Ade Turner
@adesturner.bsky.social
Behold, my stuff: Wolverhampton moths and other inverts; astrophotography; dinosaurs; models and... er... other stuff... Random and sporadic, just like me 😁
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Darn it! Another one just snuck its way into the house. This is how it starts isn’t it…?? 🤭
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Darn it! Another one just snuck its way into the house. This is how it starts isn’t it…?? 🤭
A tad brisk in the garden…🥶
And garden cat Tink is out in it 🙄
And garden cat Tink is out in it 🙄
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
A tad brisk in the garden…🥶
And garden cat Tink is out in it 🙄
And garden cat Tink is out in it 🙄
I’ve had enough airbrushing in winter, dangling my exhaust through an open window…🥶 With a 3D print, a bucket, 4 HEPA/charcoal filters and polyester floof I’ve made an exit air filter. It’s meant to contain water rather than floof, but I suspect I’d just end up cultivating Legionnaires’ 🦠😳
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve had enough airbrushing in winter, dangling my exhaust through an open window…🥶 With a 3D print, a bucket, 4 HEPA/charcoal filters and polyester floof I’ve made an exit air filter. It’s meant to contain water rather than floof, but I suspect I’d just end up cultivating Legionnaires’ 🦠😳
Merry Christmas all! The traps are away for the year (probably…) and lo, great jollity has broken out! 😁
This year’s highlight from my Wolverhampton garden was Isophrictis striatella (Tansy Stem Borer), a 2nd record for Staffordshire, the 1st being from Highgate Common, Kinver in 2011.
#teammoth
This year’s highlight from my Wolverhampton garden was Isophrictis striatella (Tansy Stem Borer), a 2nd record for Staffordshire, the 1st being from Highgate Common, Kinver in 2011.
#teammoth
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Merry Christmas all! The traps are away for the year (probably…) and lo, great jollity has broken out! 😁
This year’s highlight from my Wolverhampton garden was Isophrictis striatella (Tansy Stem Borer), a 2nd record for Staffordshire, the 1st being from Highgate Common, Kinver in 2011.
#teammoth
This year’s highlight from my Wolverhampton garden was Isophrictis striatella (Tansy Stem Borer), a 2nd record for Staffordshire, the 1st being from Highgate Common, Kinver in 2011.
#teammoth
Reposted by Ade Turner
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
I thought this was bizarre in Sainsbury’s. Bottles of Jack Daniels are kept behind security screens while far more expensive and desirable single malts are all spread available and akimbo on the shelves…🤔
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I thought this was bizarre in Sainsbury’s. Bottles of Jack Daniels are kept behind security screens while far more expensive and desirable single malts are all spread available and akimbo on the shelves…🤔
Looked intriguing so I tried it so you don’t have to.
Here are my extensive tasting notes:
“Dettol, only not as nice😳😬🤮”
Here are my extensive tasting notes:
“Dettol, only not as nice😳😬🤮”
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looked intriguing so I tried it so you don’t have to.
Here are my extensive tasting notes:
“Dettol, only not as nice😳😬🤮”
Here are my extensive tasting notes:
“Dettol, only not as nice😳😬🤮”
Reposted by Ade Turner
URGENT Attention all macrophotographers!
Does anyone have an image of the sexual form of Andricus quercuscalicis - ideally laying on an English oak bud!!!!
Does anyone have an image of the sexual form of Andricus quercuscalicis - ideally laying on an English oak bud!!!!
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
URGENT Attention all macrophotographers!
Does anyone have an image of the sexual form of Andricus quercuscalicis - ideally laying on an English oak bud!!!!
Does anyone have an image of the sexual form of Andricus quercuscalicis - ideally laying on an English oak bud!!!!
Wolverhampton SJ90
2/2. Singles of a smart Mottled Umber and Winter Moth. Looking back I’ve only ever had 3 Mottled Umbers including this one and just 4 Winter Moths, 1 a year since 2022.
#teammoth
2/2. Singles of a smart Mottled Umber and Winter Moth. Looking back I’ve only ever had 3 Mottled Umbers including this one and just 4 Winter Moths, 1 a year since 2022.
#teammoth
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
2/2. Singles of a smart Mottled Umber and Winter Moth. Looking back I’ve only ever had 3 Mottled Umbers including this one and just 4 Winter Moths, 1 a year since 2022.
#teammoth
2/2. Singles of a smart Mottled Umber and Winter Moth. Looking back I’ve only ever had 3 Mottled Umbers including this one and just 4 Winter Moths, 1 a year since 2022.
#teammoth
I took advantage of a couple of clear nights at the end of November to photograph the spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in the constellation of Pegasus. Despite the light pollution over Wolverhampton it’s not turned out too badly using just an infrared cut filter.
