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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I never realised just how sinister a Kidney-spot Ladybird is...

Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A very well-behaved (eventually) pair. Telling the difference between Large Nutmeg and Nutmeg is definitely a bit easier when you have both together. 😃 #teammoth

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Looks like I've managed another Essex first with this Southern Double-spot (Lamoria anella) thanks to the recent warm winds. And in my garden too. #TeamMoth #MigrantLepidoptera

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Gnophomyia viridipennis, the goth of craneflies (if you ignore the bright yellow halteres!). #dipteristforumSpringFieldTrip #CraneflyRecordingScheme #Diptera

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves. Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex. #Hemiptera #Cicadellidae #Leafhopper

Fruticidia bisignata, new to Essex (only third UK record), from my garden

Zygina lunaris, possibly new to Essex, from my garden

Liguropiajuniperi, possibly new to North Essex (VC19), from a local churchyard

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Always nice to get similar moths in the same catch so a comparison photo can be taken. even better when th moths co-operate. Dark Sword-grass (left) and Turnip (right). North Essex, last night. #teammoth

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

During the current winter chill my go to has been leaf litter. So not surprising I'm exploring springtails. This is often resulting in new species for me to record, such as Isotoma viridis, with its single pair of manubrial teeth.

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Blown into my greenhouse this evening where my light trap is running, the attractive migrant fly, Stomorhina lunata. This one is a female (males having orange patches on the abdomen). Such mesmerising eyes. #MothTrapIntruders #Flies

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Anyone else had a Holly Tortrix (Rhopobota naevana) in December before? By my garden trap this morning, North Essex. #TeamMoth

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Like others have noted, last night's promise of migrants failed to materialise. My North Essex garden trap contained a single Mottled Umber. Outside the trap were three LBAMs, a December Moth and an Oak Nycteoline. #TeamMoth

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sylvicola fuscatus appears to be well and truly established in my area (North Essex). Had several this and last year now. #MothTrapIntruders

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Lindbergina aurovittata, I believe. Attracted to my actinic lights last night (in a sheltered spot, out of the 50+ mph gusts). #MothTrapIntruders

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Storm Bert, part 2. Still no African rarities to my garden trap in North Essex, but this Sprawler was good to see. 8 moths of 4 species was a big improvement on the previous night's 1 of 1. 🙂

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Last night it stayed fairly dry in my North Essex garden. Just a shame it was a tad breezy. Avoided a blank, just, with a lone Feathered Thorn. #TeamMoth

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Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Just completed a gen det on this moth, one of a pair at my garden moth trap in North Essex, in late June. Endothenia ustulana, Bugle Marble, a scarce (or under-recorded) inhabitant of damp woodland and waste ground. Just the one previous record for Essex, in 1905. #TeamMoth, #MothsMatter

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Middlewick Ranges @savemiddlewick.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Essex Field Club, Essex Wildlife Trust, Friends of Middlewick, and RSPB. This is aiming to raise money to challenge the series of decisions that led to the site being identified as appropriate for housing- to cover the cost of specialist solicitors and barristers who are

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