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Stephen Roughley

@stephenroughle3.bsky.social
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Coding chemist, Scouser, amateur cornet/trumpet player, @CSDBrass, moths, uses same handle on xwitter. For stuff about KNIME see @DrKnimeNode mastodon.world/@SawstonMoth

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 13h
Pimpla rufipes (the Black Wood Wasp) - disturbed today by walking down the garden. Not the first I've seen but one the very few that's hung around for a photograph
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sawston South Cambs #vc29moths - possible Ectoedemia rubivora mines on bramble in the garden yesterday afternoon? Thoughts @vc28nature.bsky.social @vc30moths.bsky.social ? #teammoth I could find lots of references to the egg being on the underside, but no photos - not sure my photos are the eggs?
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Was thinking Small Mottled Willow were fading from the trap as I opened it this morning. 13 in a line round the rim of the underside of the lid made me wonder again - final total 91 - easily beating my previous 53... Here's 7.5 of them #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Following yesterdays #norfolkmoths botanical blunder, here's another one. These I thought were all Sea Beet on the East Bank at Cley over the weekend, but I'm not sure they're even mines in the main. @vc28nature.bsky.social - have I now completely lost the plot?!
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wondering whether these are Heliozela resplendella mines on Alder at @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social ? And no clues for the mine on Hazel from same location? #teammoth #norfolkmoths @vc28nature.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
20+ Spoonbills at Cley this morning #norfolkbirding
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
3 NFY this morning - Centre-barred Sallow, Beautiful China-mark, Tree-lichen Beauty. A 2nd Dewick's Plusia , a 2nd Dark Spectacle, 2 more Delicates, 2nd autumn batch of Clancy's Rustic, silly number of Epinotia nisella and Ancylosis oblitella #teammoth #cambsmoths - year list now 556 species
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sat 22-Aug-2026 - @rspbminsmere.bsky.social A thread of leaf-mines (mainly!) I can't identify - 1 post per host species... #teammoth #suffolkmoths @vc28nature.bsky.social @vc30moths.bsky.social - first up ~Blackthorn (Prunus sp.)... blister close to the edge of a leaf, no obvious gallery... 1/
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Forgot to tag #teammoth and #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae on one of the allotment pear trees earlier in the week was species #550 for the year
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hummingbird hawk-moth on the dwarf buddleia at lunchtime today... #teammoth #cambsmoths
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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Pebble Hook-tips Drepana falcataria in my 'caterpillar zoo' are now ready to pupate. They first use silk to fold a living Birch leaf. The cocoon is formed within the fold. The leaf will fall into the leaf litter where the pupa will overwinter. Time lapse over 2 hours. Buckfastleigh, Devon
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I think this Ophioninae which was on the wall behind the #teammoth trap in VC82 East Lothian on 4th August keys to Enicospilus inflexus - no sclerites in discosubmarginal cell, head narrower than eyes @gavinbroad.bsky.social ? (will iRecord)
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Pleased with this photo of a vacated Phyllonorycter maestingella exuvia on Beech in East Lothian (VC82) last week #teammoth #leafmines @vc28nature.bsky.social @markcubitt.bsky.social
Upper surface of mine on BeechLower surface of mine on BeechVacated exuvia
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#teammoth
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I believe this is Acrolepia autumnitella at RSPB Fowlmere earlier in the week? #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social @vc30moths.bsky.social - can either of you confirm?
