Shoulder Stripe

Yellow Horned

Clouded Drab

Hebrew Character

52 moths of 6 species in the V63 garden trap last night (7/3). 41 Common Quaker along with a supporting cast of Small Quaker, Hebrew Character and Clouded Drab. The stars of the show however were Shoulder Stripe and Yellow Horned. #teammoth

It was recorded

Yep when I saw your post you put me in a panic that I’d missed the start 😅

I should be as long as my technology behaves

Common Quaker

First trap of the year and a lone Common Quaker to kick things off. #teammoth

Early moth

Early moth on the kitchen window last night 14/1. My first moth of 2026. #teammoth

Mottled Umber

December Moth

Final counts from last night (22/11) were 5 December Moth and 3 Mottled Umber (and I also managed to dodge the rain). #teammoth

Thank you, just been out to check the trap again and I now have 3 December Moths :)

Thank you

December Moth (head on view)

December Moth (side on view)

December Moth

Finally my first ever December Moth, trapped tonight (22/11) in my VC63 garden. A big thank you to all the #teammoth posters that persuaded me it was worth putting the trap out tonight.

Wasn’t going to trap tonight but seeing this post along with some winter gnats in the garden persuaded me to give it a go. My first ever December moth has just landed on side of trap :) So thank you Dave.

Rusty Dot Pearl

A final check of the windows added Rusty Dot Pearl to tonight’s list #teammoth

Mottled Umber

Large Pale Masoner

Light Brown Apple Moth

Blastobasis sp. or something else

For the last week or so a pre-bedtime check of the windows has proved very productive. Tonight was no exception with Scare Umber, Mottled Umber, Light Brown Apple Moth, Large Pale Masoner and what I think might be another Blastobasis species. #teammoth

I am thanks Dave

Scarce Umber

Scarce Umber

Last night (8/11) was my first time trapping for a few weeks, due to a mixture of poor health and poor weather. Caught 3 Scare Umber which are NFY. #teammoth

Thanks Steve

Mompha sturnipennella (I think)

No trapping tonight as I’ve got the lurgy and feel rubbish. Did manage to drag myself from my sick bed to photograph this, what I think is Mompha sturnipennella, on the bedroom window though. ID correction / confirmation most welcome. #teammoth

Pink-barred Sallow and Barred Sallow.

November Moth agg.

11 moths of 7 species in the garden trap (VC63) last night (12/10). Pink-barred Sallow and November Moth agg. were both NFY. #teammoth

Feathered Thorn

Green-brindled Crescent

Streak

Streak

9 moths of 7 species in the garden trap (VC63 Barnsley) last night (9/10). 3 NFY including Feathered Thorn, Green-brindled Crescent and Streak. #teammoth

Red-line Quaker

Barred Sallow

My first trap of October produced 7 moths of 5 species in the garden (VC63, Barnsley) last night (6/10). 2 were NFY including Red-line Quaker and Barred Sallow. #teammoth

Red-green Carpet

6 moths of 4 species in trap (VC63) this morning (26/9) including 3 Lunar Underwing, Black Rustic, Square-spot Rustic and my first Reg-Green Carpet of the year. #teammoth

Lunar Underwing

Just 3 moths in the VC63 garden trap last night (22/9)including Black Rustic, Large Yellow Underwing and my first Lunar Underwing of the year. Not too disappointing given the low temperature. #teammoth

Black Rustic

Black Rustic

20 moths of 7 species in the VC63 garden trap this morning (19/9). The highlight being a couple of NFG Black Rustic. #teammoth

My September is not getting any better. Just a single Large Yellow Underwings in the garden trap (VC63) this morning (14/9) plus a couple of snails as bycatch (which tells you all you need to know about last nights weather). #teammoth

So not only have I got to try and not get caught out by Caddisflies pretending to be moths, now you tell me I need to check for moths pretending to be Caddisflies. No wonder my head hurts.

My disappointing September continues with just 6 moths of 3 species in the garden trap (VC63) this morning (9/9) including Square-spot Rustic (3), Large Yellow Underwing (2) and Lesser Yellow Underwing (1) #teammoth

Short-cloaked Moth

Single-dotted Wave

Pale Mottled Willow

Another slightly disappointing catch with 28 moths of 10 species in the garden trap (VC63) this morning (7/9). Highlights hidden amongst the Yellow Underwings included Short-cloaked moth, Pale Mottled Willow and Single-dotted Wave. #teammoth

Old Lady

Flounced Rustic

24 moths of 7 species from the garden trap (VC63) this morning (5/9) including Old Lady, Flounced Rustic, Common Wainscot, Vines Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, Hawthorn Knot-horn and Large Yellow Underwing. No NFY. #teammoth

I got a nice little oak wood just a the bottom of the street which has served me well over the years :)

I’ve not had one for ages then caught 2 this year. They are one of those moths that never look as good in a photo than they do in real life.