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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cypress Pug (Nuneaton VC38 25/9/26) poor trap last night with only 10 moths of 5sp but this makes it worthwhile being a long overdue lifer & garden tick. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rosemary Beetle - Chrysolina americana (Nuneaton,Warks 23/9/26) Only my 2nd ever in the Garden this afternoon. #bugs #beetles

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Small Mottled Willow x1 & 20 Lunar Underwing (Nuneaton VC38 23/9/26) nothing of note the last week or so with traps dominated by Lunar Underwing! #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Deep-brown Dart (Nuneaton VC38 20/9/26) Only a handful since my 1st in 2023 in the garden! best of the rest 18 Lunar Underwing, Pale Mottled Willow & BBY Underwing. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Grey Pine Carpet (Nuneaton VC38 15/9/26) 3rd garden record but 2nd this Year after 1 in Aug.... best of the rest 7 Lunar Underwing, Brimstone, Dusky Thorn, Angle Shades & Box-tree Moth #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Vestal (Nuneaton VC38 13/9/26) First garden record after finding 2 last week on a local walk but this is a stunner & Donna was happy with this being in the garden so a big bonus... #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Vestal 1 of 2 seen today whilst out photographing Clouded Yellows at Galley Common VC38 (New Species for me) #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Red-necked Phalarope Kingsbury Water Park,Warks 28/826 #Birds

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Grey Pine Carpet (2nd garden record) Oak Hook-tip & Frosted Orange (3rd garden record) Nuneaton VC38 trap dominated by 36 Flounced Rustic. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Red-necked Phalarope at Kingsbury Water Park, Warks 28/8/26 #birds

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Long-tailed Shrike at Eastleach Martin,Gloucs 23/8/26 warming up in the early morning sun. #Birds

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Six-striped Rustic Nuneaton VC38 first for 4 Years #mothsmatter

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Small Heath Kingswood Meadows,Nuneaton 22/8/26 1 of 2 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Highlights from the last few nights with trap now dominated by Flounced Rustics & Straw Underwings with upto 6 Yellow Shell a night. Details on ALT (Nuneaton VC38) BS from 14/8/26 the rest from 18/8/26. #teammoth

Bordered Straw (14/8/26) 3rd Garden record.

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Waved Umber (wasn't expecting that) Yellow Shell x6, Orange Swift x4, 2 SMW,1 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Wax Moth,2 Pale Mottled Willow,1 Turnip the best of the overnight trap. Nuneaton VC38 13/8/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth Nuneaton VC38 still getting them regularly in garden... #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus) Nuneaton VC38 11/8/26 a new ladybird for the garden. #bugs #insects

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Tawny-barred Angle (NFG) Maiden's Blush, Mompha propinquella (NFG) & Argryesthia goedartella Nuneaton VC38 9/8/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Gypsy Moth Nuneaton VC38 8/8/26 2nd garden record to lure. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Toadflax Brocade x2, Straw Underwing x6, Small Mottled Willow x2 Nuneaton VC38 5/8/26 best of the rest were 6 Willow Beauty,2 SS Rustic,6 Silver Y, Blood-vein, 2 Turnip also 34+ Toadflax Brocade caterpillars in the garden. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Long-tailed Shrike at Eastleach Downs, Gloucestershire 4/8/26 2 of my favourites #RareBirdsUK

Spent over an hour low down in the hedge eating a freshly caught Shrew

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Alder Kitten (4th garden record) & Orange Swift Nuneaton VC38 4/8/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Long-tailed Shrike at Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire 4/8/26 #rarebirdsuk

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Bordered Straw (2nd garden record) Small Mottled Willow (6th this Year) the highlights of the overnight trap in Nuneaton VC38 3/8/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Mint Moth - Pyrausta aurata Nuneaton VC38 2/8/26 plenty about at the moment... #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth Nuneaton VC38 1/8/26 1 in the garden this evening. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gypsy Moth NFG Nuneaton VC38 1/8/26 purchased some lures which came this morning within 1hr one into investigate #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dewick's Plusia x3 & Silver Y (Nuneaton VC38 31/7/26) Didn't trap last night but put Ni lure out for 1st time this Year! 1st Dewick's on the log is a female as she left a pot of eggs. #teammoth

