George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Seems to have been a good year for this migrant and temporary resident, at least in the south-west of the UK. 000
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 04/10/2026On 21st September I found some larval spinnings of Tebenna micalis (Beautiful Twitcher) on Fleabane at Pembrey (Carmarthenshire). I collected a few for rearing and over the last few days three of the beautiful little jewel-like adults have emerged. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 3605
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Clancy's Rustic seems to have moved into Cardiff - this is my second in a week. Another species on the move from last night's trap was Spiny Hook-tip, my first of the year. 20 species in total in the MV trap. #TeamMoth #CardiffWildlife 0340
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Thanks Arto, and there I was thinking it was doing ok across the north of England... 020
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Thanks Paul, it looks to be doing relatively well in Shropshire. westmidlandsmoths.co.uk/index.php?bf...westmidlandsmoths.co.uk 010
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seems to be the case generally in the south. Looking at Devonmoths, the last record in that county was in 2003. Seems to be doing better in the north and Midlands (though still declining), so presumably climate related - feels unlikely to be due to regional patterns in Delphinium growing. 120
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Golden Plusia (Polychrysia moneta) from my dad's garden trap in Kendal (Cumbria) earlier this week. It's the only place I ever see this declining moth these days. Down here in Glamorgan it's not been recorded since 2012. #TeamMoth 4561
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Ochsenheimeria taurella (Hairy Stem Moth). A strong contender for the title of UK's Scruffiest Moth - the ultimate dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards look. This one was suction sampled from grass tussocks on our allotment plot in Cardiff. Not very many Glamorgan records. #TeamMoth 2314
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I guess so, I'm not so hot on the NVC communities of fens and tall herb swamps...lots of Marsh Cinquefoil, Bogbean, Marsh St John's-wort nearby. 010
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Trapped in Pembrokeshire on Monday for Gynnidomorpha minimana at its only Welsh site near St David's. Very successful with 13 recorded in 3 Heath traps 🙂 Traps left overnight among the foodplant Marsh Lousewort & were heaving with moths including a ridiculous 84 Haworth's Minor! #TeamMoth 1211
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Dark Crimson Underwing new for Carmarthenshire at Pembrey Burrows last night. Even gave me a cheeky flash of its hindwing 😀 Lots of other lovely moths too inc Ni Moth & Tissue. And the small matter of 426 Silver Y. #TeamMoth 1301
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A worn Broom-tip tapped from Broom at Gwent Wildlife Trust's Springdale Farm yesterday. The first time I've seen this uncommon moth, though I did find some larvae a few years ago. #TeamMoth 0250
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Friday night was the first night after the heatwave in Cardiff, but I'm very glad I ran the moth trap as there were two excellent macro-moths among the catch. Lunar-spotted Pinion new for the garden, and White Satin only the 2nd garden record after one last year. #TeamMoth 0282
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Does look good for robustana, which should be bigger than typical lancealana. But I’ve always dissected these to confirm. 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I haven't made formal counts of the two regular forms (maybe I should) but my gut feeling is around 75% non-banded. 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 24/06/2026A grand total of 59 Riband Wave in the MV trap last night, a record for my Cardiff garden. Included this dark example which isn't mentioned in the books, though there's a photo of a near identical specimen online taken by @scorpion-nv.bsky.social in Norfolk. norfolkmoths.co.uk?bf=17130 #TeamMoth 1231
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Thanks Steve. Seen loads of tiny ones this year but don't often see the big chunky ones. 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Found a full grown Puss Moth caterpillar on Creeping Willow at Pembrey yesterday. It was walking down a twig in search of more food, but didn't take kindly to being photographed and showed off its angry red face and whippy tails. #TeamMoth 211914
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Thanks all. Now I just need a Striped Hawk to drop into my trap... 030
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's only taken 35 years of moth trapping! Finally my first Ni Moth. To MV light in my Cardiff garden last night. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 5745
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Sometimes the best moths have the most boring names :-) 120
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A couple of weird-looking insects from Pembrey LNR yesterday - the beetle Notoxus monocerus and the leafhopper Eupelix cuspidata. Recorded as part of the Pembrey Coast project, funded by the Nature Networks Fund. 0191
