In celebration of #InsectWeek24, join National Museums Scotland, @ashwhiffin, Katty Baird, Don Opitz & Holly Doherty for a panel discussion highlighting some of the inspirational #WomenInEntomology. 📅 Saturday 29 June, 14:00-15:30 insectweek.org/events/women-i… #Entomology #InsectWeek

A volunteer who walked miles hunting for one of Britain's rarest moths was stunned to find it living in his own garden! I love this story because Butterfly Conservation 🦋 volunteers are ace, & because moths constantly confound us! shorturl.at/8W7XW

Nice to share some moths from Alice Blanche Balfour's former East Lothian home, with historian Donald L. Opitz who has done much research highlighting the significant scientific contributions of the female members of the Balfour family. #womeninSTEM

From moth trap to museum! Thanks Donald L. Opitz for joining us for some Insect Week fun. It was great to get some social history insights into the life & legacy of moth-ing legend Alice B Balfour, and to be able to share some of our wonderful local moths in return. #MothsMatter

Some fascinating camouflaged caterpillars at Lauriston Farm: Herald moth looking like the long green willow leaves on which it is feeding; and Chamomile shark moth with its striking disruptive camouflage on mayweed flowers - obvious close up but blending in at distance #edinburgh

The 2024 #BigButterflyCount is here! Will you help Butterfly Conservation 🦋 to monitor the health of our butterflies & moths? Download the app & get out for the count! 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

Another intrepid #WomenInSTEM from the past! So many inspiring stories about our forgotten natural historians, waiting to be rediscovered and shared.

As partners of Fringe by the Sea we are excited to be delivering #BioBlitzByTheSea again this year. Come and join us for this fantastic range of talks that will help you to learn more about our amazing marine environment and how to protect it. seabird.org/events/bioblit…

Lots of great events at this year's #BioBlitzByTheSea in North Berwick.

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These three Poplar hawkmoth caterpillars were taking advantage of the recently planted Sallows at Lauriston Farm - not particularly well concealed as they were the yellow green colour form on grey green leaves Edinburgh Agroecology Coop #chonk #agroforestry #Edinburgh

Caterpillar of Holly blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus) on Ivy flower buds today at Lauriston Farm #Edinburgh - the typical feeding damage is visible - the larva makes a small hole in each bud and eats out the nutritious flower developing within

Cool? ✅ Damp? ✅ St Mary's Church Sawston (South Cambridgeshire) accessible loo is apparently ideal Herald hibernation territory... Katty Baird #HibernatingHeralds

Sharing some moths with colleagues (again) - the best way to start a working day. #MothMonday #TeamMoth

The Old Lady of North Berwick have now been and gone for 2024. At first I bemoaned how few there were, following a couple of yrs with bumper counts. But looking at the data (red line) 🤓 this year wasn't that bad! How will they do next year? #Data #ShiftingBaseline #MothsMatter

Autumn is here🕷️Thinking male Eratigena duellica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea), Giant House Spider. Seen high up on inside wall, gone this am. BAS Katty Baird ENHS

Teenage volunteer who found UK-first moth eggs shortlisted for national award - Butterfly Conservation 🦋 c-js.uk/4ggt2XG

Red Underwing, Catacola nupta, to light last night among a Poplar stand in East Lothian. An exciting start to a Friday! #MothsMatter BC Scotland

Last saturday night I joined the recent migrant moth bonanza with five Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Small Mottled Willow and Delicate to my garden light trap in East Lothian. #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

The big blues are back! 3 Clifden Nonpareil this morning to light in the same Poplar stand Mark Cubitt and I had them last year. East Lothian. Scottish born and bred? Must be.