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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Until this year, White-speck hadn't been seen in Yorkshire since 2008. There have been one or two about this year. This one from my garden is the first for VC65.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Found it now in VC65 at Nosterfield.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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

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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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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 · 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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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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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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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The migrant influx continues. Bedstraw Hawk-moth last night at Ellingstring, North Yorkshire @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Grapholita lobarzewskii has appeared in a further two vice-counties in the last week (all to pheromones), VC65 and 62, so that's all vice Yorkshire VCs now. It's romping across the country.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Coleophora anatipennella (gen. det.) in the trap this morning is a new moth for the garden. Rare in VC65.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

In the last two or three years in Yorkshire we have had increasing numbers of V-moths. They seem to be recovering a little, and starting to appear in areas where they used to occur. I went 17 years without a record but have had three in recent years. Here is one from the garden trap this morning.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I've been looking for Six-belted Clearwing for ages in my area, and found it at last at Ripon City Wetlands. This is probably as far north-west as it gets.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Asparagus Beetle has reached VC65 for the first time, and is ravaging my asparagus.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Two new moths for my garden this week, both not uncommon in the area but have been avoiding paying me a visit until now. Hedya ochroleucana and Pammene aurana.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Grapholita lobarzewskii to the SKI lure at Mickley today is the first record for VC64. Spreading quite rapidly.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Yorkshire Butterfly and Moth report for 2024 is now published. 164pp. Free to BC Yorkshire members and member of the YNU.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I see quite a few Seraphims, but I don't think I've seen a dark form like this. Both from Nosterfield NR last night.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Lots of moths in the trap last night including two Puss Moths and a Glaucous Shears. I'm several miles from Glaucous Shears habitat so they must fly a good distance.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Some nice moths at Brafferton (VC62) last night including Epinotia pygmaeana, Brindled Beauty, Scalloped Hook-tip and Scarce Prominent - a rather local species in Yorkshire and one I don't get at home.

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I've just bred out Phyllonorycter cavella from mines on birch at Hatfield Moors (found by someone else, not me!). The first Yorkshire record since 1893. @andydnunn.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A rather nice form of Oak Nycteoline in the trap this morning. I think this is ab. ramosana.

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