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I took advantage of a couple of clear nights at the end of November to photograph the spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in the constellation of Pegasus. Despite the light pollution over Wolverhampton it’s not turned out too badly using just an infrared cut filter.
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Kit in comments 😉
#astrophotography
Wolverhampton SJ90
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
5/3. 2x LBAM, 2x December Moth (m&f) and a dead Feathered Thorn trapped in the lobes of the bulb (guess from a previous trap as it was dry 🙄). In hindsight I wish I’d put 2 traps out now. The December moths had been busy laying eggs inside one of the boxes.
#teammoth
With the lack of moths I’ve been taking advantage of clear skies. I’m photographing NGC 7331 a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. That’s a single 5min exposure, hopefully I’ll have 7 or 8 hours worth to smoosh together into a single smashing image… well, an image anyway 🤓
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
With the lack of moths I’ve been taking advantage of clear skies. I’m photographing NGC 7331 a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. That’s a single 5min exposure, hopefully I’ll have 7 or 8 hours worth to smoosh together into a single smashing image… well, an image anyway 🤓
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
Well, I had to sample this year’s damson gin, just for quality control you understand… 🤤
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Well, I had to sample this year’s damson gin, just for quality control you understand… 🤤
Having spent 20 years sat on top of a dresser I finally took down my Jurassic Park raptor for a dust…! 😳
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Having spent 20 years sat on top of a dresser I finally took down my Jurassic Park raptor for a dust…! 😳
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
This is a Horizon vinyl kit I built in the 90s. I’m sure I read it was taken from a mould of a macquette used in the film’s pre-production.
Great fun to make eyes for and paint.
#jurassicpark
That’s the Christmas malt chosen 😁👍
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
That’s the Christmas malt chosen 😁👍
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Not one I’ve had before. Exciting! 🤤
Wolverhampton SJ90, 2/2.
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90, 2/2.
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Slim pickings but pickings nonetheless: a very damp Mottled Umber and a Spruce Carpet (corrections welcome).
Both in the 40W, nothing in the 20W.
#teammoth
Well, finally, I’ve put the traps out again. I’d like to say there’s a modicum of activity around them but instead here I sit sipping whisky in my jamas… it’s the way I roll…🤭
#teammoth
#teammoth
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Well, finally, I’ve put the traps out again. I’d like to say there’s a modicum of activity around them but instead here I sit sipping whisky in my jamas… it’s the way I roll…🤭
#teammoth
#teammoth
Just cleaned and disinfected our woodcrete bird boxes, 3 tit boxes and 1 wren. Most years 2 out of the 3 tit boxes will be successfully occupied. This year the first was empty, second had a small pad of moss but no nest and the third had a nest with unhatched eggs. Nothing in the wren box 🙁
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Just cleaned and disinfected our woodcrete bird boxes, 3 tit boxes and 1 wren. Most years 2 out of the 3 tit boxes will be successfully occupied. This year the first was empty, second had a small pad of moss but no nest and the third had a nest with unhatched eggs. Nothing in the wren box 🙁
Yesterday we had a jolly up to Belper to pick up Carole’s new spinner and dropped in at Hardwick Hall. Honestly, while the grounds are stunning I found the interior rather dull and uninteresting. So much scope for additional interpretive displays expanding on the hall’s residents and guests.
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday we had a jolly up to Belper to pick up Carole’s new spinner and dropped in at Hardwick Hall. Honestly, while the grounds are stunning I found the interior rather dull and uninteresting. So much scope for additional interpretive displays expanding on the hall’s residents and guests.
Playing with our new Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer and it’s giving excellent results. So, yeh, Stingray! 🤓 Early days yet. I need to coat all surfaces in Bondo then sand smooth to flush the 0.1mm layer lines. I’m using PETG filament.
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Playing with our new Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer and it’s giving excellent results. So, yeh, Stingray! 🤓 Early days yet. I need to coat all surfaces in Bondo then sand smooth to flush the 0.1mm layer lines. I’m using PETG filament.
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
#Stingray #gerryanderson #3Dprint
Wolverhampton SJ90
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wolverhampton SJ90
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
12/8 low numbers and no surprises. A couple of Blair’s Shoulder Knots were NFY.
Another year and I’ve yet to bag a Merv or passing Clifden despite trying to will both into existence…😕
#teammoth
Reposted by Ade Turner
More news about an incredible a Middle Jurassic (~170 mya) dinosaur tracksite near Oxford (U.K.), which includes one of the longest continuous dinosaur trackways in the world, made by a big sauropod. 🧪🦕🐾🪨 #ichnology
Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:
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In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
More news about an incredible a Middle Jurassic (~170 mya) dinosaur tracksite near Oxford (U.K.), which includes one of the longest continuous dinosaur trackways in the world, made by a big sauropod. 🧪🦕🐾🪨 #ichnology