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.
Local moth recorder Alison Robertson noticed a moth at the window at The Crichton, Dumfries, on the 14th August 2013, and found it to be an unfamiliar micro moth, so she took a photo and researched it. It looked very…
The County Moth Recorder and DGERC have updated the moth recording spreadsheet which is the preferred way to send in moth records. This includes some additions to lookup values and makes one or two other minor alterations. Using this spreadsheet…
During 2012 in Dumfries & Galloway we have had two new macro moths this year: Bordered Grey found in early September near Drummore, Wigtownshire, although three previous records are unacceptable, and, Cloaked Pug at Minnigaff in mid-July. Valerian Pug is…
Anyone with an interest in Plume Moths in Britain will find this new book by Colin Hart to be the answer to resolving the identification problems beset by the group. The book also covers in full detail the biology, phenology…
Anna White caught a migrant Crambidae from the tropics, 1404 Spoladea recurvalis on 1st October 2011 at Milton (VC73). The first for Britain was caught in Surrey on 5th September 1951, with the UK Moths web site stating a dozen occurrences in Britain by…
Dumfries & Galloway (VCs72-74) have now registered their digital photo archive with the East of Scotland Butterfly Conservation website and by clicking on 'Moth records' and 'Voucher Archive' on the left you will see the photos under VC072, VC073, VC074. This has…
During mid-August 2011 0465 Plutella porrectella was caught at Dornockbrow, which is a new addition to Dumfriesshire. The only other record came from Wood of Cree in 2005. Dornockbrow also hosted the first 1193 Eucosma tripoliana, caught on 9th July 2011.
From the five traps set on Saturday 13th August 2011 another first for Dumfriesshire (VC72) came in the form of 0121 Pseudopostega crepusculella, a tiny member of the Opostegidae, with a wingspan between 7-10 mm. There are three previous records in…
The Bugs in Garden project held at the Logan Botanical Gardens on 12 August 2011 produced some interesting moths from the Robinson MV and two Heath traps set the previous night. Carcina quercana, a nicely coloured member of the Oecophopridae, was…
1057 Acleris rufana has now been confirmed for VC73 when it was trapped at Glenlee; also trapped at that site and new for Dumfries & Galloway is 1061 Acleris literana, photo, both trapped on 6th April 2011. Unfortunately after a visit to National…