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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

My own mini-herd of 8 Elephant HM in my latest, along with the 2nd Swallow-tail of the week. Sycamore, Blackneck, Mother of Pearl, Rivulet, Scalloped Oak, & Chinese C. amongst the best of the rest. A Least YU made a nice change to the DOZENS of LYU! 27 June, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

156:47 on Weds night, but plenty to enjoy before I'd even started on the traps! Sitting on the fence: Brimstone Moth, Garden Carpet, Tortrix viridana, Peppered Moth, Green Pug, Clouded Silver, Grey (Dark?) Dagger, and a lovely Argyresthia brockeella. 11 June, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Dark / Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A Spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata); another one from Wednesday morning's walk around Ness Botanic Gardens. 11 June, Ness, Cheshire (VC58) #bugsky #ukwildlife #insects #beetels #inverts

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) on Wednesday morning's walk around Ness Botanic Gardens. 11 June, Ness, Cheshire (VC58) #bugsky #ukwildlife #insects #inverts #dragonfly

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Generally speaking, I don't enjoy being watched; but in this case I didn't mind at all! Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) 12 June, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata). An attractive, somewhat lavender-pink, hawk moth; when disturbed it will flash it's hindwings and display a pair of intense blue & black eyes. Beautiful, but quite startling!

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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Oh go on then one more photo of the Lobster Moth. 😅😅 #teammoth

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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...

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A CHECKLIST OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH ISLES (2nd Edition) - British Entomological & Natural History Society

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia). I almost missed this one hidden away in a corner of the garden fencing. I love how moths so often know the best places to hide in plain sight! 30 May, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Small Magpie (Anania hortulata). One of the larger micro-moths, they're certainly easier to spot & identify than many of the smaller examples! Quite common, but my first for this year; I think they're beautiful. 30 May, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The weather conditions today must have been perfect for micro moths because the meadows at Ness were absolutely teeming with them! Here's a Grapholita compositella (Meadow Tortrix), not the smallest moth I manged to snap (that may have been the Pea Moth), but still absolutely tiny! #TeamMoth

It's always a joy to visit Ness Botanic Garden, we live just a few minutes away and we call in there most days. But today the weather conditions must have been perfect for micro moths because the meadows were absolutely teeming with them! Here's a Grapholita compositella (Meadow Tortrix), not the smallest I manged to snap a photo of (that may have been the Pea Moth), but still pretty tiny!

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Celypha lacunana (Common Marble). Another one from this morning's walk around the meadows at Ness Botanic Gardens. 24 May, Ness, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Arms at full stretch, trying to hold my phone steady whilst attempting to take a photo of this Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata). Not easy, or entirely successful - but it was nice to see anyway! 24 May, Ness, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata). It was a joy to watch several of these gorgeous moths flying around the meadows at Ness Botanic Gardens this morning! 24 May, Ness, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

A stunning Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) was one of the highlights of this morning's walk along the Dee Estuary at Ness. 24 May, Ness, Cheshire (VC58)

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A Common Carpet on this morning's walk. With a soundtrack provided by Sedge, Reed & Cetti's Warblers; along with Whitethroat, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, and Meadow Pipits. Probably not the safest place to be for a lovely little moth! 11 May, Neston Reed Beds, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth #UKbirding

A Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) resting amongst Buttercups and surrounded by dozens of warblers all looking for little moths!

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Overnight temps went down to 7c & took the moth count with it. 11:9, but 3 other nfy's to add to the Feathered Leaf-cutter, so that's something: Foxglove Pug, an extremely flighty Small Phoenix & possibly a Vine's Rustic? If so that'd be first for me! 4 May, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) I lost this one twice whilst trying to take a photo & then ended up having to resort to a pot shot!

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

First moth of the night, before I'd even turned on the light! Incurvaria masculella (Feathered Leaf-cutter). Lovely little thing & nice to spot, but I hope it doesn't end up being the star of this session! Though given how cool & clear it is, I wouldn't be surprised! TeamMoth

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Celebrating a major milestone this week. 🎉 My first issue as editor of the British Mycological Society’s Field Mycology publication is now online and available #OpenAccess for all to read. ➡️ fieldmycology.org Please read and share!

