RT Butterfly Conservation
New month, new butterflies and moths to look out for in your gardens and local green spaces! 🌷🌱🦋
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#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

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#MothsMatter @savebutterflies Could you kindly tell me the name of this Moth species, please? It was flying around my kitchen last week. I think it is a beauty. #nature #naturephotography

Spotted this hummingbird hawk-moth the other day in north #Norfolk. Amazing flying skills of this little insect. Wings beat so fast the camera couldn't see them. #MothsMatter #mothtodon #moths

Don't forget moths:

"Bees get the glory, but moths are also key pollinators, study says"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/11/moths-pollinators-insects/

#bees #climate #MothsMatter

RT @KeironDBrown: Free webinar with @Jamie_C_Weir journeying into the fascinating world of using patterns to confuse predators @BritEntSoc @RoyEntSoc @BritishMoths @savebutterflies #MothsMatter

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disguised-by-difference-phenotypic-polymorphism-as-a-means-of-camouflage-tickets-476712268227

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RT @savebutterflies: This April look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🌷🌱🦋

Discover more species and how to attract them to your garden with our free monthly E-newsletter 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/enews

#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter #Nature

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Pub wine to incite the Lepidopterists to drink #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #MothingIsNotNothing

Seasonal moths

November Moth (aggregate, could be one of three closely related species distinguishable only if raised from larvae, or through genetical dissection),

December Moth, lovely furry species that finally turned up in my garden in October 2022

Winter Moth, delicate looking but hardy winter-flying moth

#lepidoptera #mothematics #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #MothMania

This year, I saw well over 60 species of moth I'd not seen before, among them the wonderful creatures we know as Convolvulus Hawk-moth, December Moth, Rosy Footman, and Black Arches #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

The full list of the moths I've recorded and photographed in the last 4 years is on my Imaging Storm site

https://imagingstorm.co.uk/lepidoptera-butterflies-and-moths

Mrs Sciencebase will attest to how excited I got when a couple of Convolvulus #Hawk-moths (Agrius convolvuli) turned up in our garden at the end of the summer.

They were initially drawn to tobacco plants (#Nicotiana) that we had grown specifically to attract them. I think we had them arrive on three occasions with at least two on one night. Likelihood is that they are the offspring of migrants from mainland Europe

#TeamMoth #MothsMatter

https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/convovulus-hawk-moth.html

Good to see @savebutterflies have arrived here to share information about and preserve our beautiful butterfly and moth friends!

#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

In the depths of winter, there are few moths on the wing sadly...it was dry and not too cold last night, so I lit up (15W actinic). Unfortunately, nothing was drawn in.

So, instead here's a Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) photo I took in the summer while searching for Clouded Yellow butterflies.

Not to be confused with the US hummingbird moths, which are more closely related to the UK's Bee Hawk-moths.

#TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Discovered the #MothsMatter hashtag & am so excited to finally have a place to share the coolest #moth I've ever seen.

Last year walked outside & was stunned to see this huge moth on the pergola.

Fairly certain it's a Black Witch Moth (Ascalapha odorata)...?

The size, tho! It was absolutely jaw-dropping.

Just had to share, lol.

#NaturePhotography #lepidoptera

Winter Moth, first of this winter to the 15W actinic light in my garden, at least night wasn't another blank #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Lepidoptera #Moths #CitizenScience

RT @SamanthaMay64
Wonderful Hawk-moths from my Yorkshire garden this year. Elephant, Eyed, Privet and Lime. Stunningly beautiful creatures. #MothsMatter

RT @SamanthaMay64: A beautiful pink Vestal from the garden last night. #MothsMatter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1586714536400273411

RT @SamanthaMay64: The Streak, Chesias legatella, from the garden last night. #MothsMatter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1583389143463505920

RT @SamanthaMay64: A turquoise jewel, Merveille du Jour, Wonder of the day! #MothsMatter

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RT @SamanthaMay64: Merveille du Jour; one of our most beautiful moths. The first of the year from the garden last night. #MothsMatter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1577774425595838464

RT @SamanthaMay64: Puss Moth, Cerura vinula, a beautiful moth with spectacular antennae, from the garden light trap. #MothsMatter #Moth #nature

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1529445628597747713