Graham Featherstone
@mothman60.bsky.social
Keen naturalist,Lepidoptera,Botany,Fungi and Lichens !
Out on the moors today looking at Fungi.More examples of Lichenomphalia umbellifera found and possibly Laetisaria lichenicola on Physcia 🤔 .@jennyseawright.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Out on the moors today looking at Fungi.More examples of Lichenomphalia umbellifera found and possibly Laetisaria lichenicola on Physcia 🤔 .@jennyseawright.
How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
I found this wonderful Cladonia on the moor edge here in VC62.Cladonia rangiformis or C rangiferina perhaps 🤔
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I found this wonderful Cladonia on the moor edge here in VC62.Cladonia rangiformis or C rangiferina perhaps 🤔
My first ever Pseudoscorpion !OMG what a little beauty, possibly Neobisium carcinoides.Arncliffe woods, VC62 .
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My first ever Pseudoscorpion !OMG what a little beauty, possibly Neobisium carcinoides.Arncliffe woods, VC62 .
Out on the moors today looking at lichens.Pleased to find Lichenomphalia umbellifera ! @aspenecology.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Out on the moors today looking at lichens.Pleased to find Lichenomphalia umbellifera ! @aspenecology.com
Gotta luv a Weevil.Curculio glandium 😃
September 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gotta luv a Weevil.Curculio glandium 😃
Called in to see a friend today at Ruswarp, near Whitby , VC62.As we walked round her lovely garden we spotted, Western conifer seed bug,Box bug and Hawthorn shieldbug.Also 2 fresh Common blues and 4 Small copper butterflies !
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Called in to see a friend today at Ruswarp, near Whitby , VC62.As we walked round her lovely garden we spotted, Western conifer seed bug,Box bug and Hawthorn shieldbug.Also 2 fresh Common blues and 4 Small copper butterflies !
Aren't Cladonias just amazing !!🙂
September 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Aren't Cladonias just amazing !!🙂
This Fistulina hepatica ( Beefsteak fungus) was a tad " overdone" for my liking !😆
September 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This Fistulina hepatica ( Beefsteak fungus) was a tad " overdone" for my liking !😆
Today i noticed a thallus of Hypogymnia with yellow patches.I presumed a fungal attack, however a friend has suggested Usnic acid leachate 🤔🤔
September 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today i noticed a thallus of Hypogymnia with yellow patches.I presumed a fungal attack, however a friend has suggested Usnic acid leachate 🤔🤔
Gotta love a Pale tussock catty !🙂
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Gotta love a Pale tussock catty !🙂
After 12mm of rain over the last 2 days, some of the common lichens on the moors look much fresher !Platismatia glauca and Parmelia omphalodes here on a large wooden post !
August 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After 12mm of rain over the last 2 days, some of the common lichens on the moors look much fresher !Platismatia glauca and Parmelia omphalodes here on a large wooden post !
Only 11 sp. in the garden last night but one of them was Scarce bordered straw !😃I'm roughly 10miles from the sea and very few records near me !
August 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Only 11 sp. in the garden last night but one of them was Scarce bordered straw !😃I'm roughly 10miles from the sea and very few records near me !
2 Deaths head hawkmoth cattys found in Sleights today, VC62 !Absolute beasts !! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
2 Deaths head hawkmoth cattys found in Sleights today, VC62 !Absolute beasts !! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Most of my spare time in summer is concentrated on Moths,when the Moorland species start wandering in to my garden, i get a fungal/lichen yearning!Chevron and Neglected rustic!
August 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Most of my spare time in summer is concentrated on Moths,when the Moorland species start wandering in to my garden, i get a fungal/lichen yearning!Chevron and Neglected rustic!
Not often that i see Rhizocarpon geographicum on a ridge tile,whilst slate repairing.Looking very healthy despite baking in the 27 Deg C heat !Unlike me !!🥵
August 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not often that i see Rhizocarpon geographicum on a ridge tile,whilst slate repairing.Looking very healthy despite baking in the 27 Deg C heat !Unlike me !!🥵
Square spotted clay in my garden last night, a scarce moth in Yorkshire !
August 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Square spotted clay in my garden last night, a scarce moth in Yorkshire !
And 2 Black arches .
July 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
And 2 Black arches .
Agonopterix kaekeritziana from Dalby forest last night was a new one for me !🙂 @damianmoney.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Agonopterix kaekeritziana from Dalby forest last night was a new one for me !🙂 @damianmoney.bsky.social
Barred carpet from my Lealholm garden, VC62.A rare moth in Yorkshire now, a small but stable population here in the Esk valley ! @damianmoney.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Barred carpet from my Lealholm garden, VC62.A rare moth in Yorkshire now, a small but stable population here in the Esk valley ! @damianmoney.bsky.social
4 nice micros from a haul of 125 species of moth from Dalby forest last night.Names on piccys ! @damianmoney.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
4 nice micros from a haul of 125 species of moth from Dalby forest last night.Names on piccys ! @damianmoney.bsky.social
Eudemis profundana !A scarce micro locally, but a little stunner !
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Eudemis profundana !A scarce micro locally, but a little stunner !
Great to see roughly a dozen Grayling butterfly, spread out over a large area,at Skinningrove today .Their camouflage is amazing !!
July 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Great to see roughly a dozen Grayling butterfly, spread out over a large area,at Skinningrove today .Their camouflage is amazing !!
Discovered another site for Bilberry pug in VC62,Dalby forest.2 taken to light , with Steve Farish. @damianmoney.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Discovered another site for Bilberry pug in VC62,Dalby forest.2 taken to light , with Steve Farish. @damianmoney.bsky.social
Not often i see Nemophora degeerella on my moth sheet !
June 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Not often i see Nemophora degeerella on my moth sheet !