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Could these be just two dead leaves? ..but No, look closely and these are two examples of Lye Valley fen's very uncommon spring cup #fungus, the purple-black Midnight Disco Pachyella violaceonigra. On a wet clay/tufa spring seepage bank @friendlyevalley.bsky.social #oxfordshirefens

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

79:22 last night & a bit of a Brimstone fest (13) although the Australian Orange-tip's led the list at 22! Other NFY's: Bee Moth; Garden Carpet; Lesser Wax Moth; Lychnis; Muslin; Pebble Prominent; Spectacle; Sulphur Bark Moth; Twenty-plume Moth. 30 Apr, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Australian Orange-tip (Tachystola acroxantha)

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Came across a nice patch of Nettle Rust (Puccinia urticate) on this mornings walk around Heswall. It's not an uncommon fungus, and the vivid orange easily stands out against the lush green of Stinging Nettles. But it's always worth enduring a few stings in order to get a close up view! #fungifriends

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Always nice to find a bonus moth! This Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) was tucked away underneath the lip of the garage door - a nice surprise & a pleasant diversion from afternoon chores! 26 Apr, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

11:9 last night including a lovely Pebble Hook-tip, along with 4 other nfy's: Common Pug 1; Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1; Dark Sword-grass 1; Red-green Carpet 1. Plus: Double-striped Pug 1; Oak Tree Pug 1; Shuttle-shaped Dart 3; Waved Umber 1. 26 Apr, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Pebble Hook-tip
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Checking around the moth trap this morning, I was thrilled to find this Hawthorn Shieldbug nestled in the bark of a Weeping Birch. It was one of the stars of this morning's show, though I keep hoping to convince myself that it's actually a Birch Shieldbug! It isn't...is it?! #TeamMoth #Shieldbug

Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) A large, distinctive & common shieldbug, vaguely similar to the less common Birch Shieldbug - which I'd like to find!

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A modest, but nicely varied 18:9 last night; hopefully a sign of better things to come! Brimstone Moth 1; Brindled Pug 1; DS Pug 5; Early Grey 3; Heb Ch 1; Least Black Arches 3; Shuttle-shaped Dart 2; Swallow Prominent 1; Waved Umber 1. 18 Apr, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth

Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)

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Stephen Plummer @stephenplummer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Spending a few hours examining Rabbit pellets at Norfolk dunes paid off big time when I found the Nail Fungus, Poronia erici! *Over the moon!*

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A cool, clear night & I almost didn't put the trap out, but went ahead anyway! Sound familiar? An unsurprising 13:4, but this Common Quaker, resting on the fence, showed nicely. It's my 65th CQ of the year & it's easy to take them for granted, but they really are lovely moths. #TeamMoth #MothTrap

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

24:9 last night with 4 NFG's, all in single figures: Oak Nycteoline, Common Plume, Agonopterix arenella and the star of the night: A Purple Thorn. Although a Black Sexton Beetle was also rather stunning & my first Big Bug of the year! 4 Apr, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #TeamMoth #MothTrap

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Another find (not mine) at the British Mycological society Spring Meeting was a bracket fungus growing on a fallen poplar tree, provisionally identified as Postia populi. Possibly a first British record. laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.... #fungi #fungifriends

Hand written data label for Postia populi.

The bracket fungus Postia populi, showing pores.

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Anemone cup #fungi in the Hazelwoods. #fungi

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I discovered this unusual #fungi in my local Hazelwood yesterday. I knew it was one I'd never seen before. I was lucky to get a positive ID from the photos thanks to Emma Williams. Cudoniella tenuispora. This is possibly the 1st record for NI.

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Yay - at last! I was really happy to find my first Herald of the year in the trap this morning! It more than made up for last night's rather modest 14:6, with just 3 C Quaker, 2 C Drab, 2 E Grey, 3 H Character, 3 S Quaker. And a Herald! 31 Mar, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58) #teammoth

The Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) one of my favourite moths!

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

29:8 overnight 27 Mar, Little Neston, Cheshire (VC58). 2 Clouded Drab; 10 Common Quaker; 1 Double-striped Pug; 9 Early Grey; 2 Hebrew Character; 1 March Moth; 1 Small Engrailed; 3 Small Quaker. The March Moth was very obliging! It'd be nice if they were all happy to pose like this! 😂 #TeamMoth

March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) displaying beautifully!

