This is the 24th county record and the first since ones in Sandy & Stotfold in 1996. A picture is below and thanks to the finder, Dave Simpson, for reporting it to us.
Saturday 14 December 2013
Death's-head Hawk-moth in a Flitwick garden
A Death's-head Hawk-moth, Acherontia atropos, was found dead in a Flitwick garden on 3rd December 2013. It was collected from the finder and is now in the possession of the county macro-moth recorders, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe. We do not know how long it was there but when found it had several snail trails covering the wings.
This is the 24th county record and the first since ones in Sandy & Stotfold in 1996. A picture is below and thanks to the finder, Dave Simpson, for reporting it to us.
This is the 24th county record and the first since ones in Sandy & Stotfold in 1996. A picture is below and thanks to the finder, Dave Simpson, for reporting it to us.
Monday 9 December 2013
Rare/scarce moths from Totternhoe Quarry 6th July 2013
The Beds Moth Group / Wildlife Trust field meeting at Totternhoe Quarry on the evening of 6th July 2013 was very successful. 112 species seen and great to have over 50 lekking male Ghost moths - a county record!
The best finds are listed below followed by photos of some of them:-
1843 Thyme Pug - 2nd county record and first since two collected at Sharpenhoe in 1948. This one was a female and was identified by dissection. This feeds on Wild Thyme.
The best finds are listed below followed by photos of some of them:-
550 Coleophora
silenella – first county record – a case feeder on the seed of Bladder Campion. Identified by David Manning by dissection.
595 Elachista biatomella – 3rd county record – a leafminer of grasses. Identified by David Manning by dissection.
727a Metzneria
aprilella – 4th county record and first since 1998 - feeds on
Greater Knapweed (prev records from Cockayne Hatley RIS trap in 1986, 89, 98)
732 Eulamprotes unicolorella
– 2nd county record and first since 1983 – supposed to feed on St
John’s Wort (prev record Cranfield in 1983). Identified by David Manning by dissection.
1240 Grapholita caecana – 2nd
county record – feeds on Sanfoin (prev record swept at Totternhoe Qry in 2009)
1518
Hellinsia lienigianus – 3rd county record and first since 1999 –
potted by Mike Harrison and id by Andy Whitney – feeds on Mugwort (prev records
Luton airport & Cockayne Hatley RIS trap in 1999)1843 Thyme Pug - 2nd county record and first since two collected at Sharpenhoe in 1948. This one was a female and was identified by dissection. This feeds on Wild Thyme.
Metzneria aprilella
Grapholita caecana
Hellinsia lienigianus
Thyme Pug
Monday 2 December 2013
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