Ade Turner
@adesturner.bsky.social
Behold, my stuff: Wolverhampton moths and other inverts; astrophotography; dinosaurs; models and... er... other stuff... Random and sporadic, just like me 😁
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I took advantage of a couple of clear nights at the end of November to photograph the spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in the constellation of Pegasus. Despite the light pollution over Wolverhampton it’s not turned out too badly using just an infrared cut filter.
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I took advantage of a couple of clear nights at the end of November to photograph the spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in the constellation of Pegasus. Despite the light pollution over Wolverhampton it’s not turned out too badly using just an infrared cut filter.
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Wolverhampton SJ90
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
With the lack of moths I’ve been taking advantage of clear skies. I’m photographing NGC 7331 a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. That’s a single 5min exposure, hopefully I’ll have 7 or 8 hours worth to smoosh together into a single smashing image… well, an image anyway 🤓
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
With the lack of moths I’ve been taking advantage of clear skies. I’m photographing NGC 7331 a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. That’s a single 5min exposure, hopefully I’ll have 7 or 8 hours worth to smoosh together into a single smashing image… well, an image anyway 🤓
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
Well, I had to sample this year’s damson gin, just for quality control you understand… 🤤
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Well, I had to sample this year’s damson gin, just for quality control you understand… 🤤
Having spent 20 years sat on top of a dresser I finally took down my Jurassic Park raptor for a dust…! 😳
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Having spent 20 years sat on top of a dresser I finally took down my Jurassic Park raptor for a dust…! 😳
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
That’s the Christmas malt chosen 😁👍
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
That’s the Christmas malt chosen 😁👍
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Wolverhampton SJ90, 2/2.
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90, 2/2.
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Just cleaned and disinfected our woodcrete bird boxes, 3 tit boxes and 1 wren. Most years 2 out of the 3 tit boxes will be successfully occupied. This year the first was empty, second had a small pad of moss but no nest and the third had a nest with unhatched eggs. Nothing in the wren box 🙁
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Just cleaned and disinfected our woodcrete bird boxes, 3 tit boxes and 1 wren. Most years 2 out of the 3 tit boxes will be successfully occupied. This year the first was empty, second had a small pad of moss but no nest and the third had a nest with unhatched eggs. Nothing in the wren box 🙁
Yesterday we had a jolly up to Belper to pick up Carole’s new spinner and dropped in at Hardwick Hall. Honestly, while the grounds are stunning I found the interior rather dull and uninteresting. So much scope for additional interpretive displays expanding on the hall’s residents and guests.
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday we had a jolly up to Belper to pick up Carole’s new spinner and dropped in at Hardwick Hall. Honestly, while the grounds are stunning I found the interior rather dull and uninteresting. So much scope for additional interpretive displays expanding on the hall’s residents and guests.
Playing with our new Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer and it’s giving excellent results. So, yeh, Stingray! 🤓 Early days yet. I need to coat all surfaces in Bondo then sand smooth to flush the 0.1mm layer lines. I’m using PETG filament.
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Playing with our new Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer and it’s giving excellent results. So, yeh, Stingray! 🤓 Early days yet. I need to coat all surfaces in Bondo then sand smooth to flush the 0.1mm layer lines. I’m using PETG filament.
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
😂🤣
Part way there Dave 😉
No pets or family members were hurt, alarmed or otherwise inconvenienced by my consumption of this libation…😁
Part way there Dave 😉
No pets or family members were hurt, alarmed or otherwise inconvenienced by my consumption of this libation…😁
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
😂🤣
Part way there Dave 😉
No pets or family members were hurt, alarmed or otherwise inconvenienced by my consumption of this libation…😁
Part way there Dave 😉
No pets or family members were hurt, alarmed or otherwise inconvenienced by my consumption of this libation…😁
Wolverhampton SJ90
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
Wolverhampton SJ90
7/10 over both traps. A little disappointing tbh. After the warm, calm day and a fairly cloudy night here I was expecting a few more. Still, there was a nice Black Rustic and a random Eudonia angustea (to be checked) on the kitchen window.
7/10 over both traps. A little disappointing tbh. After the warm, calm day and a fairly cloudy night here I was expecting a few more. Still, there was a nice Black Rustic and a random Eudonia angustea (to be checked) on the kitchen window.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
7/10 over both traps. A little disappointing tbh. After the warm, calm day and a fairly cloudy night here I was expecting a few more. Still, there was a nice Black Rustic and a random Eudonia angustea (to be checked) on the kitchen window.
7/10 over both traps. A little disappointing tbh. After the warm, calm day and a fairly cloudy night here I was expecting a few more. Still, there was a nice Black Rustic and a random Eudonia angustea (to be checked) on the kitchen window.
Terrible lo-red phone pic, unfortunately it flew off before I could get in with my camera. Anyone confident enough to offer an ID based on it please? Thanks.
#teammoth
#teammoth
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Terrible lo-red phone pic, unfortunately it flew off before I could get in with my camera. Anyone confident enough to offer an ID based on it please? Thanks.
#teammoth
#teammoth
Wolverhampton SJ90
42/15 which I thought wasn’t bad given the cool clear night. No lifers or NFG but there were 3 handsome Black Rustics, a Lime-speck Pug and a Caloptilia semifacia.
#teammoth
42/15 which I thought wasn’t bad given the cool clear night. No lifers or NFG but there were 3 handsome Black Rustics, a Lime-speck Pug and a Caloptilia semifacia.
