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Dave Grundy
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From Birmingham, England & spend 6 months a year in Spain. Green, socialist & European. Retired wildlife consultant used to run moth holidays & training courses. Now survey moths in Spain for fun & for science - polillero. #teammoth
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Part 4 - Moth-trapping at Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Photos are; Ammoconia senex & Agriopis bajaria. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Ammoconia senex - moth-trapping Dehesa de San Juan, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Agriopis bajaria - moth-trapping Dehesa de San Juan, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Early morning with cloud clearing - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025.
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I’ve just been offered a bunch of historic publications about the Lepidoptera of Staffs, I’m not sure I have room to give a home to all of them but I wondered if any VC39 #teammoth were interested in taking some? @sj84turner.bsky.social @lesevanshill.bsky.social @dominiccollins.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Part 3 - Moth-trapping at Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Photos are; Ammopolia witzenmannii & November Moth - Epirrita dilutata male. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A good looking grey form of Ammopolia witzenmannii - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. A November Moth - Epirrita dilutata male that I confirmed the ID of. - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. What a brilliant view from the trap!? - moth-trapping Dehesa de San Juan, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025.
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Interested in moth trapping?

Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?

Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social

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Effect of bulb type on moth trap catch and composition in UK gardens
We analyse 10 years of records Garden Moth Scheme (GMS) to estimate the effect of bulb and trap type on the number of moths caught by moth traps. We find that brighter, higher wattage bulbs collect ...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Photos are; Juniper Carpet - Thera juniperata & Salsovian - Eremohadena chenopodiphaga. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Proving the small population is still present here - Juniper Carpet - Thera juniperata - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. The Salsovian - Eremohadena chenopodiphaga - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. One of the 2 first moth traps from a very cold ridge - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025.
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Part 1 - Moth-trapping at Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Photos are; Silver-striped Hawk-moth & Conistra gallica. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Silver-striped Hawk-moth - Hippotion celerio was great to see, as Hawk-moths - Sphingidae have been scarce this autumn. - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. Great to see this very attractive form of Conistra gallica - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025. The view from the trap to Pico del Veleta on the right and highest of all with a tiny bit of snow - Mulhacen and both underneath some stunning looking lenticular clouds!! - moth-trapping above Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 20th of October 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 17th to 19th of October 2025. Photos are; Bordered Straw, Agonopterix alstromeriana & Trichiura castiliana. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A fresh looking Bordered Straw - Heliothis peltigera - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 19th of October 2025. Agonopterix alstromeriana - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 19th of October 2025. This is a scarce species for me, here in Spain and my only record of the autumn. Trichiura castiliana - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 19th of October 2025.
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Part 1 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 17th to 19th of October 2025. Photos are; Mediterranean Brocade & Garella nilotica. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
The beautiful scarce migrant - Mediterranean Brocade - Spodoptera littoralis - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 17th of October 2025. And the very rare and tiny Garella nilotica. - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 19th of October 2025. (Also known as the Black-olive Caterpillar moth, but I don't know anyone who uses that name!?) This was one of two that I trapped this autumn and with only 9 previous records for me - so, not even annual! On the walk into Tarifa at dusk - don't you love those fence posts!? - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 17th of October 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 14th to 16th of October 2025. Photos are; Ni Moth & Etiella zinckenella. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A very smart looking Ni Moth - Trichoplusia ni (and Palpita vitrealis in the background!) - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 16th of October 2025. And another migrant and one of my favourites - Etiella zinckenella - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 16th of October 2025. This is the dusk view from my favourite trap site, when switching on - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 16th of October 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Part 1 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 14th to 16th of October 2025. Photos are; Pseudozarba bipartita & yet another Ancylosis harmoniella. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Pseudozarba bipartita appears to be a migrant in small numbers in this area - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 14th of October 2025. Here is my last and 14th! - Ancylosis harmoniella of this autumn arrival - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 15th of October 2025. On an afternoon walk around CIMA, this is the top of the CIMA sheltered valley and here looking north east to Bosque de Niebla. The photo also shows how dry the vegetation gets after a hot summer with no rain! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 15th of October 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025. Photos are; Zebeeba falsalis, Cornifrons ulceratalis & Ancylosis harmoniella. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Zebeeba falsalis is a beautiful moth when fresh like this one! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025. Possibly the rarest moth for me on this night for migrants was this Cornifrons ulceratalis - an excellent and scarce find. Over 13 years of trapping in this area I recorded a total of 11 moths from this species until this spring. (However this spring was exceptional for this moth with 128 recorded!) Another great looking Ancylosis harmoniella - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025. One of 9 trapped on the night!!
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Part 1 - Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025. Photos are; Crimson Speckled, Ancylosis harmoniella & Ophiusa tirhaca. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A well known moth-migrant was this species - Crimson Speckled - Utetheisa pulchella, with a great total of 43 in the traps! - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025. And this was probably star moth of the night - with 9 seen in varying colour forms! Ancylosis harmoniela - to put this into context - in 13 years of detailed surveying at this site, I have only before trapped 4 of them! Ancylosis is an exciting genus with some great species in there! Ophiusa tirhaca - is a moth that I haven't worked out - is it a migrant or a scarce resident, or both? - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 13th of October 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Has anyone else been asked to verify their age on bluesky. I understand the need to protect young people but at 71 I am unlikely to be a problem! They asked to take a photo of me which I did and it just jammed. I tried ti email them and they dont accept emails. So I dont know what has happened to me
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 12th of October 2025. Photos are; Hydriris ornatalis & Parascotia cirippa. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
What a great looking Crambidae moth to see? - Hydriris ornatalis - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 12th of October 2025. Until last week, I knew this beautiful moth as Parascotia nisseni - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 12th of October 2025. But thanks to research by José Luis Yela and friends and as reported in the Fauna Ibérica: Noctuoidea facebook group I now know that this is almost certainly Parascotia cirippa. Parascotia nisseni has been found to be a complex of 4 species and Parascotia cirippa is the one known from Iberia. And the dusk was very pink due to the Calima. Here on my evening walk along the coast from CIMA. - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 12th of October 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Photos are; Coptotriche angusticolella, Phtheochroa syrtana & Nephopterix angustella. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Coptotriche angusticolella was a tiny star moth for me - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 11th of October 2025. The Tortrix moth Phtheochroa syrtana - scarce this far west - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 11th of October 2025. The attractive pyralid moth - Nephopterix angustella- moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 9th of October 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Part 4 - Moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Photos are; Agrotis graslinii & Odites kollarella. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
And how's this for a brilliant pale version of this pale star moth!? - Woods's Dart - Agrotis graslinii - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Another great moth was this tiny - Odites kollarella - the only one that I saw in the autumn! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Another great moth was this tiny - Odites kollarella - the only one that I saw in the autumn! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Part 3 - Moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Photos are; Agrotis graslinii & Catarrhoe basochesiata. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
This is another star moth from the night! - Woods's Dart - Agrotis graslinii and I trapped 5 of them! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. (It is only known in Europe from the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal and the Portugal/Spain subspecies is arenosa.) And a beautiful fresh Catarrhoe basochesiata - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. This is the view looking inland from one of the higher dunes. You can see that as you get further inland, the habitat changes to Pine Forest. I believe they are all Stone Pines and I'm not sure how much they are natural here, or were planted to stabilise the mobile sand dunes. - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025.
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Photos are; Streblote panda, Eupithecia sardoa & Ophiusa tirhaca. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
And here's another photo of one of the Streblote panda up close! - what an amazing looking moth!? - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Here's another one of my 18 Eupithecia sardoa - a major Iberian rarity! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. (And with a Scarce Bordered Straw - Helicoverpa armigera in the photo too!!) This has to be one of the most exciting moths in Spain the very big Ophiusa tirhaca! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. Photos are; . - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
What a stunning place to moth trap - this is in the evening light when setting up traps, with the view to Tarifa in the background! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. And these were two of my star moths - the excellent Streblote panda - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025. And nowhere near as exciting to look at but much rarer is this moth! - Oporopsamma dunaria. I trapped 4 on the night and these were the only ones I saw all autumn! I have only seen 30 in 14 years of trapping here! - moth-trapping at Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 8th of October 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social

