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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not had much opportunity to set the moth trap for the last few weeks, but we did have one new for year last weekend - the Feathered Ranunculus - and also our first ever Sallow, quite an unusual one in #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A stunning day in #Alderney to be planning next year's excavation... #archaeology

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Up early in Edinburgh, from where I can offer this for #StandingStoneSunday from the wonderful National Museum. And it does look like a bike over a windscreen, thus demonstrating superiority of 2 wheeled transport 😉

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A shameless bit of self-promotion... and I'm pretty sure the first time I've given a lecture at 8am 😀

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another pic from #Southampton Old #Cemetery #photography and a sort of offering for #StandingStoneSunday - don't they look human, or is it just me?

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Discovered the truly astonishing #Southampton old #cemetery today and could happily have spent hours exploring - must come back! #photography

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spent last 48 hours at Southampton General Hospital @uhsft.bsky.social while mum gets sorted out. Nothing but praise for staff who have been uniformly wonderful. And a joy to meet so many different nationalities all working together to make people better. Brilliant antidote to Farage, Lowe and co.

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A beautiful Striped Hawk-moth from this morning's traps at Pleinmont #Guernsey #teammoth thanks to @andym105.bsky.social for all the hard work

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Finally got the trap out after a few wet and windy nights and we have sailed past 5000 #moths for the year with 148/36, including a couple new for us: Pebble Hook-tip and Dialectica scalariella (Echium Stilt). Also first Dusky Thorn for the year and a Scarce Bordered Straw #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A fairly quiet night moth-wise with 97/29, but pleased to be visited by a Hummingbird Hawk-moth while emptying the trap, although obviously can't do it justice with my little point and shoot camera. And an Angle Shades to add to the face-on gallery #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We had a Mecyna asinalis (Madder Pearl) back at the end of May, and here's a second one from this weekend. Also new for us and unusual for #Guernsey is Diplopseustis perieresalis, perhaps more easily remembered as the Palm Tabby, only recorded here since 2023 #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Can't decide whether this driver really knew what he was doing, or really didn't... #Skye

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The vauvertmoths team are on holiday in Skye, where it has finally stopped raining (for now). One nice moth outside this morning, a July Highflyer? #Skye #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The unmistakable face of a Canary-shouldered Thorn, NFY last night #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Much reduced numbers in the trap last night, just 78/26. Lots (10) of Jersey Tigers though, and also shown here are an Angle Shades and Privet Hawk-moth #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A couple of additions to the face-on moth theme: Brimstone and Mother of Pearl from a catch of about 200/66 last night #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think I posted a Poplar Hawk-moth face on a few weeks ago, but I can't resist another one... from last weekend #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

About 260 moths last night, well down on the previous night - Diamond-back were down from 109 to just 9! I think this battered Willow Beauty deserves a special mention - still flying almost two months after their peak in our garden, in the last week of May #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I didn't realise Ni moths were so rare here, very pleased we've had one!

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Another record for us last night, the first time we've had over 400 moths. 109 of them were Diamond-back Moths.... but among the others were half a dozen Jersey Tigers, including this one face on #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Much reduced numbers in the windy conditions last night, but we did reach our 350th species for the garden, with a Small Rivulet, first photo. Followed by the face of a Golden Twin-spot #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

245 moths of 60 species last night: a couple new for us, Crambus perlella, and what I think is Assara terebrella, perhaps blown in on the easterly winds. Followed by an Early Thorn in characteristic pose and a Golden Twin-spot revving up for take-off #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The latest face-on moths, this time a Buff Arches followed by a Burnished Brass #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Two more NFY moths from the weekend just gone, both very fine examples of their type: Gold Twin-spot and Coronet #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Two NFG this weekend were the Thistle Ermine, Myelois circumvoluta, and the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser, Choreutis nemorana - the latter only recorded in #Guernsey since 2023 I believe. NFY were Old Lady and Swallow Prominent #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A couple of head-on moths before I start to properly tot up last night's 200 or so: Four-spotted Footman and a Silver Y #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Seems to vary a lot from year to year. We had one last weekend but I don't remember any last year. I have the société report here that says 2023 was very poor, with 119 in total. It's early for them yet though, should peak in july/august

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finally totted up last Saturday night's catch at 367/64, our highest ever total for one night. Highlights included our first Ni Moth, and a Sharp-angled Peacock - don't see many of those - and an impressive ichneumon wasp. Finishing up with the face of a Dark Arches #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A few more highlights from the night before last: a tiny Argyresthia brockeella, Dewick's Plusia, Garden Grass Veneer and Jersey Tiger #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

About to start going through 320+ moths from last night, but in the meantime here are a few highlights from the night before, *only* 275/64... the Bordered Beauty and Pine Carpet are NFG, then a Beautiful Hook-tip and a Vestal, both quite rare for us #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Could I ask #teammoth for an ID while I'm out in the field? Just seen on Herm, Channel Islands

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Nice view at work today although it is a little hot #Herm #Guernsey #photography

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A few more moths from this weekend: a Rosy Footman, contrasting sizes in Box Tree Moths, and new for us, probably Dichrorampha alpinana, given the presence of Ox-Eye daisies in the garden #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Keeping up the black and white theme, today's moth to recognise should you meet it head-on is an easy one... a Box Tree Moth #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Last night's moths in black and white: Clouded Border and Ethmia quadrillella (two pics) both new for us, and a dash of colour from a Small Magpie #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Back to the day job for #FindsFriday, here's a beautiful sherd of pottery from our recent excavation in #Alderney. Decoration looks like impressed grain, and from other finds in this context I'm guessing early Bronze Age... but French colleagues arriving soon will tell me 😄 #archaeology 🏺

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

From last weekend here's another moth face-on, this time the very distinctive Swallow-tailed Moth #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Today's face-on moth is a very handsome Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, first this year for us #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

In our #Guernsey garden just now, our first Orache of the year #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Not surprisingly much reduced numbers last night compared to last week: just 42 moths of 15 species. This Garden Grass-Veneer posed very well #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

One of two new arrivals in our household, familiarising herself with Victor Hugo #caturday

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Finally got through all the photos of moths from last week's heatwave - we put the trap out four times, and got 906 moths of 106 species. A few more pics here - first Box Tree Moth of the year, Yellow Shell, our first ever Brown Silver-line and a Feline #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Another in an occasional series of moths face-on... this time it's a Willow Beauty #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Another favourite from recent nights, the Burnished Brass #teammoth #Guernsey

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

One more before I give up for tonight, from a couple of days ago - a beefy Poplar Hawk-moth head on #Guernsey #teammoth

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I know what you mean, I'm about two-thirds through last night's 300 and having to look up far more than I should. Giving it a rest tonight as I do have to go to work tomorrow...

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