A real beauty and one of my absolute favourite moths. Introducing:
MILLER
Acronicta leporina
So named as it looks like it's been dusted in milled flour. Larvae feed on deciduous trees. Pretty common in south of UK
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#MothOfTheDay is another geometer (a flatty rather than a fatty). Pale skin with rosy cheeks, this is
MAIDEN’S BLUSH
Cyclophora punctaria
Another whose larvae feed on #oak
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#MothOfTheDay
Not the best photo. It was in a very awkward position and I only got one chance before I got a too close and it flew away.
WAVED UMBER
Menophra abruptaria
A wood mimic that can easily blend into the right background.
Larvae feed on privet and lilac (the latter is aplenty in our garden)
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A little warmer last night, but close to a full moon, so lowish expectations.
Delighted to get two:
GREAT PROMINENT
Peridea anceps
Large old beast. Larvae feed on oak.
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Still very cold nights and moths are not aplenty.
#MothOfTheDay does at least add a little colour to a dull and cloudy Tuesday.
First sighting in 2026 of
BRIMSTONE
Opisthograptis luteolata
Extremely common in the UK and larvae feed on Hawthorn and similar
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Today's #MothOfTheDay is a caterpillar on the comfrey in the garden yesterday afternoon
SCARLET TIGER
Callimorpha dominula
The moth picture is what it turns into (taken from my feed from last year)
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Today's #MothOfTheDay is one of the wood mimic moths
MULLEIN
Cucullia verbasci
Often seen in abundance as caterpillars on mullein plants, this is what those multicoloured larvae turn into.
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Today's #MothOfTheDay was one of only 7 visitors last night despite favourable conditions (mild, cloudy, still).
MUSLIN MOTH
Diaphora mendica
This is a male (charcoal grey). Females creamy white. Larvae feed on dock and chickweed and is relatively common round these parts.
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Another numerically abysmal night, but of the three #moth visitors, at least one was a first sighting in 2026 for me.
LUNAR MARBLED BROWN
Drymonia ruficornis
Note the moon-shaped crescents on its wings, from where it gets its name. Common in southern UK.
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Very few moths last night, but today's #MothOfTheDay is a first 2026 sighting of
OAK-TREE PUG
Eupithecia dodoneata
Often confused with Brindled Pug which are almost identical save for some minor marking differences. These two preferred the hanging sheet to the moth box.
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