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Moth Trap – 31st March-1st April 2026
I ran my Actinic moth trap in my Melbourne garden overnight 31st March 2026 – results as follows – Brindled Beauty (3); Early Grey (1) (NFY); Common Plume (1) (NFY); Small Quaker (1); Hebrew Character (1); 7/5.
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Light Orange Underwing – a possible potential species for VC57
Not directly Derbyshire Moth News but something VC57 Derbyshire moth recorders and verifiers should be aware of. Steve Mathers has kindly allowed me to use his recent posts that have featured on Derbyshire Moths Facebook Group (DMFG) and on the Nottinghamshire Moths and Butterflies Facebook Group. Steve wrote as follows – 23rd March 2026 –
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Moth Trap – 21st March 2026 – 18:30 – 22:30hrs
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne for 4 hours before temperature plummeted, results were Common Quaker (3); Small Quaker (5); Clouded Drab (2). 10/3
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Moth Traps – 17th & 18th March 2026
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne on 17th March 2026 between 18:30hrs – 22:00 hrs, result – Common Quaker (6); Double-striped Pug (2), Agonopterix heracliana agg (1). I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne, overnight on 18th March 2026 results – Common Quaker (20);
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A Lead-coloured Drab recorded
The first Lead-coloured Drab recorded in VC57 since 2021 was attracted to a garden moth trap overnight on 8th March 2026 at Cromford. Lead-coloured Drab have bipectinate antennae (meaning having two margins that are toothed like a comb), this helps to eliminate Clouded Drab, a confusion species. Lead-coloured Drab was once a common species in
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Moth Trap – February 24th/25th 2026
I ran my 20W actinic moth trap overnight in my Melbourne garden. Results as follows – Acleris literana (NFG) 1; Common Quaker 9; March Moth 3; Clouded Drab 3; Satellite 1; Small Quaker 1; Oak Beauty 1. 19/7
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A 2nd new species this year of Psychidae for VC57.
The larval cases of Dahlica triquetrella were discovered by Mark Radford on 8th and 10th February 2026, whilst he was searching local cemeteries and churchyards for this species and for Luffia lapidella. On 8th February larval cases were found at Eckington Cemetery and on 10th February more were discovered at Bolsover Churchyard. Winged males do
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First Moth Trap for 2026 – 11th February 2026
My first moth trap for 2026 was on 11th February when I ran my 20W actinic in the garden from 17:30 – 22:30hrs – One Chestnut and one Common Quaker (possibly my earliest ever in the garden)
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A new species to kick start 2026
A new species of micro moth was discovered on 4th January 2026 by Will Soar. He recorded the larval case/s of Luffia lapidella at Willington. A species of “bagworm”, commonly known as the Ramshorn Bagworm, which is one of the most commonly recorded in England and Wales, so this came as somewhat of a surprise
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NBN Award Winners – 2025
Yesterday, 20th November 2025, was an exciting day as Emily Milnes and myself travelled down to Bristol to attend the National Biodiversity Network Trust Conference and Awards Ceremony for 2025. Back in January 2025, Emily entered the Derbyshire Moth Verification and Recording Team into the NBN Awards Group Category for Wildlife Recording. In September we
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Leaf-mine Discovered after 50 years
The leaf mine of Ectoedemia intimella has been found by Christian Heintzen at Sett Valley Trail on 13th November 2025. This represents the first record in Derbyshire, of this leaf miner, since 1975. A full account of the species can be found on the species page 4.082 (BF25).
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Moth Trap 2nd November 2025 – 17:45 – 23:00 hrs
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my garden in Melbourne, Derbyshire on 2nd November for just over five hours and recorded a single Brick. A new species for the year so not a waste of time. A well worn individual.
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Leaf-mine Recording
There are huge gaps in the knowledge of leaf-mines in Derbyshire and there are plenty of opportunities to discover new locations and new leaf-mines for the vice-county. I’m gradually gaining more of an interest in this fascinating side of moths. There is also a new language to learn, such as frass, tenanted and un-tenanted, epidermal
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Moth Trap – 17th October 2025
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap in my Melbourne garden overnight on 17th October 2025. Results are as follows in no particular order – Red-line Quaker (1); Black Rustic (5), Turnip Moth (3), Shuttle-shaped Dart (2), Beaded Chestnut (1), Large Yellow Underwing (1), Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) (3), Carcina Quercana (1). 17/8
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Two New Moth Species for Derbyshire, a Macro Moth & a Micro Moth
There have been two new and confirmed species of moth for Derbyshire and VC57 during this week commencing 6th October 2025. First of all a Macro Moth, Dotted Border Wave which was recorded from a garden moth trap at Dronfield Woodhouse on 7th August 2020 by Andrew Williamson. It was discovered whilst I was verifying