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Stephen Roughley

@stephenroughle3.bsky.social

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Coding chemist, Scouser, amateur cornet/trumpet player, @CSDBrass, moths, uses same handle on xwitter. For stuff about KNIME see @DrKnimeNode http://mastodon.world/@SawstonMoth

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 10h

About 10 of those were Menorca in the spring (and of those, Pale mottled willow, Ni, bordered straw and hummingbird h-m all been in the garden at home this year) - other than that Mull, Argyll and East Lothian

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

Wow (whichever it is!) Are you on @gmtord.bsky.social 's patch there?

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

567 this year so far. Previous best was 2022 (453) - not all adults though, and not sure about the home garden lists, but this year is definitely breaking some records

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

Hits Google maps...

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

Whereabouts are you?

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck. Dunno why, but I've got a song going round my head.. Rod Stewart... Something about sailing...

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 1d

MdJ has never graced my trap with its presence. GbC was NFY though, along with a couple of November agg.s

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 4d

Nice!

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 6d

Well that was a waste of the leccy... First blank since 19th February #teammoth #teamnomoths

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 6d

Not seen one for a few weeks now here in TL45V

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 10d

South Cambs... 2023 - 0; 2024 - 2 (NFG); 2025 - 12 so far. You getting Clancy's Rustic up there yet?

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 17d

Any thoughts @vc30moths.bsky.social ?

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18d

First record is 2011, but first few tentative traps not until summer 2019. Then Easter 2020 decided to "give it another go" because there wasn't a lot else to do...

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats. My garden list has now hit 654 after the arrival of the big blue earlier in the week. 600th species was a bit boring, but 601st was Zelleria oleastrella - also new for VC29 I think

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20d

651st species on the garden list too

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20d

I had too until certain aspects of life (and otherwise) landed me hard into can't-be-@r$3d territory

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20d

This one is Catocala fraxini, and was just outside Cambridge, UK. It has been sliding northwards rapidly and was found breeding in South Eastern Scotland last year and numerous sightings across Scotland this year too

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Steve. In my excitement I forgot any hashtags

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 20d

It's been a long time coming - wow, this is a huge moth! Clifden Nonpareil - 537th species of the year

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 21d

Phyllocnistis asiatica (F) confirmed by dissection today from 12th June 2025 (to light) South Cambs., VC29. For more info on this relatively new to UK species see leafmines.co.uk/pdfs/newslet...

#teammoth

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 24d

Maybe @vc30moths.bsky.social can help confirm (or otherwise!)

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 26d

I wonder how long before it makes the leap across to the shores of the UK

Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 26d

Don't stop! Yes, fewer moths but still a roll call of moths special to the autumn and winter nights - November moth, red and yellow line Quakers, brick, lunar Underwing, black rustic, Winter moth...

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28d

My late Grandfather-in-law (who I never met unfortunately) apparently used to comment that the most useful moth identification book would be one showing them from underneath, as that's all you ever saw of them on your windows. Here's a start - Gold Triangle (62.076 Hypsopygia costalis)

Underside view of Gold Triange (Hypsopyga costalis, No.. 62.075 in the Agassiz checklist)

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Stephen Roughley @stephenroughle3.bsky.social · 28d

I'd be ecstatic with a Brindled Green!

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