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Wharfedale Moths (Aidan Smith)
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Nature Notes, Moths, Moth recorder for Wharfedale Nats, YorkshireMoths.co.uk, Ento MSc student
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It was good to find Heliozela hammoniella, the Birch Cutter, while it was tipping down with rain. Not one you can guarantee each year in Yorkshire #VC64, The #Chevin, #teammoth
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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It felt like a proper autumnal trap this morning with Red-line Quaker (left), Yellow-line Quaker (right) and Merveille du Jour all new for the year. 31 of 12 in total #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
September 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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It was good to catch Pearly Underwing last night. A bit of a rarity here in Wharfedale with the last record being 19 years ago. Among the other 14 moths was a late Small Fan-footed Wave #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
September 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Now that's how I like to see my eggboxes. Clifden Nonpareil was a new moth for me and a first for Wharfedale (there were two). Barred Chestnut on the same eggbox (centre bottom) was also new for me. 570 moths of 49 species #teammoth #VC64 #Otley
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Circa 1,000 moths of 91 species in the garden traps last. Mother of Pearl most numerous with 200+. New for me and Wharfedale was Metalampra italica (Italian Bark Moth) #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
July 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Mere Wainscot in the garden trap last night. New for the garden and Wharfedale. 20k from the nearest dot on the map. It'll be the most westerly record in Yorkshire. I don't think the habitat exists for it local to me so presumably a wanderer #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
July 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Pammene aurana to SKI lure early evening in my garden. A first for Wharfedale and about as far west as records go in Yorkshire #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
July 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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One from a busy weekend - Argyresthia pruniella (Cherry Fruit Moth) doing what it does best #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
June 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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It had the look and demeanour of a caddisfly - Homoeosoma sinuella (Twin-barred Knot-horn) was new for my garden and Wharfedale this morning #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
June 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Busiest night of the year so far with 266 of 76. Highlights were Hedya salicella (White-backed Tortrix) new for me, Beautiful Carpet and the second Obscure Wainscot of the week. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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With white external walls I often notice interesting bugs. This afternoon it's the turn of Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug). Quite small for a shieldbug and at first glance I thought it was going to be the nymph of another species. Edge of its range W. Yorks #VC64 #Coleoptera #Beetle
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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198 moths of 67 species in the garden traps last night. Obscure Wainscot was new for me. It's the second record for Wharfedale with the first being in 2012. Perhaps we'd get more local records if I ran a trap among its foodplant down Otley Wetlands #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Good mothing conditions last night. Mompha raschkiella, the fireweed Mompha, was among the 167 moths of 66 species in the garden traps #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I think I’ve spotted the route the moths will be taking to my garden
June 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I was pleased I made the decision to run the trap undercover last night as it chucked it down. Numbers down to 28 of 22, but good to see Green Silver-lines, Beautiful Snout and Willow Beauty as all new for the year.
June 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Numbers well down on the previous few nights, but still a respectable 34 moths of 24 species in the garden traps. Streamer was a new moth for me and there were two of them. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
May 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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It's certainly been an April to remember, 113 of 47 in the garden traps last night. New for the year were Lime Hawk-moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, Cinnabar Moth, May Highflyer, Spectacle, Pale-shouldered Brocade, Wormwood Pug, Bright-line Brown-eye and Yellow-barred Brindle #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
May 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Things really picked up last night with 94 moths of 27 species in the garden traps. Puss Moth new for me, what a beast. Others NFY were Small Phoenix, Spruce Carpet, V-pug, Shuttle-shaped Dart and Bee Moth. 26 Brindled Pug was more than I caught in the entirety of last year #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
April 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The highlight from this morning's moth trap was a mint Chocolate-tip moth, a new species for the garden #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
April 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Phyllonorycter dubitella (Goat Willow Leaf-miner) bred from Grey Willow collected on 7th November at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits is a new species for the Wharfedale list #VC64 #teammoth
March 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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I was expecting a few moths last night with the warmer weather, 23 moths of 8 species, but I wasn't expecting two moths new for the garden. Acleris ferrugana/notana and Acleris literana are both great looking moths #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Possibly the coolest slide I’ve seen in a kids park #LasMellizas #Orthoptera #Entomology #Insects
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Moonlighting in Spain - these mines would be an adventive back home
February 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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2/3 The only VC64 record is an adult I caught in 2023.
January 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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1/3 I saw the post by @richardfoxbc.bsky.social about the larval tubes of Infurcitinea argentimaculella (Silver-barred Lichen Moth). A moth with few Yorkshire records. I thought I'd see if I could find the larval tubes. It turns out they're in my garden and on the Chevin #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM