Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A Swallow-tailed Moth in October!! #teammoth 0190 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My first Bedstraw Hawk-moth here in Taunton - found at my Actinic light trap on the 18th August 1190 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is the first second brood Fig-leaf Skeletoniser on our fig-tree. Over the last four weeks I saw 5 moths and now there are more than thirty larval tents. 1211 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A White-letter Hairstreak was a surprise in the garden today 0192 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Four nice moths last night despite low numbers: Bordered Straw, Ingrailed Clay, Pale-shouldered Brocade (my 700th recorded and photographed garden moth) and a Dioryctria abietella #teammoth 0170 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The Cream-spot Tiger is, arguably, more attractive from below? #teammoth 0160 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I thought it was another impossible to name Cnephasia species but no - an Isotrias rectifasciana. #teammoth 060 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 17/04/2026An unusually marked The Seraphim last night also five firsts for 2026: Knot Grass, Dark Sword-grass, Puss Moth, Least Black Arches, and Shuttle-shaped Dart #teammoth 0171 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Depressaria ultimella was a nice surprise along with my first V-pug, Pale Pinion, Pale Prominent and Scorched Carpet (3) #teammoth 0210 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 09/04/20268 NFY's last night - included my earliest recorded The Seraphim, also Pine Beauty, Swallow Prominent (4), Brindled Pug, Brimstone Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown, Nut-tree Tussock and Muslin Moth #teammoth 090 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The Streamer was the best of a poor catch. Things should hopefully improve now that the weather has picked up #teammoth 0190 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I don't get the Water Carpet every year so nice to get one in reasonable condition last night #teammoth 0140 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My first spring The Engrailed - so fresh it left meconium in the trap. Also, 16 Small Quakers is a record for me in 12 years of recording moths here #teammoth 1231 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 28/11/2025A beautiful dark Mottled Umber last night along with 8 December Moths (a record here) and a Dark Arches my latest record by over 2 months! #teammoth 0180 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 14/11/2025November Moth agg., in reasonable numbers this year #teammoth 0120 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Three Feathered Thorn last night but still no Yellow and Red-line Quakers - still time I hope #teammoth 1160 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I've been finding Crocidosema plebejana here regularly for many years but never such a fresh one as this #teammoth 1170 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 15/08/2025By chance I found a Fiery Miner (Chrysoesthia drurella) in the garden last year. A few weeks ago I found its leaf mines and larvae and yesterday one of these beautiful, tiny, moths emerged. 040 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Oak Nycteoline: probably the scariest moth picture I've ever taken #teammoth 1100 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 01/06/2025A superb Dichrorampha alpinana in the garden today - loving my new 'meadow' #teammoth 0160 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Marbled Minor agg.'s come in many forms but this must be one of the nicest #teammoth 1261 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 24/04/2025A Chocolate-tip, such an exquisite little moth. Three last night. #teammoth 0240 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A Red Twin-spot Carpet, Shoulder, Stripe, The Streamer and Oak-tree Pug along with another 7 new species for 2025 was a good sign but only 30 moths was disappointing. 050 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Two Pine Beauties last night, this one was just about to escape #teammoth 0250 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Oak Beauties are still visiting - this one's antennae was highlighted beautifully by the light #teammoth 0281 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A Powdered Quaker, a very welcome visitor. A moth I've recorded in 8 of the last 13 years #teammoth 0270 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I found this Nut-tree Tussock on the garage door today. A full ten days earlier than my previous earliest record. #teammoth 1180 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This March Moth from last night was probably the most attractive one I have ever found. Small Quaker and Twin-spotted Quaker were also new for 2025 #teammoth 9412 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I spotted this Dotted Border on the sitting room window last night. Not a moth I see every year #teammoth 0171 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 26/02/2025A very smart Agonopterix alstromeriana (Hemlock Moth) in the trap last night. 010 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 22/02/2025An early Clouded Drab last night was a first for 2025 #teammoth 1422 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 21/02/2025At last a mild dry(ish) night so the actinics were pressed into action. 9 moths of 7 species including an Oak Beauty, Early Grey and a Grey Shoulder-knot. 190 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Tortricodes alternella the Spring Harbinger I've had one each year for the last four years #teammoth 1210 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The wingless, female, Mottled Umber Moth found in the garden yesterday. 0162 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 31/12/2024A lovely surprise on my last trap of 2024 an Acleris umbrana. A first for me here in Taunton #teammoth 1152 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 02/12/2024My first December Acleris schalleriana (Viburnum Tortrix) at the window last night. 081 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Any ideas what this is? Found feeding within a dead thistle stem - noctuid, black head and prothoracic plate. 121 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 24/11/2024My best micro moths of 2024 Part 2: Dioryctria simplicella, Gelechia sororculella, Gypsonoma opressana and Pammene germmana 1221 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 24/11/2024My best macro moths of 2024 Part 2: Royal Mantle, Angle-barred Pug, Privet Hawk-moth and White Satin - all firsts for my garden. 1121 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 17/11/2024My four best micro moths of 2024: Dichrorampha acuminatana, Ptocheuusa paupella, and Chrysoesthia drurella and Pachyrhabda steropodes 2150 0
Steve Chapple @stevechapple.bsky.social · 16/11/2024My four top macro moths of 2024: Bordered Pug, Porter's Rustic, Portland Ribbon Wave and Radford's Flame Shoulder - how times have changed 1111 0