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Much quieter night in the #teammoth trap this morning - NFG Metalampra italica was the highlight. First European Hornet (Vespa crabro) of the year less so! #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
After multiple Jersey Tiger caterpillars in the garden earlier in the year, over the last few days the adults have been starting to put in an appearance. A more conventional photo and a flash of red as one started to move as the shutter activated... #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
685th Species for the garden arrived this morning in the form of a lovely female Oak Eggar. Only seen this species once previously - on a roasting hot morning on Crewkerne Railway station platform ~3 years ago, where it was causing widespread panic until I moved it to a bush #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fig Leaf Skeletonizer was NFG earlier in the week - spotted resting on the flower of an Ox-eye Daisy #cambsmoths #teammoth
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Last nights 555/99 (with another 7 species awaiting determination) and 19 of those NFY (including 2 NFM) must be a record for me. Garden alltime list now 673, with 32 added to that total so far this year. Tracking 2025 very closely still, and that with no GD results yet #teammoth #cambsmoths
New species for the garden by yearWeekly cumulative species totals 2019 - 2026
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
First Banded Demoiselle and Small Skipper of the year this afternoon in the garden. Also a Dock Bug (not NFY, but I like the photo!) @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Banded DemoiselleSmall SkipperSmall SkipperDock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The last 2 nights have seen totals of 193/73 (9 NFY) and 198/70 (6 NFY) - Hedya salicella was also NFG on 16-Jun-2026, as were Argyresthia pruniella and Phtheochroa inopiana last night... Not sure I know when the last time the garden list grew by so many over a couple of days! #teammoth #cambsmoths
Hedya salicellaArgyresthia pruniellaPhtheochroa inopianaNFG in June 2026 - total now 666 species
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This evenings garden caterpillar found 87 Cinnabar and 13 Toadflax brocade. Also a couple of 2-spot ladybirds and a Piasaura mirabilis carrying an egg sac (no photo of that one) #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A small moth on the wall just inside the garden office doorway earlier was Parachronistis albiceps - not common in VC29 (cambsmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b...) and NFM #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Been over a bit to the dark side (or is it the daylight side?) today... Large Skipper, Small White, Meadow Brown and Large Red Damselfly in the garden... @epollard.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social Normal nocturnal service will be resumed shortly...
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Batia lunaria NFY last night, along with Acrobasis suavella and the rather unexpected Brachmia blandella - a Gorse feeder. VC29 is not renowned for its huge swathes of gorse - I can only think of 1 bush within ~15 miles. Year list now on 329 species #teammoth #cambsmoths
Acrobasis suavellaBatia lunariaBrachmia blandellaBrachmia blandella
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Lunar Hornet Moth (NFY) to the LUN lure this morning - latest in the day I think I've ever seen (in between 10:15 and 11:00). Earliest ever recorded as 15th June (in 2025), so again quite an early record! #teammoth #cambsmoths
Lunar Hornet Moth (52.002 Sesia bembeciformis) - Ventral viewLunar Hornet Moth (52.002 Sesia bembeciformis) - Dorsal view
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Eidophasia messingiella (NFG, NFM etc ) and Swallow-tail (NFY) were probably the highlights in the trap this morning, along with this also NFG Shoulder-striped Wainscot which unfortunately was not playing nice for photography, but looks quite striking in a weird way! #teammoth #cambsmoths
Eidophasia messingiellaSwallow-tailed MothShoulder-striped Wainscot
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sawston, South Cambs. A bit of a burst of @migrantmothuk.bsky.social activity last night with Silver Y, 4 White-point, Small Mottled Willow, 2nd garden (and #vc29moths) record of Ni Moth, and Bordered Straw #teammoth #cambsmoths
Ni Moth (Trichoplusia ni) - 2nd record for my garden, after one on 26th August 2025.  These appear to be the only records for VC29Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)Silver Y (Autographa gamma)Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua) - I only recorded this for the first time on 26th May 2026 - this is now the 9th specimen in the garden
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
165/63 last night, with another 10 NFY - including this Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) - a lifer, and one I'm not sure I've even noticed in the book before! Garden list now stands at 657, with 16 added to that total so far this year #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There's been a bit of a green theme in the trap in recent days... IDs (Common Name, Agassiz List No., Binomial) in the alt text #teammoth #cambsmoths
2nd June - Common Emerald (70.305 - Hemithea aestivaria) - not very common at all in my garden!31-May-2026 A very green Green Pug (70.144 - Pasiphila rectangulata)31-May-2026 - Blotched Emerald (70.300 - Comibaena bajularia) - again, a bit of a 1-every-three-years species for me19-May-2026 - Light Emerald (70.283 - Campaea margaritaria) - there have been many of these this year again -always my most common Emerald, but seems to be doing very well this year
