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Help scientists track the migration of Endangered Bogong Moths to help them and the Critically Endangered Mountain Pygmy-possum. Upload your moth pictures and location to Moth Tracker: zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/ (website developed by CeRDI @FedUniAustralia) w/ @ZoosVictoria
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Bit behind.. Back on the 12th, 7 new species were noted in the garden trap. 2 were new for the garden (Cydia amplana & Roeslerstammia erxlebella, the former new for Cambs) Best of the rest, Dog's Tooth, Crombrugghia distans & Chrysoesthia drurella. 554sp for 2024, Fordham, Cambs
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It's #NationalMothWeek and meet two of the *many* amazing #moth identifiers on iNaturalist: k8thegr8, who specializes in caterpillars, and darielsaqui, who identifies moths in Costa Rica!
k8thegr8: inaturalist.org/blog/96455-i…
darielsaqui: inaturalist.org/blog/79472-i…
#communityscience
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8 new for year species on Saturday night under a clear sky and bright moon, typically the cloud thickened at 8am on Sunday! It was still fairly warm at 14c. Best moths were Lobster Moth, Anarsia innoxiella, Pammene fasciana & Metalampra italica. 344sp for 2024. Fordham, Cambs
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Despite being a cooler night with clear spells and fog towards dawn, there was a significant upturn in species and numbers here in St. Mellion, Cornwall, with 214 moths of 73 species recorded. New for the year - Garden Pebble (E. forficalis), 4 Scorched Wing and Light Arches.
ALT Scorched Wing
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3 new species for the year tip me over the 300 mark for 2024. 2 Broad-barred Whites were fantastic, never had 2 before in one night, even better was a cracking Marbled Coronet. Cloaked Minor was the 3rd new one. A really odd Dark Arches was nice also. Fordham, East Cambs
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Este es apenas un aperitivo de lo que fue nuesgro 1#lepimaraton en Mistrató Risaralda🇨🇴 como parte del @Moth_Week Colombia 2024 😎 #polillas #moths #lepidopteracolombiana #lepimaratones #lepidoptera #mothweek #mothweekColombia2024 #nationaothweek #polillasalcampo
National Moth Week retweeted
5 new ones last night (well 1 was to the FUN bucket trap, a new record to that lure, Grapholita janthinana). Highlight of course was the stunning Cream-spot Tiger. Other goodies included two Aproaerema anthyllidella & the uncommon Common Wave. 223sp for 2024 now. Fordham, Cambs
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Everyday it's a nature challenge day for a nature enthusiast. First May, found these 4 types of moths. As it's said in this poem Moths are Here to Stay sciencenextdoorcom.wordpress…
#moth #moths #citynaturechallenge #citizenscience #nature #education #mothweek
@Moth_Week @CitSciMonth
National Moth Week retweeted
We will be actively taking part in this survey at Ryton Pools. Hugely important study in understanding this difficult group of Ichneumons. Come on moth-ers, let's fill the gaps!!
Any moth-ers out there in the white vice counties that are willing to help on Ophion and Netelia ichneumon wasp study?? Study being conducted by the natural history museum amongst others.
Please retweet, do the gaps can be filled
#mothsmatter #teammoth
National Moth Week retweeted
Couple of new norfolkmoths.co.uk website features testing for 2024... Bigger maps with new date range slider, and new tetrad gazetteer!
National Moth Week retweeted
Why moths are textbook examples of natural selection
A new paper in @EvolLetters shows birds actively prey on invasive box tree moths, with white morph moths hunted more often. Along with other forces, predation influences the ratios of color forms in natural habitats. doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad0…
Paper by R. Poloni et al.
ALT A diagram showing the impacts of bird predation (in this case, by a Blue tit) on the invasive box tree moth. Birds most often hunt the white morph of the moth, and less frequently hunt the dark morph. Over time this can help influence the ratios of each color morph in the habitat.
National Moth Week retweeted
Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) in Barry, S Wales; a visitor from @DevonWildlife?
@_BARRYISLAND_ @Barrybados @StormHour @metoffice @ThePhotoHour @BBCWales @DerekTheWeather @Moth_Week
@savebutterflies #StormHour
Details
butterfly-conservation.org/m…
National Moth Week retweeted
Here are 5 of the most common moth species found in Ontario Parks:
🦋 Pale Beauty
🦋 Hickory Tussock Moth
🦋 Painted Lichen Moth
🦋 Blinded Sphinx
🦋 Luna Moth
Want to learn more about each species? Read on: bit.ly/46WH2Rz
#NationalMothWeek
ALT Luna Moth
ALT Blinded Sphinx
ALT Pale Beauty
National Moth Week retweeted
Sound the alarm! 🐛🔊🚨
Did you know some caterpillar whistle by forcing air out their abdominal spiracles?
The sound may not seem that frightening or loud to us, but it has been known to startle predators away!
#NationalMothWeek
ALT Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth
ALT Milkweed Tussock Moth
National Moth Week retweeted
Eacuchando una emocionante platica de @IndianaCristo en @Socolen !! / Great talk by @IndianaCristo at @Socolen
National Moth Week retweeted
535 species for the garden now in 2023, with 6 new additions last night under warm and muggy conditions but a heavy downpour at dusk. 40 odd species was rather pleasing. Two new species were added to the garden, Monopis weaverella & Parectopa ononidis. Fordham, East Cambs
ALT Parectopa ononidis
ALT Toadflax Brocade
ALT Dark Sword-grass
ALT Monopis weaverella
National Moth Week retweeted
Those aren't flowers, but a group of Leucanella viridescens #moth caterpillars (Polilla pavo real rosada in Spanish), and our Observation of the Day! Seen in #Mexico by juanpa_neri.
More details at: inaturalist.org/observations… #biodiversity #nature #insects #lepidoptera
