I ran my 20W UV Skinner Moth Trap overnight on 10th May 2025 from my garden in Melbourne, Derbyshire. The results are as follows – Green Carpet (1); Chocolate-tip NFY (1); Knot Grass NFY (3); Pale Tussock-male NFY(1); Rivulet NFY (1); Mottled Pug NFY (1); Foxglove Pug NFY (1) Shuttle-shaped Dart (1); Chinese Character (1); […]
Update May 2025 – The website now has maps, charts and moth record data for all macro and micro species that have been recorded in VC57 and Derbyshire. They are located on each species page. Above each map there are three TABS – The Charts are behind the CHART TAB, and a sensible limit of
The April 2025 News Letter features all the Derbyshire moth highlights during the month, the 2nd and 3rd records of Blossom Underwing, 2nd record of Caloptilia cuculipennella and updates on the Derbyshiremoths website. A fully packed month of moths.
Clive Ashton recorded the 2nd record of Square Spot for VC57 and Derbyshire whilst running a light trap at Cromford Moor overnight on 1st May 2025. This species is very difficult to separate from Engrailed, but there are subtle differences, so Clive was very cautious with his identification.
Another Blossom Underwing, the 3rd VC57 record, was recorded on 26th April 2025 again by Clive Ashton from his Cromford garden light trap. Two records within 3 weeks of each other is not bad going!! Difficult to say whether this species is trying to establish itself in the county or whether the two that Clive
A new micro moth species for VC57 and Derbyshire, Depressaria daucella, was confirmed to-day by Steve Orridge (one of our verifier team members) when he received Gen Det confirmation of the species. He trapped the moth on 26th March 2025 from his garden in Buxton. This takes the VC57 & Derbyshire Micro list to 883
I ran my 20w UV Skinner type moth trap overnight in my Melbourne garden – results as follows – Waved Umber (1); Common Quaker (3); Muslin Moth (2); Brindled Beauty (2); Double-striped Pug (2); Brindled Pug(1); Oak-tree Pug (1); Shuttle-shaped Dart (2): 8/14.
I ran my 20w UV Skinner Type moth trap overnight from my Melbourne garden. Results were – Lunar Marbler Brown (1); Early Thorn (1); Purple Thorn (2); Muslin Moth (1); Common Quaker (3); Small Quaker (2); Red Chestnut (1); Double-striped Pug (1) Common Pug (1) (an early one); Brindled Beauty (1); Flame Shoulder (1); Red-green
I ran my garden light trap, a 20w UV Skinner type, in Melbourne, Derbyshire overnight on 8th April 2025. Results were Early Thorn (2) (NFY); Hebrew Character (3) and Eudonia angustea (1) (NFY):
I spent yesterday (7th April) afternoon with one of our recording team members and local Moth-er Christian Heintzen, he took me around his local patch near Glossop, on the moors and at a local woodland, in search of Emperor Moth and a micro moth called Pammene giganteana, (Early Oak Gall Moth) both of which were
The March 2025 News Letter features all the Derbyshire moth highlights during the month, and a new species of micro moth for the recording area Caloptilia falconipennella
The late Dave Budworth (who was the CMR for Derbyshire at the time) recorded the first Blossom Underwing on 2nd April 2021 from his garden in Swadlincote. Almost 4 years to the day, and incredibly after I had mentioned to look out for this species amongst Common Quakers, Clive Ashton attracted the 2nd to his
The first modern day record (to my knowledge) of Pammene giganteana was recorded today on the upland moors above Glossop. Christian Heintzen recorded as many as 15 individuals that were attracted to the SKI/FUN lures. The last recorded date was from 1928, but undoubtedly this species is most probably well spread across the recording area,
I ran my 20wUV Skinner Type Moth trap overnight in my Melbourne garden on 31st March 2025 – results are as follows: Agonopterix arenella -NFY (1); Brindled Beauty -NFY (3); Double-striped Pug -NFY (1); Clouded Drab -NFY (3); Common Quaker (14); Hebrew Character (3)
A new micro moth species has been recorded for the VC57 & Derbyshire, a Caloptilia falconipennella – Dark Alder Stilt. It was attracted to a MVLight Trap on 24th March 2025 at Long Clough NR, Glossop and recorded by Christian Heintzen. A rare species and one that over winters and is on the wing in early
Christian Heintzen recorded his first male Emperor Moth of the year today (24th March 2025) on the moors near Glossop. The moth came to EMP Lure and settled in the heather. A stunning moth and the season for them has only just started. This appears to be the first one for the VC57 of the
Clive Ashton recorded a Dark Sword-grass from his overnight garden moth trap in Cromford, 20th March 2025 – A very early record of this species in the county and almost certainly a migrant.
One of our verifiers has accepted a record of 39.005 – Chrysoclista linneella (Lime Flame) from Matlock 23/6/2024, that has been submitted to iRecord. Whilst I was updating species pages to the website, I discovered to my knowledge, that this is the first account of this species since 1863. I’ve searched all my available data
The February 2025 bulletin features all the Derbyshire moth highlights during the month, some interesting records of a variety of Leaf Mines and an ID plate on the melanic forms of Dotted Border and Pale Brindled Beauty.
This months Moth of the Month goes to the Spring Usher, one of the harbingers of spring. Dave Evans and Christian Heintzen were the only moth-ers to have recorded this species in February. The moth is very variable in colour, ranging from black and white to brown and orange, to a drab grey brown. Can
The first bulletin for 2025. The January bulletin features all the Derbyshire moth highlights for 2024, the release of the Derbyshire Macro Moth Report for 2019-2023, and an article by Steve Nash on his list of migrant moths from his Cornish garden in 2024.
A paper on the Tiger Moths by Steve Mathers
The December bulletin features all the Derbyshire moth highlights, the release of the Derbyshire Macro Moth Report for 2019-2023, an article on the Sloe Pug by Archie Braddock