#teammoth
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
42/15 which I thought wasn’t bad given the cool clear night. No lifers or NFG but there were 3 handsome Black Rustics, a Lime-speck Pug and a Caloptilia semifacia.
#teammoth
42/15 which I thought wasn’t bad given the cool clear night. No lifers or NFG but there were 3 handsome Black Rustics, a Lime-speck Pug and a Caloptilia semifacia.
#teammoth
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
21/11. I set up next to the pool on the holiday smallholding and was absolutely inundated with midges and mossies…😬
Added a few common moths to the cottage list. Had one lifer, the Gold Triangle. Also the attractive Carcina quercana, only the second I’ve seen.
#teammoth
21/11. I set up next to the pool on the holiday smallholding and was absolutely inundated with midges and mossies…😬
Added a few common moths to the cottage list. Had one lifer, the Gold Triangle. Also the attractive Carcina quercana, only the second I’ve seen.
#teammoth
September 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
21/11. I set up next to the pool on the holiday smallholding and was absolutely inundated with midges and mossies…😬
Added a few common moths to the cottage list. Had one lifer, the Gold Triangle. Also the attractive Carcina quercana, only the second I’ve seen.
#teammoth
21/11. I set up next to the pool on the holiday smallholding and was absolutely inundated with midges and mossies…😬
Added a few common moths to the cottage list. Had one lifer, the Gold Triangle. Also the attractive Carcina quercana, only the second I’ve seen.
#teammoth
Another wander around Arne today. No outstanding highlights but watching a Firecrest flit about just above our heads was cool. We only managed about 5.5 miles as my leg and foot are absolute murder atm! 😬
September 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Another wander around Arne today. No outstanding highlights but watching a Firecrest flit about just above our heads was cool. We only managed about 5.5 miles as my leg and foot are absolute murder atm! 😬
Well, ObsId seems certain, and we all know it’s infallible…😏 A very well defined ring in the park grounds at Lyme Regis.
September 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Well, ObsId seems certain, and we all know it’s infallible…😏 A very well defined ring in the park grounds at Lyme Regis.
Came across these on a short walk this morning. Porcelain Fungus (it says here on ObsId). Beautiful.
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Came across these on a short walk this morning. Porcelain Fungus (it says here on ObsId). Beautiful.
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
16/9 nothing outstanding tonight unless ObsID is right with Scoparia ambigualis. That will be new for me. What do you reckon @mothiduk.bsky.social ?
16/9 nothing outstanding tonight unless ObsID is right with Scoparia ambigualis. That will be new for me. What do you reckon @mothiduk.bsky.social ?
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
16/9 nothing outstanding tonight unless ObsID is right with Scoparia ambigualis. That will be new for me. What do you reckon @mothiduk.bsky.social ?
16/9 nothing outstanding tonight unless ObsID is right with Scoparia ambigualis. That will be new for me. What do you reckon @mothiduk.bsky.social ?
Our first visit to Arne. I was hoping for a Wasp Spider but had to
Make do with a White-tailed Eagle instead 🙄😁
Watched a small group of Fallow Deer too.
#teammoth
Make do with a White-tailed Eagle instead 🙄😁
Watched a small group of Fallow Deer too.
#teammoth
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Our first visit to Arne. I was hoping for a Wasp Spider but had to
Make do with a White-tailed Eagle instead 🙄😁
Watched a small group of Fallow Deer too.
#teammoth
Make do with a White-tailed Eagle instead 🙄😁
Watched a small group of Fallow Deer too.
#teammoth
Visited the excellent Dorchester museum today to see the Jane Austen exhibition. TBH we actually found it rather underwhelming. However, I did spy this exhibit about naturalists Helen and Nelson Richardson.
#teammoth
#teammoth
September 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Visited the excellent Dorchester museum today to see the Jane Austen exhibition. TBH we actually found it rather underwhelming. However, I did spy this exhibit about naturalists Helen and Nelson Richardson.
#teammoth
#teammoth
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
16/10. Following yesterday’s torrential rain and thunderstorms it was good to be able to snatch a couple of hours at the front of the cottage. Not a brilliant result and with no stand-outs, but a different mix to the previous trap.
#teammoth
16/10. Following yesterday’s torrential rain and thunderstorms it was good to be able to snatch a couple of hours at the front of the cottage. Not a brilliant result and with no stand-outs, but a different mix to the previous trap.
#teammoth
September 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Melplash, Dorset, SY49
16/10. Following yesterday’s torrential rain and thunderstorms it was good to be able to snatch a couple of hours at the front of the cottage. Not a brilliant result and with no stand-outs, but a different mix to the previous trap.
#teammoth
16/10. Following yesterday’s torrential rain and thunderstorms it was good to be able to snatch a couple of hours at the front of the cottage. Not a brilliant result and with no stand-outs, but a different mix to the previous trap.
#teammoth
Bycatch from last night included a smart wee bug which ObsId reckons is Lamprotettix nitidulus. Also nabbed this huge Ichneumon, Netelia sp. It wasn’t cooperative at all 🙄 I also had to pot a particularly aggressive wasp which was attacking the mesh of the trap, little bugger!
#teammoth
#teammoth
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Bycatch from last night included a smart wee bug which ObsId reckons is Lamprotettix nitidulus. Also nabbed this huge Ichneumon, Netelia sp. It wasn’t cooperative at all 🙄 I also had to pot a particularly aggressive wasp which was attacking the mesh of the trap, little bugger!
#teammoth
#teammoth