Liz Goodyear
@lizgoodyear.bsky.social
Butterflies, moths, boats and railways. Based in Hertfordshire. Can you see the Swallowtail in my banner image?
A nice haul in VC20 last night of 27:8, helped by a few female December Moths appearing, 16 in total (still not my highest count), there was a mating pair & some eggs. Late Clancy's Rustic & LYUW plus 3 Red-Green Carpets & a Chestnut (not yesterday's missing one) & the usual micros! #Teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A nice haul in VC20 last night of 27:8, helped by a few female December Moths appearing, 16 in total (still not my highest count), there was a mating pair & some eggs. Late Clancy's Rustic & LYUW plus 3 Red-Green Carpets & a Chestnut (not yesterday's missing one) & the usual micros! #Teammoth
I was a bit optimistic taking my note book with me this morning in VC20! Mild temps arrived bit too late+it rained a bit. 6:5 in total, incl the disappearing Chestnut that bounced out of the egg box & on to the ground SOMEWHERE! It was quite a nice looking one & I wanted to get a photo! #Teammoth
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I was a bit optimistic taking my note book with me this morning in VC20! Mild temps arrived bit too late+it rained a bit. 6:5 in total, incl the disappearing Chestnut that bounced out of the egg box & on to the ground SOMEWHERE! It was quite a nice looking one & I wanted to get a photo! #Teammoth
The grand total in my VC20 garden last night was 10:5 which included Dark Sword-grass & 6 December Moths; the Winter Moth and Red-green Carpet had gone by the time I wandered up the garden. Plus 1 x LBAM!! Only 1 slightly damp egg tray! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The grand total in my VC20 garden last night was 10:5 which included Dark Sword-grass & 6 December Moths; the Winter Moth and Red-green Carpet had gone by the time I wandered up the garden. Plus 1 x LBAM!! Only 1 slightly damp egg tray! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
After two nights of an empty trap in VC20, a single December Moth arrived some time overnight. #teammoth There are only so many photos that you take so I didn't!
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
After two nights of an empty trap in VC20, a single December Moth arrived some time overnight. #teammoth There are only so many photos that you take so I didn't!
4:3 moths were sheltering from the rain this morning in VC20, hoping not to be released I suspect! I almost needed my notebook! When it stops raining I will check nothing else was hiding, I wasn't hanging around this morning to check! #teammoth
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
4:3 moths were sheltering from the rain this morning in VC20, hoping not to be released I suspect! I almost needed my notebook! When it stops raining I will check nothing else was hiding, I wasn't hanging around this morning to check! #teammoth
Well it had to happen & the first night since the 9th Feb, I suffered the envitable! 0:0 not even a micro! (I was actually away for the rest of Feb & it might have happened again?) The moth trap will continue to be used but I don't take the note book as I can remember the numbers or not! #teammoth
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Well it had to happen & the first night since the 9th Feb, I suffered the envitable! 0:0 not even a micro! (I was actually away for the rest of Feb & it might have happened again?) The moth trap will continue to be used but I don't take the note book as I can remember the numbers or not! #teammoth
I'm curious when posters report NFG macros - how long have they been trapping? For example I've recorded 425 macros in my edge of town VC20 garden since 2002, initially using an MV but mostly twin 30w now 25w actinic most of the time using a Skinner! What's everyone else time span #teammoth
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm curious when posters report NFG macros - how long have they been trapping? For example I've recorded 425 macros in my edge of town VC20 garden since 2002, initially using an MV but mostly twin 30w now 25w actinic most of the time using a Skinner! What's everyone else time span #teammoth
A modest catch in VC20 last night with 17:12 incl. micros. A Merveille du Jour over a week since my last one brought this year's MduJ total up to 81 (av. over 19yrs is 15). 3 Winter Moths (none in Jan) making macro species 307 my highest ever garden yearly total! Plus a nice Satellite #teammoth
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A modest catch in VC20 last night with 17:12 incl. micros. A Merveille du Jour over a week since my last one brought this year's MduJ total up to 81 (av. over 19yrs is 15). 3 Winter Moths (none in Jan) making macro species 307 my highest ever garden yearly total! Plus a nice Satellite #teammoth
A very wet but mild night in VC20 didn't deter a few moths 16:13 macro 6:4 micro. My 218th garden record of Clancy's Rustic this year. 1st recorded 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (3), 2023 (92), 2024 (24 but away for 6 weeks in June/July). Now 218! #teammoth
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A very wet but mild night in VC20 didn't deter a few moths 16:13 macro 6:4 micro. My 218th garden record of Clancy's Rustic this year. 1st recorded 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (3), 2023 (92), 2024 (24 but away for 6 weeks in June/July). Now 218! #teammoth
My Monopis from last night is a *****r!! 8mm single wing & these 2 photos are the best I can get. It moves the minute you take it out of the fridge!!! Not helped by another dirty pot! Obsidentify suggests crocicapitella which would be NFG! Otherwise it was 23:14 macro & 9:4 micro in VC20 #teammoth
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My Monopis from last night is a *****r!! 8mm single wing & these 2 photos are the best I can get. It moves the minute you take it out of the fridge!!! Not helped by another dirty pot! Obsidentify suggests crocicapitella which would be NFG! Otherwise it was 23:14 macro & 9:4 micro in VC20 #teammoth
