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Steve Chapple
@stevechapple.bsky.social
Mainly - moths, Somerset cricket, Villa and cooking
I've called on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve.

Please help spread the word - contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible birds!
action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/...
Save Our Hen Harriers!
It’s time for the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible ...
action.rspb.org.uk
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 AM
A beautiful dark Mottled Umber last night along with 8 December Moths (a record here) and a Dark Arches my latest record by over 2 months! #teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
November Moth agg., in reasonable numbers this year #teammoth
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Three Feathered Thorn last night but still no Yellow and Red-line Quakers - still time I hope #teammoth
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I've been finding Crocidosema plebejana here regularly for many years but never such a fresh one as this #teammoth
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
By chance I found a Fiery Miner (Chrysoesthia drurella) in the garden last year. A few weeks ago I found its leaf mines and larvae and yesterday one of these beautiful, tiny, moths emerged.
August 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Oak Nycteoline: probably the scariest moth picture I've ever taken #teammoth
August 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A superb Dichrorampha alpinana in the garden today - loving my new 'meadow' #teammoth
June 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Marbled Minor agg.'s come in many forms but this must be one of the nicest #teammoth
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A Chocolate-tip, such an exquisite little moth. Three last night. #teammoth
April 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A Red Twin-spot Carpet, Shoulder, Stripe, The Streamer and Oak-tree Pug along with another 7 new species for 2025 was a good sign but only 30 moths was disappointing.
April 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Two Pine Beauties last night, this one was just about to escape #teammoth
March 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Oak Beauties are still visiting - this one's antennae was highlighted beautifully by the light #teammoth
March 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A Powdered Quaker, a very welcome visitor. A moth I've recorded in 8 of the last 13 years #teammoth
March 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I found this Nut-tree Tussock on the garage door today. A full ten days earlier than my previous earliest record. #teammoth
March 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This March Moth from last night was probably the most attractive one I have ever found. Small Quaker and Twin-spotted Quaker were also new for 2025 #teammoth
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I spotted this Dotted Border on the sitting room window last night. Not a moth I see every year #teammoth
February 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A very smart Agonopterix alstromeriana (Hemlock Moth) in the trap last night.
February 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
An early Clouded Drab last night was a first for 2025 #teammoth
February 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
At last a mild dry(ish) night so the actinics were pressed into action. 9 moths of 7 species including an Oak Beauty, Early Grey and a Grey Shoulder-knot.
February 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tortricodes alternella the Spring Harbinger I've had one each year for the last four years #teammoth
February 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The wingless, female, Mottled Umber Moth found in the garden yesterday.
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A lovely surprise on my last trap of 2024 an Acleris umbrana. A first for me here in Taunton #teammoth
December 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM
My first December Acleris schalleriana (Viburnum Tortrix) at the window last night.
December 2, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Any ideas what this is? Found feeding within a dead thistle stem - noctuid, black head and prothoracic plate.
November 26, 2024 at 1:59 PM