Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 18hVery few moths of 21 species in my VC29 garden this morning but a very interesting mix #teammoth 1140
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 19h33 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) this morning a nice Vestal and yet another Dusky Lemon sallow #teammoth 0160
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 11/10/202613 Species in the VC29 Garden this morning, first Silver Y for a while but apart from that the usual suspects #teammoth 0111
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just 17 species this morning little of note until the bottom of the last trap with a nice Vestal and a Merveille du Jour to save the day #teammoth 0180
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Two really different sized Large Wainscots in my nature reserve this morning #teammoth 0170
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Of the 44 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) very unexpected species were Tawny wave, Kent Black Arches, Least Carpet and box tree moth 2/2 #teammoth 090
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 06/10/202644 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) A very strange catch plenty of expected species 5 sallow species, satellite, Autumnal rustic, Brick, chestnut, Green brindled crescent etc. and the cracking Merveille du Jour but TBC.. 1/2 #teammoth 0180
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 05/10/202620 Species in my VC29 Garden this morning, a few nice moths Red Green Carpet and Grey Shoulder Knot the pick #teammoth 090
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No sign of the Sykes warbler on Friday but a good showing from the Bottlenose Dolphins were some consolation with @dartfordtrapper.bsky.social 020
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just 15 species in my garden this morning (VC29) - Delicates still keep coming trapped most nights #teammoth 0141
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 30/09/202623 Species in the garden (VC29), not as many as I hoped for given the conditions but finally an Orange Sallow and the Dusky Lemon Sallow was a nice bonus #teammoth 0100
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A Disappointing 21 species in my nature reserve (VC29) - still getting wainscots and some more Autumnal species #teammoth 091
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 27/09/202616 Species in my garden (VC29) this morning only L-Album wainscot of note #teammoth 070
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just 16 species in my VC29 Garden on Thursday night 2 Vestals and 2 Brindled Greens the pick #teammoth 080
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A Dorset Double of Blair's Wainscot and Banded Pine Carpet with @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social and @dartfordtrapper.bsky.social last night 0100
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A Brown marmorated Shieldbug to lure in my Little Nature reserve, not sure its established locally or it could have come in on one of the lorries from the two large hauliers next door 0124
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some excellent mammals from my short trip to Italy and France - Snow Vole, Alpine Ibex, Chamois and Marmot the pick 030
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I had considered that amongst a couple of others, happy to go with Vibidia duodecimguttata, thanks for the correction 010
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lots of bycatch in the moth trap in Superga (Nr Turin) Italy on Sunday night. - Great Silver Diving Beetle and loads of ladybirds of 7 species - Calvia decemguttata the pick 1102
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Over 1000 moths to my Lepi LED in Superga (Nr Turin) Italy on Sunday night. Most of them Small Mottled Willows, with just a handful of individuals of the other 50 species - Antigastra catalaunalis, Dumeril's Rustic, Idia calvaria and Tiliacea sulphurago of note #teammoth 0100
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Only 4 species on a cool Friday night in Courmayeur Italy - Colostygia aqueata and Scopula incanata of interest 040
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I battled through the Wasps and Hornets for 30 species in my little nature reserve (VC29) a very nice selection of sallows #teammoth 1120
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Moth Trapping (Thursday) at the Col de l'Iseran 🇫🇷 2770m misty and 3 degrees not optimum moth trapping conditions, but still got 8 species - Brindled Ochre the pick #teammoth 060
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not many moths but a nice 25 species in my garden (VC29) - Hummingbird hawkmoth and Vestal the pick #teammoth 0180
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 15/09/202631 species in my VC garden this morning a real autumnal flavour to the catch, Heath rustic of note #teammoth 0130
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026An excellent couple of hours in Sussex with @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social and @dartfordtrapper.bsky.social loads of Tamarisk Peacocks, Channel Island Pug and a Mottled sheildbug #teammoth 0130
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A trap failure so just 30 species in my VC29 garden this morning #teammoth 091
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 07/09/202667 species in my VC29 nature reserve this morning, lots of wasps and hornets to deal with - Vestal and Feathered Gothic of note #teammoth 070
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 07/09/202641 Species in my VC29 garden this morning - lots of Delicate, Small mottled willows and Large Yellow underwings but some quality, Cypress pug, Vestal, Oncocera semirubella and Marbled clover. #teammoth 0151
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just 33 species in a very windy VC29 garden - Clancy's rustic the pick #teammoth 030
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The very confiding Red Footed Falcon in Lowestoft this evening 040
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Despite the strong winds 56 species in my VC29 nature reserve this morning a cracking tawny wave the pick #teammoth 0121
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Wonderful Red Necked Wallaby encounters on the Isle of Man this weekend 071
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Mostly wet and windy weather on the Isle of Man this weekend, but still saw a few birds the crows, did not seem to mind the poor weather 020
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 02/09/202641 Species in my garden (VC29) this morning - Oncocera semirubella the pick NTG #teammoth 0100
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sunday night on some heathland on the south of the Isle of Man, thick mist at times other times strong winds then drizzle then repeat not the best for moth trapping but 32 species was OK to my battery traps - Frosted Orange and Heath rustic the pick #teammoth 0120
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cold and windy on the Isle of Man south coast (VC71) on Friday night so just 25 species in a couple of battery traps but square spot dart was worth the effort #teammoth 0100
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Just Stinking goosefoot from Suffolk this week for #wildflowerhour 0171
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ornate Shieldbug was an excellent find at Foxhall, Suffolk last night 0445
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 26/08/202643 species in my VC29 Garden this morning , a few nice bits, Frosted orange always nice to see #teammoth 060
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A few insects from Sussex this weekend - Vernal Shieldbug, Scymnus frontalis, long tailed blue and Green Shieldbug 0162
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 25/08/202652 Species in my little reserve this morning, Pearly underwing, rusty dot pearl, Webb's wainscot and rush veneer the pick #teammoth 070
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Looks like natural colonists, with sightings along the south coast last couple of years, and a couple of species of European orthoptera also doing the same 110
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Excellent views of 8+ Praying Mantis on the Isle of Wight today with @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social 1396
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A couple of nice plants this weekend, Autumn Gentian from Sussex and Martin's Ramping fumitory from the Isle of Wight for #wildflowerhour 0243
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I was cursing the clouded buff flying out of the trap without stopping for a photo clearly the moth of the morning in my little reserve (VC29) but the moth gods has a small marbled to compensate 87 species, other days Antler moth would have been the star #teammoth 1221
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 18/08/202667 species in the very soggy garden moth traps this morning (VC29) nothing really of note apart from loads of small mottled willows and delicates #teammoth 080
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Just a few final photos from Spain 🇪🇸, an excellent trip 020
Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026More from Spain 🇪🇸 two days mostly mammaling was excellent Broom hare, wildcat, badger, Pyrenean chamois, wild boar and views of a single Cantabrian brown bear and very distant 7 Iberian wolves 050