..first out of the trap this Sunday morning..Peach Blossom..all downhill from here..!?.. Mirfield, West Yorkshire, VC63. #mothsmatter#teammoth.

..a big, clear Moon, up there, so relying on this basic garden set-up, to pull in the punters tonight.. bats are out and already a possible Lifer.. Caloptilia honoratella..?..West Yorkshire, VC63.
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..big surprise to find this Chamomile Shark up by the ponds in the wild part of the garden, ( i.e., my " bit ")..we seem to have the food plants of Yarrow, Feverfew, so that's defo, one up to me..?.. Mirfield, VC63.
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..what we now know to be female Tawny Mining Bees, have been very busy in the garden, creating these volcano nesting chambers and so that changes the Spring bedding plan..?.. Mirfield, VC63.
#bumblebees.

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..perhaps the best from the garden trap, this morning..Early Thorn..Mirfield, West Yorkshire, VC63.
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Well, they all count..the first Common Plume of the year, found on the garden fence, this evening.. Mirfield, West Yorkshire, VC63.
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An Oak Beauty kind of day, with 5 on display on the mill walls at my local site this morning..all roosting quite high..West Yorkshire, VC63.
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..since I tend to look for moths, rather than trap them, Hebrew Character is quite a novelty here..with none found in 2024..this one is doubly welcome, as it makes it onto The Office Window Moth List..West Yorkshire, VC63.
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A good find this morning with my 1 st roosting March Moth for two years.. none found in 2024, but good counts in 2023, which gave a flight period of 12th Feb to 6th April..West Yorkshire, VC63.
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Perhaps 1 in 4 of the Dotted Border found here are the dark form, fuscata, as P1, but I've never before seen this hybrid combination with the row of white spots ? Roosting on mill wall, 01 February, Mirfield ,West Yorkshire, VC63.
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..two forms of Pale Brindled Beauty on view this morning, roosting on the walls of an old mill..25 January..West Yorkshire. #Mothsmatter.

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A Scarce Umber roosting on a mill wall in West Yorkshire.. scarce indeed here with just two found in five years..
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A birder will have several lists...patch, County, Birds seen at Airports, Birds seen from Trains in Japan...as a Moth-er, I have a " List of Moths found on the Office Windows at Work ", added this year..Clay Triple-lines and Light Emerald ,West Yorkshire #MothsMatter#TeamMoth