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 11/05/2026A pair of Puss Moth eggs on a willow leaf at Pembrey today. Like two perfect little chocolate maracons. #MothsMatter 0240
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Spuleria flavicaput tapped from Hawthorn in Port Talbot yesterday. Not a common moth in Wales (or at least, not very often recorded). The only one I've seen previously was in the Lake District way back in 2005. #TeamMoth #GlamorganMoths 1412
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A big surprise before I even opened the trap this morning - Elephant Hawk-moth lurking at the neck of the funnel. I don't usually see these until June - earliest garden record by exactly 4 weeks. Also an early Poplar Hawk and 5th garden record of Alder Moth. 22 species. #TeamMoth #CardiffWildlife 1382
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) turned up in our kitchen yesterday, which was quite a surprise. Only one previous Welsh record according to iRecord / NBN Atlas. This one most likely came from Chilean grapes bought in Lidl the previous day. #CardiffWildlife @sewbrec.org.uk 26915
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Something like Sitona hispidulus for the weevil (I can't remember whether there are others in the genus with these long upstanding bristles on the elytra) 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 30/03/2026There's plenty in Cardiff planted as amenity trees but no-one seems to catch Lead-coloured Drab here so I don't think the moth uses it. I never seen Aspen growing as a native in woodlands anywhere near here, though there's a large stand at Kenfig dunes. 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 30/03/2026That’s probably top of my ‘moths I really ought to have seen by now’ list. Pretty scarce in Wales 130
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Ha, what I should actually do is write them down rather than relying on my failing memory! (I do have a spreadsheet but usually forget to update it) 230
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 27/03/2026A large pupal case found in a dead stem of Bulrush (Typha) in Bute Park yesterday. Based on its size I think it has to be Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae). Note to self - remember to look for larvae there in early summer. #TeamMoth #CardiffWildlife 1170
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A pill beetle Byrrhus pilula on a garden wall just up the road this morning. Able to transform from beetle to pill in an instant! #CardiffWildlife #Beetles 0140
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A beetle for a change - the leaf beetle Bruchus loti found in dead Phragmites stems at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire this week. They feed on the seeds of legumes. #beetles 0161
Reposted by George TordoffNorfolk Moths (Jim Wheeler CMR) @norfolkmoths.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Just published... Phyllocnistis triandricola (Almond Willow Maze-miner) New UK at Surlingham, Norfolk 14/08/2025 by Seb Buckton (Gen. Det. P. Hall, R. Voith) #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b... 2399
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Catching up with the last of the photo labelling from 2025 as the grim weather continues... Collected several larvae of Epinotia nisella from Goat Willow catkins in Somerset in late May 2025, which produced adults at the end of June. #TeamMoth 0260
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 30/01/2026This harvestman sieved from flood debris by the River Taff in Cardiff seems to be Dicranopalpus larvatus, possibly a first for South Wales unless there are any records in the pipeline @megabunus.bsky.social? 2236
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 18/01/2026A moth! And one I didn't see at all last year. Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) flying in the pet food section of The Range in Cardiff today. #TeamMoth 0481
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Just to check, was it definitely collected from South Wales? There is a Barry Sands near Dundee. 110
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Thanks, will be good to get that confirmed and added to the county dataset. 100
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Thanks Brad, very interesting! Assume the ID is legit, in which case it's an amazing record - a long way to the south of all known British records, even the historic ones. 100
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Finally got around to looking up this caterpillar, which was found next to the moth trap in Cornwall in August. A Marbled White Spot (Protodeltote pygarga), only the second time I've seen this common moth in the larval stage. #TeamMoth 0200
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Turns out I have seen it in December before - one at Silwood Park on 11/12/2000. But all of my other 33 adult records are January-March. 030
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Thanks, that is early! I checked the Glamorgan database and there's only one earlier, on 7 December 1988. 220
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Put the garden trap out for 1st time in a few weeks. Low expectations despite the mild conditions. Amazed to catch a Pale Brindled Beauty, the first time I've seen this moth before the new year. 5 species in total including my first December record of Double-striped Pug. #TeamMoth #CardiffMoths 1450