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Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 6th & 7th of October 2025. Photos are; Crimson Speckled, Garden Rose Tortrix & Horisme scorteata. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Crimson Speckled - Utetheisa pulchella - up close - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 7th of October 2025. A great looking form of the Garden Rose Tortrix - Acleris variegana - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 7th of October 2025 Horisme scorteata - moth-trapping at CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 6th of October 2025
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Part 4 - Moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. Photos are; Oxybia transversella & Small Angleshades - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A shiny fresh Oxybia transversella definitely is! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. And what do you think of the different colours of Small Angleshades - Euplexia lucipara, in the south of Spain? - when compared with those from Northern Europe? - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. This is the morning view from the boardwalk trap across the Straits to Jebel Musa! Jebel Musa and Morocco are nowhere to be seen behind this mist/low cloud! A very different damp and humid feel to the place from the night before! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Part 3 - Moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. Photos are; Thalpophila vitalba & Catocala oberthuri - I hope! - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
How's this for a star moth - looking very fresh - this is Thalpophila vitalba - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025 So here is the hindwing of this moth - you need a firm but gentle grip to do this without harming the moth. I feel these markings match Catocala oberthuri - what do others think? - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025 And these are the results, the next morning! - not bad! and many more moths across the white wall too! - Can you identify any moths in the photo? - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Part 2 - Moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. Photos are; Lace Border & Pyrausta sanguinalis. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Lace Border - Scopula ornata always looks stunning and like they have only just emerged! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025 What amazing colours in the Crambidae moth - Pyrausta sanguinalis - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025 And what a great sunset looking across the Straits to Jebel Musa? - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Part 1 - Moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. Photos are; Phycita diaphana & leaf mine of probable Aspilanta oinophylla. - see alt button for details in photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
I love to see this moth species - Phycita diaphana with its 'hunched shoulders' like a broken off twig! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025 And I had to show you this leaf with 3 leaf mines in it. I believe the leaf is a grape vine and that the leaf miner is Aspilanta oinophylla. With these holes in the leaves next to the mines it has to be a Heliozelidae, but this also means that the caterpillar has left the leaf. If my identification is correct then this will be a new species for Iberia! But I can't claim that with no caterpillar or adult moth to show anyone! So, I will need to revisit the site at a different time of year to try to locate larvae or/and adults! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025. (But please correct me if you know I have got this wrong?) Some fantastic mature oak trees to put your trap next to! - moth-trapping at Huerta Grande, Pelayo, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain on the 5th of October 2025
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM