Steve Thorpe – tonydavisonphotography.com

73.002 BF2449 – Dark Spectacle – Noctuidae – Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle – Noctuidae – Plusiinae – Abrostola triplasia – colour code • STATUS – A resident that is widely distributed and generally uncommon in Derbyshire. Recorded from many sites across the county but mainly found in the southern lowland areas. ID POINTERS – Ground colour is a brownish-greyish black. The basal area is a straw-yellow or reddish-brown. Several cross-lines are edged in black and the oval and kidney markings are also edged in the same colour. There is an outer oval marking beyond the kidney mark and the outer cross-line is straw-grey colour. These features help to separate from similar Spectacle (tripartita) […]

73.351 BF2114 – Double Dart – Noctuidae – Graphiphora augur

Double Dart – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Graphiphora augur – colour code • STATUS – Was once a common species in Derbyshire during the 1970’s – 1980’s. In 2006 it was re-categorised as endangered with a drastic decline in population. Now only recorded in very small numbers over a wide area of the county. ID POINTERS – The broad forewing can be a plain grey-brown; soft light brown or dark mousy brown in colour. The two oval shaped “Darts” and the kidney mark all outlined in black are quite diagnostic. FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – August. IMAGES – Derbyshire […]

Derbyshire Macro Moths VC57 – Part 2 – Noctuidae to Nolidae

DERBYSHIRE MACRO MOTHS – Part 2 – Noctuidae – Nolida In August 2023, I finally completed a list of the Macro Moths that have been recorded in Derbyshire. Based on current available data at the time, and along with help from DANES, (Derbyshire and Notts Entomological Society), and other local 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 list […]