Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Not a great night for moth migrant activity here on Sunday but for a nearly-missed first: Silver-spotted Veneer (Euchromius ocellea) @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 091
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 01/06/2026A moth first for me at the weekend, unexpected here but been on my wish-list for a long time. The beautiful and cryptically marked Goat Moth. 0121
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 01/12/2025One of those species that has eluded me over the years is the fungus beetle Endomychus coccineus (False Ladybird). Put that to rights at the weekend. What a beauty! 140
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 15/10/2025A long wished-for fungus seen yesterday in Beech woodland. Giant Club (Calvariadelphus pistillaris). This specimen was 15cm tall. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Some superb Devil's Boletes (Rubroboletus satanus) in Hants this morning and not slug-damaged for once! 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Nice to find Sundew Plume moth (Buckleria paludum) in the New Forest yesterday though it was struggling to hang onto its perch in the wind! 020
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Nice to catch 2 of the fast-declining Garden Tiger moths at the weekend. 030
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 24/06/2025During two moth-trapping sessions in the last week on chalk grassland sites I have attracted the nationally scarce Horned Dor Beetle (Odonteus armiger). First a female and then this cracking male. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Finally, for December I have chosen a close-up of a large harvestman, Phalangium opilio. Merry Christmas to all. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The Hampshire coast provided November's highlight, the tiny Solar-powered Sea Slug (Elysia viridis). 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024October's choice is this attractive Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi). 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024After following the growth stages of a Comma butterfly larva on my garden nettle patch, I was pleased to find this pupa in September. 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024For August, I have gone for the fearsome predatory Hornet Robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis). 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Another moth was July's highlight, the amazing Lappet. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The exquisite micro moth, Arched Marble (Olethreutes arcuella) was my June species, found during the day in woodland. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Highlight for May has to be my first ever daytime roosting Nightjar. 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Hard to choose an April highlight but I was pleased to find this striking little tortoise beetle Pilemostoma fastuosa, on chalk downland. 010
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024In March I found this large Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinous) on an ash stump. 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A February highlight was this tiny Alder Goblet (Ciboria caucus) growing from a fallen Alder catkin. 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024As the year draws to a close here is the first of 12 month-by-month Hampshire highlights of mine. Not many Waxwings made it into the county but here's one of a pair in January. 000
Dave Shute @hampshiredays.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I have now joined the great blue yonder like many others. 030