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Spotted this very fine delicate spinning across a vein on the garden Apple Tree earlier today - Obsi 100% Carcina quercana. Plenty of photos to confirm on lepiforum (and confirmed on FB) but Langmaid Palmer and Young say on the underside of the leaf... #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Another busy trap - 219/65, with 11 NFY. Amazingly none of the 35+ Silver Y nectaring on a bush next to the trap made it into the trap, but the NFY were Tortrix viridana, Anarsia innoxiella, Chrysoteuchia culmella, Clouded Silver... 1/ #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Seems that the Silver Y also like the Philadelphus that the Painted Ladies have been enjoying - counted 15 over the course of as many minutes just now. Decision not to light up tonight has been reversed.... #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Saw a flash of orange in the unmown lawn at around 17:20 - Commophilla aeneana is quite a spectacular moth (with only ~7 records in #cambsmoths - the last was @sciencebase.com in 2023) Even more surprising was when a second perched in front of me at ~20:15! #teammoth
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
And still they keep coming. They really do seem to like the Philadelphus flowers too... Painted Lady and the odd Red Admiral @epollard.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Cinnabar having another good year in the garden... #teammoth #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Around 50 more at ~5.30 this evening - easily 8 at a time, total individuals difficult to count! #cambsmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Red-tipped Clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis; to it's own lure) and Red-belted Clearwings (S. myopaeformis; to Orange-tailed lure!) today showing their Orange and white undersides of palps respectively #teammoth #cambsmoths
Red-belted ClearwingRed-belted clearwing with white underside of palps and white ventral areaRed-tipped clearwingRed-tipped clearwing with orange underside of palps and orange-red band right around abdominal segments
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Not quite a #migrantmothuk but Painted Lady near enough... 4 in the garden this morning along with a worn-looking Red Admiral @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @croughley.bsky.social @epollard.bsky.social #cambsmoths
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Red-belted clearwing was NFY earlier today - to the AND lure (yep - the one for Orange-tailed Clearwing (Synanthedon andrenaeformis))... CUL was also out at the time, so intriguing preferences in play... #teammoth #cambsmoths
Red-belted clearwing underside view showing diagnostic white palps and undersideRed-belted clearwing pot-shot showing face on the diagnostic white palpsRed-belted clearwing from above
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Pammene aurana was NFG this afternoon (although not NFY - one previously this year and one last year in the FUN lures attempting to protect the allotment Plum crop) #teammoth #cambsmoths
Pammene auranaPammene aurana
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Despite the wind, last night was the best night in the trap for a while - 51/23 with 7 NFY (and a further 2 needing closer examination to ID). NFY were Silver Y (x3 - totally ignoring the NI lure nearby!), Burnished Brass (f. juncta?), Common Swift, Common Wainscot... 1/2 #teammoth #cambsmoths
Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) - I think this is f. junctaCommon Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) - a very dully-marked specimenCommon Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
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4barsrest.com @4barsrest.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Better morning in the trap with 29/17, with 3 NFY - Nuteg, Common White Wave and Light Brocade (Am I the only one who thinks "Charge of the Light Brocade" when I see the name?!) #teammoth #cambsmoths
Nutmeg (Anarta trifolii)Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)Light Brocade (Lacanobia w-latinum)
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
St Mary's Sawston this afternoon - plenty of Horse-chestnut Leaf-miners being relatively calm in the cool afternoon, and a new gravestone for Luffia lapidella - probably 50-75 on a single stone (previously years found similar number on a different stone!) #cambsmoths #teammoth #cemeterywildlife
Horse-chestnut Leaf-minerHorse-chestnut leaf-minerHorse-chestnut leaf-minerLuffia lapidella
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Glyphipterix simpliciella - NHY just now (Species 135) - not sure how I spotted this on a daisy underneath the washing line while I was bringing the dry clothes in before the rain got going... #teammoth #cambsmoths
Glyphipertix simpliciella on a Daisy petalGlyphipertix simpliciella - NB the clumps of pollen on the legs and amazing palps!Glyphipertix simpliciella
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Bit of a look round the "meadow" today - Cinnabar, Pyrausta aurata (Mint Moth), Psyche Casta, Jersey Tiger and.... #teammoth #cambsmoths
Cinnabar MothJersey Tiger caterpillarPyrausta aurata (Mint Moth)Psyche casta (x2)
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