News and updates about local moth recording will be published here periodically. For details of moth recording events taking place in the region please see the event calendar on the South West Scotland Environmental Resources Centre website.
MOTW – Scarce Bagworm Bankesia consurcatella
This is another bagworm discovered by Richard Mearns this year (remember the Virgin Bagworm cases that Richard found last year and featured in a MotW?). This odd family of moths (Psychidae) all have caterpillars that live in movable cases rather…