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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 41m

Phyllonorycter pastorella from Pugneys CP today near Wakefield. Spreading across Yorkshire now, with records from VC61, 62 and 63. Phyllocnistis xenia on White Poplar also spreading, and this from St Aidan's NR is the first for VC64. @andydnunn.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I potted a tiny micro off the outside of the 40-W actinic trap in my garden last night and it turned out to be Anatrachyntis badia, the first record for Yorkshire (VCs 61-65). I must admit I'd never heard of it! #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Striped Hawk-moth in my North Yorkshire garden trap this morning. I've lost count of the number in Yorkshire this year, but it's certainly over 20. Is this a separate wave or are these offspring of the May/June immigrants. Possibly offspring, as larvae have been found. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An unexpected Cypress Pug from the garden trap this morning. New for VC65.

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

No light trapping recently as I've been away, but luckily I left the camera trap pointing at the nicotiana plants. Convolvulus Hawk-moth new for the garden! #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NI Moth from the garden last night, Driffield, East Yorkshire. A scattering of other migrants Rusty Dot Pearls, Diamond-back Moths, Rush Veneers as well as 2nd Celypha rosaceana and 5th Ancylosis oblitella for this year. @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oak Lutestring, one of ten that were attracted to light at a site in North Yorkshire VC62. Extremely rare here in Yorkshire although there seems to be a reasonable population at this one site. #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Heavy rain and 242 Large Yellow Underwing was a challenge this a.m. Ancylosis oblitella(Saltmarsh Knot-horn), Vestal, + 'rhubarb and custard' Oncocera semirubella(Rosy Knot-horn) was worth some soggy egg boxes. @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Another two new species for my North Yorkshire garden last night, Neocochylis hybridella and a rather overdue Ni Moth which is turning up all over the place this year.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Some nice moths in the last two nights in North Yorkshire. Manchester Treble-bar was a major surprise at home. Two Cydia amplana at Nosterfield NR are the first for VC65 - seems to be quite an influx, and Ptocheuusa paupella at Ellington Banks is the first for VC64 and quite a range extension.

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

More migrant moths in my East Yorkshire/VC 61 garden last night, with the second Ni Moth of the year (after one in May), a different Vestal from the night before, two White-point, three Small Mottled Willow, etc. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A Vestal was a long-overdue addition to the garden (VC 61/East Yorkshire) list last night. Also a recent Morophaga choragella (second record) and a Heliozela resplendella mine on alder (first record). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A presumed migrant Cydia amplana(Rusty Acorn Piercer) to light in the garden Driffield, East Yorkshire last night. Only 6 VC61 records and a total of 10 in Yorkshire up to this year, the last one in 2019. #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A Small Marbled in my garden (East Yorkshire, VC 61) last night! #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some good moths from Pilmoor in VC62 last night - the third Yorkshire record of Sitochroa verticalis and Cydia amplana.

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Saltmarsh Plume (Agdistis bennetii) @flamboroughbird.bsky.social VC61 yesterday. Very few records away from the Spurn area in Yorkshire although there have been a few inland also in the last few days. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Some nice moths from Upper Teesdale near High Force this weekend, including Chestnut-coloured Carpet, Juniper Pug and Anomalous. A rather under-recorded area. Chestnut-coloured Carpet was last recorded there in 1880! Good to know it is still thriving.

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

More interesting moths in the last few nights, including Bordered Straw (on lavender), Pyrausta despicata (new for garden), Nephopterix angustella, a third Dewick's Plusia (on lavender) and three Small Mottled Willow. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Caloptilia semifascia from the garden trap last night is new for VC65.

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Samantha Batty @yorkshireeden.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Moth Zoo 🐘🐆🐐🐅#TeamMoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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alankmiller.bsky.social @alankmiller.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Great haul in my Romanby VC62 garden despite the thunderstorms (trap under cover). 38 species including two new for the garden: V-moth and the tiny Lesser Tawny Crescent. According to Yorkshire Moths website this is the second most northerly record of the latter. @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We trapped Reddish Light Arches at Walton near Boston Spa last night. This is the first VC64 record since 1965,

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Privet Hawk-moth has been expanding its range slowly across Yorkshire, and has at last reached VC65. This was in the garden trap this morning.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Cochylidia rupicola in the garden trap this morning is the second for Yorkshire and the first for VC65. What a lovely creature!

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Very in moth trap this morning so delighted to find a Ni moth on first egg box at Swinefleet VC63 #Yorkshiremoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @celastrina59.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Eastern bordered straw trapped overnight at Swinefleet VC63 other migrants 10 silver y, white point and 2 rush veneers. Also only my second purple bar @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A miracle has occurred in my garden. After making a complete hash of potting a Ni Moth in the morning, I netted what was surely the same individual nectaring on red valerian last night. Off to buy a lottery ticket now. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul/Paz Fletcher @illutana.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Great to have this fabulous publication land on the doormat this morning - and just after a Hummingbird Hawk-moth flew past me in the garden #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The sawfly Parna apicalis on small-leaved lime at Hackfall Woods is the first definite record for Yorkshire. Thanks to @suillia.bsky.social for the confirmation.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Cydia strobilella emerged from cones of Norway spruce I collected nine days ago, just north of Masham. The first record for VC65 and the sixth for Yorkshire. Probaby under-recorded.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

112,000 Yorkshire Moth records submitted so far. If you haven't sent yours in, please can we have them before I get too involved in the festive season!

