Derbyshire Moths News Posts

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…

22 February 2025 – Derbyshire Moth Bulletin.Rev2 Download 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….

Verification and Guidelines for Leaf Miners REV1Download

21 January 2025 – Derbyshire Moth BulletinDownload 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.

Tiger Moths_3Download A paper on the Tiger Moths by Steve Mathers