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Dave Slade

@daveslade42.bsky.social

60 followers 80 following 9 posts

Entomologist and data nerd. I know where my towel is. VCR for butterflies and moths in Glamorgan.

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It is indeed.

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The late great Maitland Emmet insisted that Coleophora (=Metriotes) lutarea always emerged in the first week of May regardless of the state of the season. This was taken on Saturday, so was he wrong or have things changed in the last 30 years? #teammoth

Coleophora lutarea on Greater Stitchwort.

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Recently added to Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act, its good to see Bankesia conspurcatella persists at Bridgend Station in spite of the jet wash regime! These larval cases are not very photogenic, admittedly. #mothsmatter #teammoth

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It turns out I should have just asked ChatGPT - H.S. Robinson and his brother G.S Robinson published the design in 1952.

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Thanks Clare, you've given me an earworm!

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Is it really true that nobody knows who invented or gave their name to the Robinson Moth trap? #teammoth

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Week 1 of my first GMS in a couple of years produced 7 moths of 6 soecies this Oak Nycteoline being the highlight. #GardenMothScheme #TeamMoth

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thanks Annie. Mine had a darker head than the one illustrated on UK moths, but that might be because its not in the final instar.

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Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I'm rubbish with caterpillars- anyone know what this is? It's on Hart's tongue fern but may just be hiding there.

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