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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 13h

An uptick in suspected migrants last night in my Bournemouth garden, including my first Radford’s Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura leucogaster). #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 13h

Marbled Fern (Musotima nitidalis) in my Bournemouth garden today. Native to New Zealand and thought to have been introduced on imported tree ferns. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) drying its wings, having recently emerged from its pupa. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Euchromius ocellea in Bournemouth last night was a first for me! #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A Convolvulus Hawk-moth caterpillar (Agrius convolvuli) on Bindweed in Bournemouth this week. A first for me! #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The beautiful Merveille Du Jour (Griposia aprilina) attracted to light in my garden this week. Doing its best impression of lichen. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A pre-pupal Holly Blue larva (Celastrina argiolus) found in the garden this week. Bournemouth.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The impressive Swallow-tailed moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) in the garden last week. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nothing too exciting in my Bournemouth trap last night but a Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera) and Palpita vitrealis sat together was worth a quick photo. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) larva in the garden this evening. Feeding on Bird’s-foot Trefoil in Bournemouth. #UKButterflies

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dewick’s Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) in my Bournemouth garden last night. One of my favourites! #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A handful of Hummingbird Hawk-moths (Macroglossum stellatarum) I rereleased into my garden in Bournemouth this afternoon. These are just some of the resulting adults of the 83 caterpillars I found on Hedge Bedstraw back in August. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A very late Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) in my Bournemouth garden today. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Only my second ever, impressive creatures.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) A first for my Bournemouth garden last night. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Approximately 61 of the 82 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) caterpillars found in my garden have pupated. 29 male / 32 female. Expecting them to eclose in 3-4 weeks. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Two of the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) caterpillars found recently have fallen victim to a parasitic wasp, presumably Cotesia cuprea. Having fed on the caterpillar from within, the wasp larvae have burst from the skin and spun their own silk cocoons beneath its soon to be lifeless body.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Golden Twin-spot (Chrysodeixis chalcites) and Silver Y (Autographa gamma) having a face-off in Bournemouth this morning. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria), also from last night. Beautiful little moths. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Golden Twin-spot (Chrysodeixis chalcites) attracted to light last night. A regular in the garden. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks, Donna - delighted to have them in the garden finally!

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More worrying evidence of butterfky declines in the USA. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) activity in the garden for the first time. Empty eggs and a young caterpillar feeding on Bird’s-foot trefoil. Bournemouth. #UKButterflies

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Green-veined White (Pieris napi) resting on Fuschia, between the rain showers. Bournemouth. #butterflies

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A few of the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) larvae have pupated and should emerge as adults in few weeks. That’s if they aren’t parasitised like the majority of the previous generation I found. Luton. #UKButterflies @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A male Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) sat on his lookout perch; an Evening Primrose flower. My Bournemouth garden.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Another of the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) larvae found in a garden in Luton. Feeding on Broad-leaved Dock. @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) caterpillar I found in my Bournemouth garden has pupated. Should emerge in a couple of weeks.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

An early instar Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) caterpillar photographed yesterday on Broad-leaved Dock in a garden in Luton. @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One of the 71 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) caterpillars I’ve found in the garden over the past couple of weeks. Note the empty egg in the background. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) photographed between the showers in Bournemouth today.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Caterpillar of the Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus), photographed on Ivy buds in Luton yesterday.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Newly hatched Common Blue larvae (Polyommatus icarus) in the garden now. Feeding on Birds-foot trefoil. Bournemouth.

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Common Oak Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter quercifoliella) Photographed in my Bournemouth garden recently. #TeamMoth

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dewick's Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) in the trap yesterday. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

An opportunity to compare Silver Y (Autographa gamma) and Ni moth (Trichoplusia ni) in my garden this morning. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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