stevenash71.bsky.social
Moth geek based in Cornwall | admin of @MigrantMothUK | dad of 2 | makes and sells Eco jewellery | fan of punk/metal | grumpy about humans destroying nature | views my own
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Steve, it certainly is. I don't think it needs much birch to establish a colony as there isn't a lot around here.
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Yes, more rounded costa suggests Chestnut.
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Hi, I mark the wing with a sharpie and release the moths over a mile from the trap site.
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Small Quaker was my first thought. It's certainly an odd one!
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Your Turnip Moth may well have been a migrant, especially at this time of year.
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Thanks Dave. Possibly! A milder night tonight, although the wind will pick up later in the night.
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I've just found a Satellite, so that's 28 or 12 last night.
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It is yes, however it's spreading northwards at a rate of knots.
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Probably both Dark Chestnut. The moth in the right image is more obvious, with the squared off apex and straight termen.
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Thanks Dave. Good luck! It's been an awful start to the year so we're due a good spell of weather.
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Nore me!
No, I've pretty much given up on it and just use #teammoth. No matter how many times I create the feed it only picks up human migration posts.
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They were Paul. I only got a brief view of the one that escaped into the bushes but it also looked small. Mick Scott also had a runt on St Mary's the same night.
Hopefully next week we'll get another chance!
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Yes, it was a nice form Paul.
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schalleriana I guess.
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I did, yes. It's picked up the new post I created, however it's still showing posts with the term immigrants, which we want for moths but not for people!
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Ah ok, probably more chance of getting something on the Common then.
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Are you up in Staffs, Les?
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Thanks Dave. I've made the changes (attached), trying to cut out the human migration posts, so we'll see what happens for future posts.
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I think the main issue with Skyfeed is that is doesn't work very well! Regex doesn't seem to understand commands that should otherwise work.
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Thanks very much Dave, I'll give this a go, plus any other unwanted words, such as Trump!
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Yes, it's picking up posts about human migrants/immigrants 😑
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Thanks Dave.