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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 · 03/10/2026
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
And lastly, not a leaf-miner, but still larva - this one was on a bramble out on the shingle bank, but no obvious sign it had actually been feeding there... Any answers to any of the above much appreciated!
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Next.. Alder (Alnus sp.) - various galleries and blisters I've gone round in circles with and not convinced myself of an answer... 4/...
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And then Common Reed (Phragmites australis) - I don't know if these can be pinned down to Cosmopterix scribaiella or C. lienigiella? 3/...
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Next we have Bramble out on the shingle bank - I think Stigmella aurella but the very red edging is putting me off... 2/
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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
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
Abundant yesterday at @rspb.bsky.social #minsmere in #Suffolk
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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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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 · 18/07/2026
And a couple of days ago, one of the three in and around the trap was the lovely yellow ab. lutescens #teammoth #cambsmoths
Jersey Tiger - ab. lutescens with Yellow hindwings
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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
This strange year was amazingly ~35-40 species ahead of the previous best year (2025) a week or so ago - but worth considering the 2025 figures have all the gendet specimens included
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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
OK, this was also during daylight... I dont think short of collecting the larvae and rearing in isolation can get closer to certainty of an adult Yponomeuta malinellus than this newly emerged on the apple leaf next to the larval webs.. #teammoth #cambsmoths
Yponomeuta malinellus with adjacent larval websA better (i.e. in focus!) view of the Yponomeuta malinellus
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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 · 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
... Marbled White Spot (worried some of these may have gone down as Marbled Minor agg.), Phtheochroa rugosana and Scorched Wing, while a further 3 Small Mottled Willow (NFM earlier this week) and 10 Diamond-back Moths hints at migration @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
... Cypress Carpet (possible @migrantmothuk.bsky.social ?) Ditula angustiorana, Ethmia quadrillella (have to check if this is NFG, or even NFM), Grass Rivulet... 2/
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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
... And in the midst of all the Plusinae (all studiously ignoring the NI lure in the bush!), a lone Pyrausta aurata...
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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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