Dewick's Plusia female (left me a pot of eggs)

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Birch Shieldbug & Leafhopper (Kybos species?) bycatch from the moth trap #bugs

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Rush Veneer (2nd garden record) Rusty Dot Pearl (NFG) & Small Mottled Willow (6th garden record) a bit of migrant action in the trap overnight Nuneaton VC38 30/7/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Water Veneer Nuneaton VC38 29/7/26 not a brilliant photo but a mad hatching tonight the whole garden is moving in & around the trap not 100's but probably 1000's #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ypsolopha scabrella (NFG) Cochylis molliculana, Celypha lacunana, Crassa unitella, Eudonia pallida & Greater Waxmoth something for the micro lovers out there! Nuneaton VC38 29/7/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Small Emerald (Lifer) Leopard Moth (26th garden record this Year) & Small Mottled Willow (4th record this Year) the best of the macros Nuneaton VC38 29/7/26 #teammoth

Leopard Moth smashing the previous best season of 10 set in 2024

Small Mottled Willow (5th garden record)

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ear Moth agg (2nd garden record) & Cydia splendana from a very poor trap... Nuneaton VC38 25/7/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Common Field Grasshopper (Nuneaton,Warks 25/7/26) 1 of the 'pink nymphs' has made it to an adult... #bugs #insects #grasshoppers

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Gorse Shieldbug (Nuneaton,Warks 24/7/26) Great to find 20+ in the garden today on the broom bush #shieldbugs #bugs

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bulrush Wainscot (Nuneaton VC38 23/7/26) Only the 3rd record for the garden & boxfresh too. #teammoth

Bullrush Wainscot (3rd Garden record 1st in 2018 2nd 2024)

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Iron Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Yellow-tail, Leopard Moth x2 (Taking us upto 24 for the Year) Toadflax Brocade (4th this week) Aspilapteryx tringipennella. Nuneaton VC38 18/7/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Eared Leafhopper - Ledra aurita Nuneaton,Warks 17/7/26 1 to light overnight. #bugs #insects

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Purple Hairstreak (Nuneaton VC38 11/7/26) Came to the moth trap at 11:30pm #butterflies #insects

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Small Ranunculus (Nuneaton VC38 11/7/26) 3rd this Year & 39th Garden Record since 2016 of this once rare moth. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Tree-lichen Beauty Nuneaton VC38 9/7/26 4th garden record but the best marked yet.... #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Large Twin-spot Carpet (Nuneaton VC38 7/7/26) Only the 3rd garden record & first since 2020 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Common Field Grasshopper (Nuneaton,Warks 5/7/26) Still 2 with Erythrism outside the house!! Not far off the adult stage...

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Leopard Moth x2, Shark & Early Thorn Nuneaton VC38 5/7/26 in a trap dominated by 17 Box-tree Moth best of the rest 1 Elephant,1 Poplar Hawkmoth,1 Smoky Wainscot,1 Poplar Grey, Light & Dark Arches & 2 Scarce Footman. #teammoth

Leopard Moth 10th of the Year equaling our best Year for the species.

Shark 2nd record this Yr! 5th garden record.

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Shark & Early Thorn Nuneaton VC38 30/6/26 the highlights from the overnight trap also Leopard Moth (4th of the Yr) Small Ranunculus (1st of the Yr) 2 Elephant Hawkmoth & double figure Common Footman (obviously having a very good Yr) #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Square-spot Rustic ? (Seems early & can't think of anything else) Dun-bar x2, Small Blood-vein, Leopard Moth x3 Nuneaton VC38 28/6/26 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Yellow-legged Clearwing x2 & Red-tipped Clearwing x6 Nuneaton VC38 26/6/26 That's a wrap this Year for the usual Clearwings in what has been a quiet season with max counts of 13 OTC (max last Yr was 51) 6 Lunar HM (Max last Yr 11) 6 RBC No Currant this Year. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Highlights from this week trapping in garden (been on nights so little time to do much) Nuneaton VC38.. Green Silver-lines, Varied Coronet, Vapourer, Herald, Pale Prominent, Black Arches & Rosy Tabby. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Blue Shieldbug both Adult & Teneral Adult Nuneaton,Warks 21/6/26 first time I've seen the Teneral stage.. #shieldbugs #insects #bugs

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