Only four moths here last night, but Ochreous Pug and a probable Pammene argyrana were new for the garden. A Coleophora anatipennella larval case on apple and a recent Red Twin-spot Carpet were also nice. #teammoth #MothsMatter Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Great record. Not seen in that area for ages and the earliest ever in the county.

Several thousand Meadow Saxifrage flowers in a field near Masham yesterday. I've never seen so many before. Jill Warwick palustris

An unexpected visitor to the moth trap last night. Caloptilia cuculipennella. A rare moth in Yorkshire. All other county records since 1880 have been from a single site in the east of VC62 at Skelton. Jill Warwick Diane Smiley Andy D. Nunn

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
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An adult Caloptilia azaleella has emerged from one of the cocoons on azalea. The first record for VC 61. #teammoth #MothsMatter Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Coleophora vitisella on Cowberry in Colsterdale on Saturday. This must be one of my favourite Coleophora cases. Jill Warwick Andy D. Nunn Diane Smiley Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Always nice to get Mullein in the garden trap. I often see the larvae but rarely come across the adult. Jill Warwick Diane Smiley Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Lots of Phyllonorycter ulicicolella mines on gorse at Ellington Banks near Ripon yesterday. This must be a very under-recorded species.

Coleophora paripennella case and feeding signs on Centaurea nigra Nosterfield Nature Reserve today. A new species for the reserve.

Some nice moths at Brafferton Spring Wood a couple of nights ago with Jill Warwick - Brindled Beauty, Scarce Prominent, Ocnerostoma friesei and Epinotia pygmaeana

A worthy read for moth-ers across the country, I think. The latest Lancashire Moth Groip newsletter is now available to read: drive.google.com/file/d/19dNywT…

Nice one Andy!

A very smart Phyllonorycter lautella that recently emerged from a #leafmine on oak I collected in the autumn. Also a P. quercifoliella, also on oak. #teammoth #MothsMatter Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella is the first moth to emerge from #leafmines (on snowberry) I collected in the autumn. Also a Pammene giganteana to a Grapholita lobarzewskii lure a couple of weeks ago. #teammoth #MothsMatter Charles Fletcher Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Caloptilia populetorum at Ellington Banks last night with Jill Warwick is the second record for VC64, and and early Streamer is the fourth earliest for Yorkshire. Diane Smiley Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

Some nice moths starting to appear. Red Sword-grass from the garden last night and White Marked from Hackfall Woods.

A real herald of spring, an Oak Beauty finally graced my trap this week, with our earliest-ever garden record of Twin-spotted Quaker! Charles Fletcher Diane Smiley Celina 🦋🕊️ VAL NORMINGTON British Moths #mothsmatter #teammoth

Red Sword-grass and Pale Brindled Beauty were both goodies for here last night - the RSG was new for me last autumn, and the PBB was first since 2019. #teammoth #kilnsea

Galls of Lampronia fuscatella on young birch at Sutton Bank yesterday. The first for VC62, so it has now been recorded in all five Yorkshire VCs.