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Mushrooms used to be much more abundant than they are now. This is probably due to several different factors, but a big one is nitrogen pollution. This comes from several different souces: agriculture, vehicles and particularly around urban areas - dog mess #FungiFriends

A cluster of brownish mushrooms with hairy edges

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I'm over the moon to have found Cobalt crust #fungi after searching for it for a very long time!

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

@vannabartlett.bsky.social found these small, toothed fungi on a willow by the River Wensum in Norwich last weekend. They appear to be Steccherinum oreophilum, found in N. America, Finland & France but possibly new for UK. Separated from Irpex lacteus by presence of clamps. #Fungi #FungiFriends

The fungi in situ on the cut end of a living willow, growing in a damp area beside a river. The cap surface has hairs and the underside of the fungus has prominent teeth.

With a ruler for scale, a photo of the fungi in situ. The cap surface has hairs and the underside of the fungus has prominent teeth.

The fungi in situ on the cut end of a living willow, in a damp area by a river.

x1000 Section of fungus stained in Congo red, showing one of the long, pointed cystidia, covered in crystals. Also a basidium with two of its four sterigmata in focus. The hyphae have clamp connections (not shown) and their presence indicates this is Steccherinum oreophilum rather than the similar Irpex lacteus.

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I've been keeping an eye out for Spring Hazelcup at Old Sulehay NR since late-December and yesterday I finally found lots high up on a stem of an old coppice stool. Numbers seem to vary widely from year to year. #MushroomMonday #fungifriends @wildlifebcn.bsky.social

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Was pleased to find this colony of Sandy Stiltballs - Battarrea phalloides still going strong in its roadside hedge, Shropshire, England #fungi #mycology #Fungi #FungiFriends

A group of orange fungi on long, rough stipes

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caryocatactes.bsky.social @caryocatactes.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Some small fungi from the edge of Norwich Henningsomyces candidus, Polycephalomyces tomentosus on Trichia varia, Ecninosphaeria canescens, Cistella dentata

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Using the fantastic Woodland Trust online Ancient Tree Inventory to work out where to look for lichens reliant on ancient/ veteran trees. ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/...

A screenshot of an aerial image showing the locations of ancient and veteran trees.

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Still exploring my new home patch and thrilled today to find a group of Fluted Bird's Nest. Albeit somewhat past their best, it's still nice to find something that's been on my list for a while. Cyathus striatus. Ness, Cheshire (Feb, '25) #FungiFriends

A group of fluted, funnel shaped cups resembling a tiny bird's nest. The presence of egg-like, spore-filled periodoles in some of the nests helps to reinforce the resemblance!

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Andrea Smart @spicynoodlez11.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It’s already been a long week, so take a moment to enjoy the lichen community growing on this 2-centimeter long twig section. You deserve it. #Lichen #FungiFriends #Moss #ISeeMoss #LichenSunscribe #Nature #Photography #Macro #PNW #Breathe #GoOutside #Notice

A 2-centimeter section of a twig with at least 5 types of lichen and a few tufts of moss growing together. Two types of light, leafy green lichens and deep green moss are on top, splotches of bright yellow candleflame lichen are interspersed throughout, and a lovely patch of several rim disc lichen spots with gray centers and white rims. Some light green oak moss antlers hang from the bottom of the stick.

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

At home on a cone, a lovely little Conifercone Cap. Baeospora myosura: Springpool Woods, Keele (Sept '24) #FungiFriends #Fungi

A small light brown fungi, growing on a conifer cone.

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is what happens when you blow on Scarlet Elfcup… they spore off 🍄📷 #ScarletElfcup #SloMo #FungiFriends

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Impressive display of Hazel gloves #fungi seen in beautiful #Donegal woodland.

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Clear on disease risks of feeding but no mention of key issue - feeding widespread common birds for our pleasure, likely key driver of decline of rare specialist Marsh Tit & Willow Tit. #ornithology www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Should we stop feeding birds, what happens if we do and does it spread disease?

Half of British households put food out for birds but there is increasing concern it can spread disease

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Artiebea @artiebea.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A rather lovely Stemonitis sp, possibly Stemonitis flavogenita. Springpool Woods, Keele (June '24) #fungifriends #slimemold emergencemagazine.org/essay/creatu...

Dozens of stemmed cylindrical fruit bodies, bright yellow and bundled together in bouquet-like clusters. Resembles some kind of delicious melt-in-the-mouth lemon dessert.

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