Fox Moth – Lasiocampidae – Lasiocampinae – Macrothylacia rubi – colour code •   STATUS – A resident, widely distributed & locally abundant on the moorlands of North Derbyshire.  The adult moths are rarely seen, males fly by day and sometimes come to light.   ID POINTERS – The male moth is richly coloured red-brown with diagnostic white parallel lines across  the forewing. The female is a more drab grey-brown with less prominent line markings.   FLIGHT PERIOD –  On the wing – June.   IMAGES – 1: Male / 2: Female /  North Derbyshire – Images by Bryan Barnacle©   […]

DERBYSHIRE MACRO MOTHS VC57 – Part 1 – Hepialidae – Erebidae  In August 2023, I finally completed a list of the Macro Moths that have been recorded in Derbyshire. Based upon current available data at the time, and along with help from DANES, (Derbyshire and Notts Entomological Society), and other local county moth recorders, a list has finally been agreed upon. To my knowledge, no other Derbyshire Macro Moth list is currently in existence, and more importantly, up to date, so this is a major step forward for the Derbyshire moth recorders to use as a source of reference. The […]