A certain companion during alpine fieldwork in August is the beautiful Epinotia mercuriana. Outnumbers all other moths by 1:1000! #hardangervidda

Beautiful snow-covered mountains in Southern Norway today. Winter is not yet dead.

See who I am - ehrm, was? Tip: do not like cold spells. #whoami

The 1st ever Ring-necked Duck in Bergen, W Norway was this fine female feeding in a suburban lake today. / Første ringand for Bergen var også første hunn i Hordaland, og bare det 4. funnet totalt i regionen.

Despite a steady decline in coastal Hordaland (W Norway) during winter, the Common Eider is keeping up in the fjords. Many stay near fish farms, such as these near Bergen, W Norway 16 Feb 2025.

Factsheet pictures of four genera of Norwegian Geometer moths completed at lepidoptera.no:

Thera (5 species): tinyurl.com/mpns735y

Pennithera (1 species): tinyurl.com/hw8cn9zr

Trichopteryx (2 species): tinyurl.com/4z68ht9n

Ectropis (1 species): tinyurl.com/2pws9va4

#lepidoptera #teammoth

Another batch factsheet pictures completed at lepidoptera.no. This time two different genera of Norwegian bird-droppings tortrix moths:

Notocelia: www.lepidoptera.no/en/arter/?vi...

Hedya: www.lepidoptera.no/en/arter/?vi...

#lepidoptera #moths #teammoth

Improving the factsheet images at lepidoptera.no at the moment, and all frequently occuring #Scopariinae in Norway are now complete. #mosemott #teammoth

www.lepidoptera.no/arter/?view=...

White Plume distribution in Norway up to 2005 and up to 2024. Map from artskart.artsdatabanken.no #moths #sølvfjærmøll 2/2

Utkast til ny jaktlov legger til rette for fellefangst, skuddpremier og jakt i yngletiden. Dessuten ønsker man å fortsette å jakte på fuglebestander som er i tilbakegang, og arter som er oppført på listen over truete arter i Norge. Hinsides.

www.birdlife.no/naturforvalt...

My migration has started. Bye-bye twitter, right-wing indoctrination and disempowerment of the masses. Bye-bye for ever.