Cistus Forester – Zygaenidae – Procridinae – Adscita geryon – colour code • STATUS – A nationally scarce species but is local too fairly common on breeding areas in the Limestone Dales of Derbyshire, apart from the extreme north and northwest of the county. Normally recorded in ones or twos, never in numbers. ID POINTERS – There are two species of British Forester moth found in Derbyshire. The Cistus Forester is the smaller of the two therefore more easy to identify. The upper wing is a bright emerald green, FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – July. IMAGES – […]
54.009 BF0171 – Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet – Zygaenidae – Zygaena lonicerae
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet – Zygaenidae – Zygaeninae – Zygaena lonicerae – colour code • STATUS – A locally common species found in the southern lowlands of Derbyshire and on upland areas up to 300metres. ID POINTERS – This moth is not easy to identify being very similar to Five-spot Burnet – decreta. The black border to the hind wing is narrower and the forewings are usually more pointed and more elongated. FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – August. IMAGES – Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet – North Derbyshire Image by Bryan Barnacle© Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet – […]
54.008 BF0169 – Six-spot Burnet – Zygaenidae – Zygaena filipendulae
Six-spot Burnet – Zygaenidae – Zygaeninae – Zygaena filipendulae – colour code • STATUS – A fairly common and attractive species found in Derbyshire Dales and suitable rough grassland of the southern low-land areas of the county. A typical day flying moth of the summer months often many feeding on knap-weeds & thistles. ID POINTERS – The moth is diagnostic, being the only British Burnet to have six crimson red spots on each forewing. FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – July. IMAGES – Six-spot Burnet – by Tony Davison©; Bryan Barnacle© […]
54.002 BF0163 – The Forester – Zygaenidae – Adscita statices
The Forester – Zygaenidae – Procridinae – Adscita statices – colour code • STATUS – A scarce species, and up until 2018, there were only three known colonies in Derbyshire. During period 2013 – 2018 there were 10+ individuals recorded from these three sites. In the following period 2019 – 2023, 5 records of 8 individuals from four new sites were recorded. ID POINTERS – There are two species of British Forester moth found in Derbyshire. The Cistus is the smaller of the two, and therefore more easy to identify. The upper wing is a bright emerald green, although the […]