & VC40 Shropshire.
westmidlandsmoths.co.uk #MothsMatter
West Midlands Moths covers: VC36 Herefordshire; VC37 Worcestershire; VC39 Staffordshire & VC40 Shropshire.
westmidlandsmoths.co.uk #MothsMatter
Currently looking for a proverbial 'needle in a haystack' that is Acalyptris platani on London Plane. Shedloads of the Phyllonorycter platani, however. Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #MothsMatter
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Currently looking for a proverbial 'needle in a haystack' that is Acalyptris platani on London Plane. Shedloads of the Phyllonorycter platani, however. Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #MothsMatter
If anyone takes Watsonalla binaria/uncinula (Oak/Spiny Hook-tip) from now, please check with your County Recorder if they wish specimens to be retained for microscopic examination (at the discretion of the recorder) and confirmation.
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If anyone takes Watsonalla binaria/uncinula (Oak/Spiny Hook-tip) from now, please check with your County Recorder if they wish specimens to be retained for microscopic examination (at the discretion of the recorder) and confirmation.
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below). #MothsMatter
Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth