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The first thing I do every morning when I arrive at Titchwell is to check the gents toilet walls for insects and spiders. (Luckily not many people have witnessed this odd behaviour!) Apart from the potential for losing friends, it has netted me several species on my wildlife list, the latest two being...

I was walking through the office this morning when something bright caught my eye. A moth, on the carpet, near the door. I just managed to stop a colleague standing on it before it flew to the window and allowed me to take this photo . Now, I'm no moth expert, and our number one moth man is on annual...

The exceptionally mild weather has encouraged me to spend more time than usual on the reserve during the last fortnight. It also tempted a young lady to completely strip off and go skinny-dipping, but she wasn't the streaker in my title. My streak , and the sprawler , were two of the six new moths...

What an extraordinary fortnight. With temperatures ranging from 12c to 29c, no wonder our wildlife has been confused! Four new species have found their way onto my list, which now stands at 909. Three were moths: pink-barred sallow , black rustic and satellite; and one was a plant - wild marjoram . The...

I've managed to see six new species in the last fortnight (total now 905) but only one of them was my own work. I found a tiny red velvet mite crawling about on one of the windows in the Fen Hide but the brown-spot pinion and garden rose tortrix moths were entirely down to the young ladies doing...

This morning I just didn’t know what to expect. My first job was to open a sluice and let a little flush of water into the fresh marsh. The wind was pushing what little water there was up to the eastern end of the lagoon, concentrating birds at the furthest point from viewing. The little ‘flush’...

Hi all, not sure if anybody on here is any good at identifying moths, but if there is can you have a go at these please, ive tried ukmoths.org.uk but with no luck. many thanks.

Morning! I hope you are all well. It's been bloggerific recently, I've been writing lots, so do keep an eye on here and check back the past few blogs (you don't want to miss anything!) Anyhoo, a few days ago Vicky (the Assistant Site Manager) found a new species of moth for the reserve...

From 4pm on Saturday 6 th August to 4pm on Sunday 7 th August 2011 we had a BioBlitz at RSPB Ynys-hir. Experts and novices joined forces to count as many different species as they could on the reserve. It was an exciting 24 hours of events looking for birds, mammals, fungi, moths, insects, plants and...

The stand just before the gates opened Another exciting week as the intern - The inaugural Wildlife Fair at the Beth Chatto Gardens, a garden of great renown just outside Elmstead Market, provided ample opportunity to get out and about. We and other local wildlife and conservation organisations...

Thanks for the extra info' WW, now that really does confuse things, brilliant!!! I would definitely forward onto the respective moth recorder, link here with a list, as if it is a copper underwing species then the books/UKmoths website say it shouldn't be that far north. However, a quick Google...

I have just read that a rare Silurian Moth has been spotted and recorded in Brecon National Park. It seems that the moth hasn't been seen for 35 years and was thought to extinct. The report can be read here at BBC Mid Wales. http://tinyurl.com/3d3jxx7 Regards Mark

"Ghost Moth" - Higgy, you are a one! Lol! Thanks for the link Shane, yes that was the one, pretty isn't it? These are my photos (fingers crossed it works this time): SB

Daytime flying moth, caterpillars are yellow and black and usually seen on Ragwort.

Here is another moth found indoors today. I think it is a Yellow Shell - can anyone confirm please?

As a result of leaving the windows open in this warm weather I keep finding moths indoors. Yesterday I found this pretty pink one on the front door. It is a Rosy Footman and I have never seen one before so I quickly took a few photographs before releasing outside. It looks like someone has drawn...

Hi there Found this beauty sitting on my front door frame - it is close to an inch across It looks like a Bloodvein Moth to me - there are small and large Bloodveins so it seems - and this may be a large one by its size. What do others think? Regards Kathy and Dave

Couldn't resist sharing this one with you all. It was resting on our fence in the warth of the early evening. Don't know much about Moths - but this ones pipe cleaner "feelers" are just beautiful!! Looks like something out of Narnia!

Just a couple of shows, the first - Born to be wild 7.30 pm, looking at the study of moths and butterflies, after that at 8pm is a repeat of Twitchers:a very British obsession.

Another nice moth. Getting a few of these.

We are now beginning to catch hawkmoths in the moth trap. Today we had eyed hawkmoth and this elephant hawkmoth. We should be catching hawkmoths for the next month or so. I tend to set the trap every Friday night allowing you to view moths in reception on a Saturday. This weekend you with be able to...

This V Moth turned up in the Leighton Moss moth trap this Sunday morning (18th July) amongst nearly 60 other different types of these nocturnal insects. This species has declined dramatically and Leighton Moss is one of only a handful of sites in Lancashire where it is still found.

This moth was 1 of many that visited my moth trap last week (June) at South Stack, About 125 moths came to the trap of which there were approx 27 different species.

Caught in my mothtrap 23.5.2010. This shows how attractive moths are.

One of six caterpillars found on our apple tree, last September. Local identification advised that these caterpillar's will burrow into the soil and emerge around about May/June. I have now covered the base of tree in fine mesh in the hope of getting a glimpse of these enormous creatures!

Caught in moth trap 25 April, the only species in the trap, about 15 altogether.