On the evenings of 26th & 28th August 2024 Dave Evans ran his light trap from his Belper garden and managed to record the superb Pyralid moth, Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl) a species that is most common in the southern Mediterranean. These two individuals represent the 6th & 7th records for VC57 & Derbyshire.
IMAGES BELOW: Ambaston Gravel Pits, Derbyshire – Martin Roome © / Sandiacre, Derbyshire – Paul Buxton©
IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar ©
IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
IMAGES BELOW: Belper, Derbyshire – Dave Evans©
IMAGES BELOW: Buxton, Derbyshire – Steve Orridge©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Sandiacre, Derbyshire – Ian Viles©
IMAGES BELOW: Belper, Derbyshire – Dave Evans©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Belper, Derbyshire – Dave Evans©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©, Belper – Dave Evans© Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Galleria mellonella – Wax Moth STATUS – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) – Assume to be widely distributed and locally common across the county. Larva feed on wax in bee hives. ID POINTERS – Distinctively shaped concave edge
IMAGES BELOW: Long Eaton, Derbyshire – Paul Buxton©
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
