Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pimpla 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 020
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sawston 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? 110
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Was 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 1162
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Following 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?! 100
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wondering 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 220
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 05/09/202620+ Spoonbills at Cley this morning #norfolkbirding 180
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 31/08/20263 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 080
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026And 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! 010
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Next.. Alder (Alnus sp.) - various galleries and blisters I've gone round in circles with and not convinced myself of an answer... 4/... 210
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026And then Common Reed (Phragmites australis) - I don't know if these can be pinned down to Cosmopterix scribaiella or C. lienigiella? 3/... 210
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Next we have Bramble out on the shingle bank - I think Stigmella aurella but the very red edging is putting me off... 2/ 300
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Sat 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/ 220
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae on one of the allotment pear trees earlier in the week was species #550 for the year 050
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Abundant yesterday at @rspb.bsky.social #minsmere in #Suffolk 020
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hummingbird hawk-moth on the dwarf buddleia at lunchtime today... #teammoth #cambsmoths 090
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I 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) 020
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Pleased 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 090
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/07/2026And a couple of days ago, one of the three in and around the trap was the lovely yellow ab. lutescens #teammoth #cambsmoths 090
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I believe this is Acrolepia autumnitella at RSPB Fowlmere earlier in the week? #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social @vc30moths.bsky.social - can either of you confirm? 140
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Much 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 0160
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026After 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 1291
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026685th 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 0322
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Fig Leaf Skeletonizer was NFG earlier in the week - spotted resting on the flower of an Ox-eye Daisy #cambsmoths #teammoth 0100
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Last 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 080
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026First 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 190
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This 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 020
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The 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 1170
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This 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 0131
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A 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 0160
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026OK, 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 040
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Been 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... 1212
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Batia 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 1172
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Lunar 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 0180
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Eidophasia 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 1180
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Sawston, 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 0292
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 05/06/2026165/63 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 0190
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There'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 0200
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Spotted 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 270
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 041
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/ 120
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Another 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 130
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... 000
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Seems 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 190
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Saw 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 1271
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026And 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 060
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Cinnabar having another good year in the garden... #teammoth #cambsmoths 0201
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Around 50 more at ~5.30 this evening - easily 8 at a time, total individuals difficult to count! #cambsmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 1122
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Red-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 0271
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Not 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 1121
Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Red-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 1220