The first record of Dark Crimson Underwing for VC57 Derbyshire was recorded by Nikki Mahadevan, when she trapped one in her Shirland garden on 11th August 2023. It was a remarkable record of a species that is confined to the New Forest, so the likely hood of it being a wandering migrant was highly likely. At the time it was thought to be a one off, that is until Martin Roome catches another one in his Chaddesden garden moth trap, overnight on 11/12th July 2025, an amazing record. With warm east, north easterly winds over the past few days, it is quite reasonable to assume that this individual could be a migrant from Northern Europe. A rather rusty brown looking individual, note the deeply waved cross-band on the hind wing.
