New micro for the region
Richard & Barbara Mearns on the weekend of 23/24 July 2010 were moth trapping on Luce Bay as part of a project they are doing regarding shingle habitat and came up with some very interesting species of moths confirmed by…
Grey Daggers at Perchall Loch
At least on Saturday morning 7th August 2010 the rain had abated from overnight to allow the Grey Daggers Moth Group to view the overnight moth trapping held at Perchhall Loch SSSI, just north of Lockerbie (Dumfriesshire VC72). Five Heath…
And another one…
Just like buses, it appears than when you get one new wainscot moth, another one turns up shortly after. Peter Norman trapped two Fen Wainscot moths at Auchencairn Bay on 26/27 July. This record also provides confirmation of a previous record of…
New wainscot moth for Scotland
A new species has now been confirmed on the Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish moth list. Peter Norman trapped an Obscure Wainscot Mythimna obsoleta near Auchencairn, the first confirmed record of this species north of the border. Previous records of this species…
Local moth records shared with national recording scheme
Local moth records will shortly join the millions of records from around the UK on the central database for the National Moth Recording Scheme (NMRS). The county recorder Keith Naylor has been working with NMRS staff to validate the local…