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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Red-line Quaker (5th Garden record) White-point (3rd Garden record) Nuneaton VC38 15/10/26 according to Donna no moths only 1 LBAM so checked trap when I got up after my Night shift... 😂 #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Merveille du Jour (Nuneaton VC38 13/10/26) Only 9 moths of 3 sp but not complaining when 1 is a Mint choc chip #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

One of the best Field Guides in a long while! Superbly set out! #insects #bugs #moths

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth (see ALT for how this was made)

Found this unfortunately dead at work but in great condition so pinned it on plants in garden to achieve this image....

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Merveille du Jour x3 & Green-brindled Crescent Nuneaton VC38 9/10/26 Wasn't gonna trap with the weather but being on early shifts last 2 weeks & not getting back till dusk I had to give it a go!! Only 6 moths of 4sp but worth it.. #teammoth

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spiked Shieldbug - Picromerus bidens (Nuneaton,Warks 3/10/26) #shieldbugs #bugs

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Dave Hutton @davehutton1969.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Toadflax Brocade Nuneaton VC38 2/10/26 the best of a poor trap with only 3 other species LYU x1 Lunar underwing x3 & LBAM x2 also 7 cats still happily munching away in front garden this afternoon. #teammoth

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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

This just self seeded in front garden from back some of it is over 6ft lol but the insects love it! Might milk it & chuck a load over the neighbours barren back garden 😆 shh don't tell him 🤣

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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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