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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I have read The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Not much luck on our South Norfolk Christmas break until 5 Mottled Umbers turned up last night. #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Maybe Christmas isn't so bad after all.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I have read The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I have read Red Riding 1983 by David Peace.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The Blastobasis sp. I found on Nov. 30-Dec 02 has now been confirmed (without dissection) by the CMR as B. vittata on account of the 'clear black shoulder marks'. Be interesting to see how he feels about the one I found this morning alongside 2 moths that look more like adustella. VC25 #teammmoth.

Blastobasis vittata VC25 December 01. Verified by CMR without dissection.

Blastobasis sp. found December 21. Recorded tentatively by me as Vittata.

December 21. Looks to me like B. adustella.

December 21. Recorded by me as B. adustella.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This morning's walk around the park, VC25, produced 3 Common Plumes (one of them looking very frosty), a lovely Mottled Umber and 11 Winter Moths. #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I have read The Parson by Anna Kavan.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I have read Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I have read People of the Lake by Richard Leakey and Roger Letwin.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

VC25. Dark Chestnut in the trap last night. 2 Rusty-dot Pearl, Large Pale Masoner and Double-striped Pug on the store window. #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I have read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I have read Pinocchio in Venice by Robert Coover.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Still a few interesting moths on the store window, VC25; Female Winter Moth, an attractive Mottled Umber and a very late Double-striped Pug (two previous county records on this date). #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I have read Persuasion by Jane Austen.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I have read Purity by Jonathan Franzen.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If you are looking for a gift for a feisty and literate young family member this Christmas, then I can recommend Lily's Monster by Cliff McNish.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I have read The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem. Translated by Michael Kandel.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I have read The Four-dimensional Nightmare by J.G. Ballard.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The Suffolk CMR wants to record this VC25 moth (recorded by me as B. adustella) as 'a clear female vittata' on account of the black shoulders. Is this a new criterion? The Suffolk website still firmly says 'gen. det.' Infrequently recorded in the county although I see a lot of 'probables'. #teammoth

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I have read F.H. Bradley by Richard Wollheim.

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confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Thank you to Jonathan Coe (The Proof of My Innocence) for selecting Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle for the Observer’s ‘Writers recommend: the best books of 2025’ feature: observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/writers-recommend-the-best-books-of-2025

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A bit worn in the VC25 garden trap, but I think this is a NFY Red-line Quaker. On the store-front were 2 Turnip Moths (only 3 previous records for Suffolk on this date) and a female Winter Moth. #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Much to my surprise, 8 moths in the VC25 trap last night and 5 more on the store window. Yellow-line Quaker, Large Yellow Underwing caterpillar, December Moth and 2 very late Double-striped Pugs (only 1 previous record on this date for Suffolk). #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I find it very difficult to photograph these little chaps, but this is certainly Phyllonrycter platani/Plane leaf-miner. Not recorded as adults in Suffolk on this date, but I think simply overlooked. On the store window VC25. Only B. adustella in the trap. #teammoth.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I have read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

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Robert Stone @robertjstone.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I have read Far Away and Long Ago by W.H. Hudson.

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