A quiet night in VC20 despite the mild temperatures. Wind and rain until midnight! 8:7 macro (yesterday 5:5) but it did include a Silver Y which normally wouldn't be noteworthy but only my 8th garden record of 2025! 18 year average is 29! #teammoth #migrantmoths
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A quiet night in VC20 despite the mild temperatures. Wind and rain until midnight! 8:7 macro (yesterday 5:5) but it did include a Silver Y which normally wouldn't be noteworthy but only my 8th garden record of 2025! 18 year average is 29! #teammoth #migrantmoths
Mild in VC20 last night 16:9 macro incl penultimate (expected) NFY Scarce Umber! Anything else will be extra. Confirmation please of this frisky micro in the dirtiest pot I could possibly find last night. Obsidentify says 100% Crocidosena plebejana a rare Herts moth? Not NFG though. TIA
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Mild in VC20 last night 16:9 macro incl penultimate (expected) NFY Scarce Umber! Anything else will be extra. Confirmation please of this frisky micro in the dirtiest pot I could possibly find last night. Obsidentify says 100% Crocidosena plebejana a rare Herts moth? Not NFG though. TIA
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Mild in VC20 last night 16:9 macro incl penultimate (expected) NFY Scarce Umber! Anything else will be extra. Confirmation please of this frisky micro in the dirtiest pot I could possibly find last night. Obsidentify says 100% Crocidosena plebejana a rare Herts moth? Not NFG though. TIA
A grand total of 8:7 macro in VC20 last night (4.6c at midnight, min 2.9c!) with new for autumn Mottled Umber, a late Shuttle-shaped Dart + this micro 8mm single wing, I suspect a worn LBAM but is it? #teammoth
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A grand total of 8:7 macro in VC20 last night (4.6c at midnight, min 2.9c!) with new for autumn Mottled Umber, a late Shuttle-shaped Dart + this micro 8mm single wing, I suspect a worn LBAM but is it? #teammoth
Help please with an ID request. Going through my Obs. images, I didn't name this moth. I should know it but the date stamp is the 13/08/23-I didn't download the App to ?2024 & I didn't trap he 12th this year? Obsidentify is having a hissy fit trying to identify it from the computer screen #teammoth
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Help please with an ID request. Going through my Obs. images, I didn't name this moth. I should know it but the date stamp is the 13/08/23-I didn't download the App to ?2024 & I didn't trap he 12th this year? Obsidentify is having a hissy fit trying to identify it from the computer screen #teammoth
My optimism last night was short lived! 36:17 macro in VC20 was good but not perhaps as good as I hoped for? Garden Carpet appeared briefly last night. Satellite & a smart for a change Brick stood out plus the 20 +/- Tachystola acroxantha (Ruddy Streak) - they were everywhere #teammoth
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My optimism last night was short lived! 36:17 macro in VC20 was good but not perhaps as good as I hoped for? Garden Carpet appeared briefly last night. Satellite & a smart for a change Brick stood out plus the 20 +/- Tachystola acroxantha (Ruddy Streak) - they were everywhere #teammoth
Conditions in VC20 are looking far more favorable than last night - the wind has dropped and currently 14 c. A smart Satellite had already arrived #teammoth
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Conditions in VC20 are looking far more favorable than last night - the wind has dropped and currently 14 c. A smart Satellite had already arrived #teammoth
Some weird temperatures in VC20 last night. By midnight dropped to 4.8c rising to 12 at day break & rain! 15:10 moths with a NFY!!!! Sprawler! At last LYUW have almost finished. #teammoth
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Some weird temperatures in VC20 last night. By midnight dropped to 4.8c rising to 12 at day break & rain! 15:10 moths with a NFY!!!! Sprawler! At last LYUW have almost finished. #teammoth
Searching blackthorn yesterday in a new field near the A1 in VC20 for Brown Hairstreak, yealded 8 Blue-borderedCarpet eggs & 2 Oak Eggar(says Obsidentify)caterpillars + the star of the show 2 Brown Hairstreak eggs ✅ My phone doesn't take photos of eggs very well! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #teammoth
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Searching blackthorn yesterday in a new field near the A1 in VC20 for Brown Hairstreak, yealded 8 Blue-borderedCarpet eggs & 2 Oak Eggar(says Obsidentify)caterpillars + the star of the show 2 Brown Hairstreak eggs ✅ My phone doesn't take photos of eggs very well! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #teammoth
In VC20 it ended up being a very mild night but too windy for some moths. 53:20 macro including a Pink-barred Sallow, only my 2nd record this year & a month since that but no NFY. Grey & Blair's Shoulder-knot hiding on the fence didn't get missed this time! #teammoth
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In VC20 it ended up being a very mild night but too windy for some moths. 53:20 macro including a Pink-barred Sallow, only my 2nd record this year & a month since that but no NFY. Grey & Blair's Shoulder-knot hiding on the fence didn't get missed this time! #teammoth
The moth gods were on my side last night with 59:19 macro and a further 8:3 micro in VC20. Best, another NFY & even better omitted from my wish list until I saw here that it was turning up. Figure of 8 and only my 4th garden record in 23 years! Also a late Dark Arches #teammoth
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The moth gods were on my side last night with 59:19 macro and a further 8:3 micro in VC20. Best, another NFY & even better omitted from my wish list until I saw here that it was turning up. Figure of 8 and only my 4th garden record in 23 years! Also a late Dark Arches #teammoth
Checking past years 76:20 macro is nothing amazing at the end of October but still good in my VC20 garden. No NFY and nothing special but 10 Brick stood out! #teammoth
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Checking past years 76:20 macro is nothing amazing at the end of October but still good in my VC20 garden. No NFY and nothing special but 10 Brick stood out! #teammoth