Latest Macro images from the www.derbyshiremoths.org Gallery
July Highflyer - 6th July 2026 - Longdendale, Torside - Christian Heintzen
Dingy Shell - 6th July 2026 - Longdendale, Torside - Christian Heintzen
Dark-barred (left) and Red Twin-spot Carpets - 22nd July 2026 -Long Clough, Lees Hall and 20th July 2026 Shawmoor Plantation respectively - Christian Heintzen
Barred Red - 6th July 2026 - Longdendale, Torside - Christian Heintzen
The Chevron - left 20th July 2026 Shawmoor Plantation and right 28th July 2026 - Wood's Cabin, Bray Clough - Christian Heintzen
Angle-striped Sallow - 27th July 2026 - Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen
Cloaked Minor - 24th July 2026 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen
Maiden's Blush - 22nd July 2026 - Long Clough, Lees Hall - Christian Heintzen
Lychnis - 22nd July 2026 - Long Clough, Lees Hall - Christian Heintzen
Purple Thorn - second generation - 20th July 2026 - Shawmoor Plantation - Christian Heintzen
Tawny Speckled Pug - 27th July 2026 - Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen
Tawny-barred Angle - 6th July 2026 - Longdendale, Torside - Christian Heintzen
Scarce Silver Y - 6th July 2026 - Longdendale, Torside - Christian Heintzen
Small Mottled Willow - 24th July 2026 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen
Ruby Tiger - 22nd July 2026 - Long Clough, Lees Hall - Christian Heintzen
Haworth's Minor - 28th July 2026 - Bray Clough - Christian Heintzen
Ni Moth - 23rd July 2026 - Chellaston - Richard Pittam
Knot Grass - 27th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
The Spectacle - 27th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
Miller - 27th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
Tree Lichen Beauty - 27th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
Tree Lichen Beauty - 27th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
Light Knot-grass - A superb image by Christian Heintzen showing the diverse range of colour and patterning of this species - Chunel Estate, 20th July 2026
Pale Prominent - 24th July 2026 - Melbourne - Tony Davison
The Crescent - 22nd July 2026 - Torside - Christian Heintzen
Devon Carpet - 22nd July 2026 - Calke Park NY Moth Survey - Graham Finch - possibly the first south Derbyshire record
Four-spotted Footman - a male - 10th July 2026 - Whaley Bridge - Angie Seymour
Silver Y - possibly of the form ab. rufescens - 17th/18th July 2026 - Chellaston - Richard Pittam
Marbled Brown - the second VC57 Derbyshire record - 8th July 2026 - Belper - Dave Evans
Rosy Footman (2nd VC57 record) - 7th July 2026 - Calke Park NT (Moth Survey) - Graham Finch
Latest Micro images from the www.derbyshiremoths.org Gallery
Bucculatrix ulmifoliae - leaf mine on elm - 5th August 2026 - Wyver Lane, Belper - Dave Evans - a first VC57 record
Stigmella incognitella - 5th August 2026 - leaf mine - Wyver Lane, Belper - Dave Evans - 2nd record for VC57
Nephopterix angustella - 2nd VC57 Record - 3rd August 2026 - Normanton, Derby - Andrew-John Shervill
Nephopterix angustella - 2nd VC57 Record - 3rd August 2026 - Staveley - Mark Radford
Pyla fusca - 3rd August 2026 - Chaddesden - Martin Roome
Hypatima rhomboidella - 31st July 2026 - Wildboar Clough, Longdendale - Christian Heintzen
Aspilapteryx tringipenella - 24th July 2026 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen
Anania perlucidalis - 9th July 2026 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen
Ypsolopha_dentella - 22nd July 2026 - _Lees_Hall_Long_Clough_- Christian Heintzen
Paraswammerdamia nebulella - 27th July 2026 - Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen
Agriphila inquinatella - 24th July 2026 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen
Calamotropha paludella - 27th July 2026 - Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen
Eudonia pallida - 22nd July 2026 - Long Clough, Lees Hall - Christian Heintzen
Euzophera pinguis - 21st July 2026 - Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen
Crassa unitella - 22nd July 2026 - Long Clough, Lees Hall - Christian Heintzen
Bedellia somnulentella - Leaf mines on bindweed - 30th July 2026 - Gleadless Valley - Pete Mella
Elachista bisulcella - 28th July 2026 - Staveley - Sid Morris
Aristotelia ericinella - 28th July 2026 - Staveley - Sid Morris
Sitochroa verticalis - A 1st VC57 Record - 9th July 2026 - Wyver Lane NR - Dave Evans
Blastobasis rebeli - 1st VC57 Record - 9th July 2026 - Cromford - Clive Ashton
Choreutis nemorana - Fig Leaf Skeletoniser - 1st record for VC57 Derbyshire - 9th July 2026 - Sandiacre - Paul Buxton
Orthotelia sparganella - first modern day record - 7th July 2026 - Calke park (NY Moth Survey) - Graham Finch
Epagoge grotiana - 4th July 2026 - Kirk Hallam - Brian Hobby
Agonopterix angelicella - 9th July 2026 - Markham Vale - Sid Morris
Cochylidia rupicola - 1st record for VC57 Derbyshire - 17th June 2026 - Cromford Canal - Tim Worfolk
Phtheochroa inopiana - 1st record for VC57 Derbyshire - 25th June 2026 - Markham Vale - Sid Morris
Oxyptilus distans - 1st VC57 record - 25th June 2026 - Kedleston Hall NT - Dave Evans
Nemapogon clematella - 24th June 2026 - Cromford - Clive Ashton
Endothenia quadrimaculana - 23rd June 2026 - Kings Newton - Tony Davison
Piniphila bifasciana - 23rd June 2026 - Kings Newton - Tony Davison
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