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A handful of migrants the last couple of days included Pearly Underwing, Angle Shades, Vestal and several diamond Back moth plus last night this rather late, particularly for Yorkshire, Bordered Straw. Driffield, East Yorkshire VC61. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Some opportunistic leafminering on a family day out produced plenty of species, including Bucculatrix albedinella (elm), Coleophora albitarsella (ground-ivy), Stigmella catharticella (purging buckthorn) and Ectoedemia intimella (sallow). #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Diurnea lipsiella in the garden trap this morning is the first record for VC65. I have now had more species in the garden this year than in any previous year, having just pipped the record total in 2022.

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The Coleophora sp. larval cases I found on sea purselane by the Humber Estuary last October turned out to be C. salinella! Only recorded in Yorkshire for the first time in August last year (I suspect it's been there a while though). #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Clancy's Rustic from the garden, Driffield, East Yorkshire VC61. Still rare in Yorkshire but increasing records. Migrant or wandering colonist? #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

A great day leafminering with @doublekidney.bsky.social and Ian Marshall, with 81 species recorded. Stigmella tiliae (first VC 61 record; only taken about 10 years!), Coleophora lusciniaepennella, C. anatipennella, C. gryphipennella and C. potentillae were highlights. #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths

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bogtrotter2024.bsky.social @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

One of the world's smallest moths found on Hatfield Moors SSSI Doncaster Naturalists' Society fungus foray delivers Enteucha acetosae for a delighted @yorkshireeden.bsky.social Thought to be Yorkshire's first record of this species @andydnunn.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #TeamMoth

A well deserved find by Samantha Batty who diligently searched amongst the grassland sorrel plants. Just two leaves found with mines of Enteuch acetosae present.

If you look closely you can pick out the spiral galleries of the tiny moth Enteucha acetosae.

If you look closely you can pick out the spiral galleries of the tiny moth Enteucha acetosae.

Always worth a close look at the smaller stuff lurking out of obvious sight. Members of the DNS on a foray to Hatfield Moors SSSI.

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It's still an interesting time for moth trapping in the #LDV with two new species recorded this week – Scarce Bordered Straw and Four-spotted Footman (both migrants and new for the reserve). Also nice to see Merveille du Jour with five trapped over recent days 🦋

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Euchromius ocellea (Silver-spotted Veneer) from Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire VC61 yesterday. A smart looking micro and a rare migrant moth in Yorkshire. New to Flamborough. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Plenty of #leafmines on a black poplar at work today, with the three main species that occur in Yorkshire (Phyllocnistis unipunctella, Stigmella trimaculella, Gypsonoma oppressana) very easy to find, including all three on one leaf (last photo). #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andrew M Allport @amallport.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Moth numbers and variety way down last night. But any day with one of these is a good day. My fifth in the last three weeks in the garden, Driffield, East Yorkshire VC61. #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Paul/Paz Fletcher @illutana.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Two Epinotias among last night’s 20 spp (7/9 VC61): ramella is common and widespread; trigonella a local and apparently retreating birch roller - this one was first 10k sq record #teammoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Wharfedale Moths (Aidan Smith) @eggboxenvy.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Now that's how I like to see my eggboxes. Clifden Nonpareil was a new moth for me and a first for Wharfedale (there were two). Barred Chestnut on the same eggbox (centre bottom) was also new for me. 570 moths of 49 species #teammoth #VC64 #Otley

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The good run of migrant moths (for my East Yorkshire/VC 61 garden) continues, the highlight being a male Four-spotted Footman! Also a second Nephopterix angustella, Rusty-dot Pearl, Humming-bird Hawk-moth, etc. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Huge surprise in the #LDV moth trap this morning in the form of a Clifden Nonpareil 🤩– a first for the reserve after years of waiting! Nice to be able to share it with our visiting corporate team of staff from Drax Group and several local birders and moth enthusiasts 😄

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A good trapping session at Nosterfield NR last night. A bit influx of Scrobipalpa ocellatella with 51 trapped. Neocochylis hybridella new for VC65. Also new for the VC was Homoeosoma nebulella. @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @jillwarwickno1.bsky.social

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Paul/Paz Fletcher @illutana.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Nice indeed to find this rare and local spindle feeder last night: Scorched Carpet. First for site/10km sq. VC61. @doublekidney.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social #teammoth

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Paul/Paz Fletcher @illutana.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Does this look good for Mere Wainscot please? VC61 last night @mothiduk.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #teammoth

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Isophrictis striatella in the garden trap this morning is new for for VC65. We just need it in VC64 now, then it will be in all Yorkshire VCs. No tansy or sneezewort nearby so I don't know where it has come from.

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