Ruth Newby
@ruthnewby.bsky.social
Officially moth-obsessed, also easily distracted by birds, butterflies, flies, wasps and spiders. Musically devoted to an (un)holy trinity of Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.
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Ruth Newby
@ruthnewby.bsky.social
· Aug 27
I’ve decided to compile a list of normally single-brooded moth species that seem to have had a partial 2nd generation this year as a result of the good weather. If you’ve trapped any moths recently that seem to fit these criteria, please let me know species, date & VC in comments. #teammoth
And here are the Micros, all NFGs, with the possible exception of the Dichrorampha aeretana which I saw last year in the same location (near a pot of Ox-eye Daisies) but had one confirmed via gen. det. this year. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social #teammoth
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And here are the Micros, all NFGs, with the possible exception of the Dichrorampha aeretana which I saw last year in the same location (near a pot of Ox-eye Daisies) but had one confirmed via gen. det. this year. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social #teammoth
Finally got round to making a collage for my garden moths of 2025. Here are the macros (names in ALT text). Mostly NFGs with a few exceptions. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social #teammoth
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Finally got round to making a collage for my garden moths of 2025. Here are the macros (names in ALT text). Mostly NFGs with a few exceptions. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social #teammoth
I was saying to my husband recently that though we had a Sloth, a Seal, a Pigeon and a Hummingbird on our Xmas tree there were no moths. And today he surprised me with this! 🎄💚🦋 #teammoth
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I was saying to my husband recently that though we had a Sloth, a Seal, a Pigeon and a Hummingbird on our Xmas tree there were no moths. And today he surprised me with this! 🎄💚🦋 #teammoth
A make Blackcap has been a welcome visitor to my Sutton Coldfield garden today, feeding on suet pellets on the bird table. A female was also seen first thing in the apple tree. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 🪶
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A make Blackcap has been a welcome visitor to my Sutton Coldfield garden today, feeding on suet pellets on the bird table. A female was also seen first thing in the apple tree. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 🪶
A walk round Hill Hook LNR saw the Shovelers still present (2 males and a female), a few late leafmines, Seven-spot Ladybirds and Candlesnuff Fungus. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A walk round Hill Hook LNR saw the Shovelers still present (2 males and a female), a few late leafmines, Seven-spot Ladybirds and Candlesnuff Fungus. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
I’ve been compiling a spreadsheet of leafmines that I’ve recorded in the VC38 section of SK10 between July and November 2025. There are 31 species, 8 of which were new for the gridsquare & most of the rest hadn’t been recorded since a 2012 survey. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’ve been compiling a spreadsheet of leafmines that I’ve recorded in the VC38 section of SK10 between July and November 2025. There are 31 species, 8 of which were new for the gridsquare & most of the rest hadn’t been recorded since a 2012 survey. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
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
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
Oh crikey, December's getting on top of me 😭, so skipping ahead to day 13 of #artadventcalendar, a Setaceous Hebrew Character moth on a background of plant cells 🐡
Watercolour and more Bic biro (green this time 🤣) on paper
Watercolour and more Bic biro (green this time 🤣) on paper
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My Christmas tree came with an added bonus: a Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) which I found on the living room wall! First time I’ve encountered this attractive (tho’ non-native species) #truebugs @britishbugs.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My Christmas tree came with an added bonus: a Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) which I found on the living room wall! First time I’ve encountered this attractive (tho’ non-native species) #truebugs @britishbugs.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Some impressive surveying work in Northern Argyll! #teammoth speciesontheedge.co.uk/mhairi-redis...
Mhairi rediscovers 'lost' burnet moth colonies | Species On The Edge
Project Officer Mhairi tells us how she discovered three 'lost' colonies of the striking Transparent Burnet moth.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some impressive surveying work in Northern Argyll! #teammoth speciesontheedge.co.uk/mhairi-redis...
