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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

77:27 last night. Toadflax Pearl was nfg plus 3 Golden Twin-spots, Olive-tree Pearl, Rush Veneer, 2 RDP, 2 Vestal and a Silver Y. Other niceties included Merv, Brindled Green, 10 Black Rustics and a lateish Oegoconia. S Hants, VC11. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Some mines on Alder from this morning - Bucculatrix cidarella and Heliozela resplendella. S Hants VC11. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lovely views of Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit in the wader roost at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this afternoon. Some birds very close to the footpath due to the very high tide.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Interesting, I'd have had that as deauratella!

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Is it not deauratella with that amount of thickening at the base of the antennae and coppery tones to the end of the wings?

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Banded Sable at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this evening! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

That Caloptilia...possibly honoratella?...

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bucculatrix albedinella larva in Elm and a Wormwood larva on Mugwort at Alver Valley Country Park, Gosport, Hants this evening. The latter a lovely surprise and a smart caterpillar. The former I'd been looking for for 5 years, seeing vacated mines locally annually. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

161:63 last night. Brown-veined Wainscot nfg. Potential migrants were Golden Twin-spot, Portland Ribbon Wave, Rush Veneer, 3 RDP, 7 Cydia amplana, Silver Y and 3 Crocidosema plebejana. Also Beet Moth and a well marked Maidens Blush. S Hants VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My first encounter with Hawthorn Moth larvae this evening. Impressive webbing on someone's garden Cotoneaster. I've never found it on Hawthorn yet and didn't realise until yesterday it used Cotoneaster as a food plant. VC11, S Hants #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Compass Jellyfish at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this evening. #jellyfish

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

209:72 last night. Gypsy Moth and Anania verbascalis nfg. 15 Cydia amplana was impressive. Migrants- 3 SMW, 4 RDP, 6 Silver Y and 5 Diamondback. Also Small Rufous, Beet Moth, Bactra furfurana and 4 Crocidosema plebejana. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm still waiting for one here too...

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Got a Hypericum some months back in the hope of encouraging Fomoria septembrella into the garden. That worked! #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Parornix fagivora mine and leaf folds on Beech at Hedge End, Hants at lunchtime today. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

143:60 overnight in Stubbington, Hants to MV and actinic. Eastern Bordered Straw the highlight! Also 20 Diamondback and a RDP. Other niceties included 2 Cream-bordered Green Pea, Varied Coronet and White Plume. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'll bet a pint that you do get one!

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

53:35 to the 6w actinic last night, Silver-spotted Veneer the highlight plus a Portland Ribbon Wave and 6 Diamondback. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It's managed to avoid my garden so far!... Must be imminent I feel.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Feeding signs of Spotted White Plume at Stockbridge Down, Hants today, no larvae found, sadly. Also good numbers of Grizzled and Dingy Skippers. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Acrocercops brongniardella mines on Oak and Coleophora follicularis case on Fleabane at Titchfield Haven, Hants this afternoon. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The first case looks to be the spinella group, 3 that can't be differentiated on the basis of case (or adult moth, without chopping). The second could be the first case of serratella.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Your Eriocrania is unimaculella, with the two backward pointing dark projections behind the head.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

It does use several other plants too.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Cheers, got there in the end! As we know, food plant presence doesn't always = moth.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Really pleased to find cases of Coleophora lineolea in a local Wood today, I've looked at a lot of Hedge Woundwort over the last 3-4 years to no avail. Also a dozen Coleophora lutarea on Greater Stitchwort flowers and Ancylis apicella also seen. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A mooch along a local lane this afternoon produced a random assortment of things- the Coleophora binderella are really getting going on Grey Alder, Orchestes alni mines on Elm and Pocket Plum galls on Wild Plum. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth #galls #leafmines

Coleophora binderella case on Grey Alder.

Plum Pocket galls (Taphrina pruni) on Wild Plum. Induced by a fungal pathogen.

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A new study has highlighted the grim scale and persistence of wildlife declines across Britain, with populations of many species continuing to fall despite ongoing conservation efforts:

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Next 20 years crucial for Britain's imperilled wildlife, study finds

A new study has highlighted the grim scale and persistence of wildlife declines across Britain, with populations of many species continuing to fall despite ongoing conservation efforts.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I've looked at many patches locally without success. This was such a small patch, I was gobsmacked to find solitariella, only 2 cases mind. Gotta check it all! Good luck with future searching.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Oh, that's disappointing to hear.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Very nice. I'd collected cones the last 2 winters without any joy, only around 10 each time so possibly not enough. I'm gonna try the lure locally soon...

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A new site for Coleophora solitariella just found, almost on the doorstep, where there was only a small amount of the foodplant. Sometimes it pays to have a quick look. Somewhat unexpected! S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Decided to check on a local Coleophora solitariella colony this morning. 33 cases found plus a bonus lithargyrinella! #teammoth

Coleophora solitariella case on Greater Stitchwort.

Coleophora lithargyrinella case, the forked dorsal keel visible in this pic.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A couple of hoverflies close to home this afternoon - Epistrophe eligans and what could be Meligramma trianguliferum? (or a dark Meliscaeva auricollis)... #Hoverflies

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What I believe to be Synageles venator, which was a nice surprise on the inside of the front door this afternoon. A convincing ant mimic, in appearance and movement. S Hants. #Spiders #Arachnids

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I would say so, it's all valuable data. I sometimes see an adult resting on the trunk later in the season, not entirely surprising as there does seem to be quite a number of larvae in the tree!

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Cherry-bark Moth larvae have been busy of late it seems, in the garden! S Hants VC11. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Orange Ladybirds hibernating in the shelter of an 'artichoke gall' induced by the gall midge Taxomyia taxi on Yew in the local cemetery this afternoon. #galls #Ladybird

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Signs of spring in south Hants 🙂

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Subtle tones and reflections, Titchfield Haven Canal Path this afternoon.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A light dusting of snow first thing was nice, a frozen Titchfield Haven and a presumed Black-headed x Med Gull at Bunny Meadows this afternoon.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

And she's donning a lovely shawl!

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Pleased to find some W-f Geese locally this afternoon at Chilling, Hants, part of the current impressive influx. Obscured by maize stubble and viewed thru a hedge! #hantsbirds

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Nice! 3 of those I've never seen and only 3 have so far graced the garden.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Brindled Green just twice i think. In the flesh I wasn't detecting any green tones, that's my excuse anyway 😏

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