News and updates – Page 6 – Dumfries & Galloway Moths

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.

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MOTW – Hebrew Character

06/05/2019
Alastair Somerville

This week it is the turn of the Hebrew Character – one of the most distinct, widespread and abundant spring species we have in D&G. The moth is named after the diagnostic black mark on its forewing which looks similar…

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MOTW – Emperor Moth

30/04/2019
Alastair Somerville

The Emperor Moth is an exceptional insect. It is the only member of the emperor moth family found in the UK and certainly one of the larger (wingspan up to 80mm), most colourful and spectacularly marked species. The male is…

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MOTW – Scarce Prominent

25/04/2019
Alastair Somerville

This dull brown moth has the characteristic look of a prominent moth that is with a small ‘tuft’ of hair showing halfway between its hairy thorax and the angle of the trailing edge of its wings when at rest. It…

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MOTW – Orange Underwing

22/04/2019
Alastair Somerville

This beautiful moth, which flies during the day at this time of year, appears to be under-recorded in D&G. There are only 24 records (1981 to 2015) from 12 sites but I am guessing that there will be many more…

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BEMNH Meeting 19-20 June 2004

12/12/2017
KeithN

A BEMNH meeting at Wood of Cree RSPB Reserve during 19th to 20th June 2004. Those present were Mark Telfer, James Cadbury, Nick Caraldish, C. B. Clements, Keith & Marilyn Naylor.

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2015 update

28/02/2016
Alison Robertson

We received 9,500 moth records for 2015, rather fewer than the 13,000 for 2014 but that's no great surprise given the often dire weather. The bulk of the records came from D&G's 25 or so regular recorders, with holiday lists…

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Mains Of Cairnbrock © Wfmillar (cc-by-sa/2.0)

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Mains of Cairnbrock Field Meeting 25-26 July 2014

04/08/2014
KeithN

The Grey Daggers local moth group carried out intensive trapping at this site in the North Rhins (NW96) to improve the count of macro moths for the forthcoming atlas. Two Skinners and a Heath trap were set in a valley…

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New checklist of moths for Dumfries and Galloway

19/03/2014
KeithN

The second edition of the 'Checklist of Moths for Dumfries & Galloway' has been published in March 2014 and is available to download in pdf format. Inside this 2nd edition we have adopted the new taxonomic order and renumbering of…

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2013 review

12/01/2014
KeithN

Highlight of the year was the finding of six Devon Carpets at Glassoch Farm, Wigtownshire, a new species for Scotland, and a further five records of Dingy Footman adding to the one in 2011, also, the only records for Scotland.…

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Just like buses…

27/08/2013
KeithN

Twelve days after the previous first for Scotland, along comes another one. This time five Devon Carpets were trapped at Glassoch, Wigtownshire on 26th August 2013 during a recording day. An earlier record from Arran has been rejected on the…

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