White Stonecrop (Sedum album) found growing from a crack in a neighbour’s wall. May be a garden escapee though I don’t recall seeing any nearby. Sutton Coldfield B74 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
White Stonecrop (Sedum album) found growing from a crack in a neighbour’s wall. May be a garden escapee though I don’t recall seeing any nearby. Sutton Coldfield B74 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Two Ravens mobbed by two Carrion Crows, flying from the direction of Hill Hook LNR over Clarence Rd. this afternoon. An impressive sight and the first time I’ve seen Ravens locally for a bit. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 🪶
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two Ravens mobbed by two Carrion Crows, flying from the direction of Hill Hook LNR over Clarence Rd. this afternoon. An impressive sight and the first time I’ve seen Ravens locally for a bit. @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 🪶
You’ve got to love a Woodpigeon, the heavens open and it thinks: ‘great, someone turned on the shower!’ 😀 #birds #gardenbirds
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
You’ve got to love a Woodpigeon, the heavens open and it thinks: ‘great, someone turned on the shower!’ 😀 #birds #gardenbirds
It’s Friday, it’s December, so here’s a December Moth for #MothFaceFriday…#teammoth
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s Friday, it’s December, so here’s a December Moth for #MothFaceFriday…#teammoth
We have Winter Moth! As usual, appeared on the patio door, no trap needed. Photo of underside through door, will take a better one tomorrow. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We have Winter Moth! As usual, appeared on the patio door, no trap needed. Photo of underside through door, will take a better one tomorrow. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
More local birding this afternoon: 4 Shoveler (2 male, 2 female), Drake Goosander at Hill Hook LNR; Sparrowhawk flew over Blackberry Lane on my way down & flock of 11 Ring-necked Parakeets (a record number locally?) on the way back 🪶 @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
More local birding this afternoon: 4 Shoveler (2 male, 2 female), Drake Goosander at Hill Hook LNR; Sparrowhawk flew over Blackberry Lane on my way down & flock of 11 Ring-necked Parakeets (a record number locally?) on the way back 🪶 @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Large flocks of both Starling (48) and Goldfinch (58) in my Sutton Coldfield garden this morning. Also Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock & Ring-necked Parakeet. 🪶 @ecorecord.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Large flocks of both Starling (48) and Goldfinch (58) in my Sutton Coldfield garden this morning. Also Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock & Ring-necked Parakeet. 🪶 @ecorecord.bsky.social
When I pre-ordered the paperback of @nicwilson.bsky.social’s book back in October, I thought it was coming out in November, but I think I must have read the date American-style!
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When I pre-ordered the paperback of @nicwilson.bsky.social’s book back in October, I thought it was coming out in November, but I think I must have read the date American-style!
Yellow Brain #fungus (Tremella mesenterica), seen on a dead Birch tree @ladywalknr.bsky.social on Friday
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Yellow Brain #fungus (Tremella mesenterica), seen on a dead Birch tree @ladywalknr.bsky.social on Friday
Reposted by Ruth Newby
那覇の公園で園児たちと虫探し。園児の見つけたセスジスズメのイモ
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
那覇の公園で園児たちと虫探し。園児の見つけたセスジスズメのイモ
Dusk at @ladywalknr.bsky.social yesterday after a brief visit, my first in ages. It only needed a Woodcock or an owl to appear to make it perfect…sadly neither did.
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Dusk at @ladywalknr.bsky.social yesterday after a brief visit, my first in ages. It only needed a Woodcock or an owl to appear to make it perfect…sadly neither did.
A decent trap for the time of year, 7:5 with Rusty-dot Pearl being the most unexpected of the lot. 2 December Moths & Mottled Umber were the best of the rest; no Winter Moth surprisingly. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A decent trap for the time of year, 7:5 with Rusty-dot Pearl being the most unexpected of the lot. 2 December Moths & Mottled Umber were the best of the rest; no Winter Moth surprisingly. #teammoth @pmandrews1973.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
#MothMemories2025 Latticed Heath, another NFG in late June. I trapped a second one in mid-August, but it didn’t pose as nicely. #teammoth
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#MothMemories2025 Latticed Heath, another NFG in late June. I trapped a second one in mid-August, but it didn’t pose as nicely. #teammoth
My two Ectoedemia argyropeza mines are developing nicely, time to get them potted up and overwintering (on the patio step with the bulbs) #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My two Ectoedemia argyropeza mines are developing nicely, time to get them potted up and overwintering (on the patio step with the bulbs) #teammoth @vc28nature.bsky.social
#MothMemories of 2025. I’m revisiting some of my most pleasing moths of the past year & at the same time sharing the #macro photos that I often don’t post. First off, Brown China-mark, NFG in June. #teammoth
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#MothMemories of 2025. I’m revisiting some of my most pleasing moths of the past year & at the same time sharing the #macro photos that I often don’t post. First off, Brown China-mark, NFG in June. #teammoth