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		Speckled Yellow Pseudopanthera macularia © John Lyden 18 May 2025, Clun Forest, Shropshire uploaded: 19/05/25			Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata © Andrew Grimstead uploaded: 19/05/25			White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda © David Rowe Leek. MV lamp. 17/5/25 uploaded: 17/05/25

Spring Usher
Agriopis leucophaearia
© Patrick Clement
Larval development from 12mm, top, to 25mm, bottom. Found on oak, Trench Wood, 27th April 2025. A lightly marked individual.
uploaded: 16/05/25

Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
© David Rowe
Larvae, Prees Heath (on dog walkers notice) 14/5/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

White Ermine
Spilosoma lubricipeda
© David Rowe
Leek. MV lamp 10/5/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

Mother Shipton
Callistege mi
© David Rowe
Prees Heath 15/5/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

Cinnabar
Tyria jacobaeae
© David Rowe
Prees Heath,14/5/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

White-pinion Spotted
Lomographa bimaculata
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Latticed Heath
Chiasmia clathrata
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Lesser Cream Wave
Scopula immutata
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Gold Spot
Plusia festucae
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Sprawler
Asteroscopus sphinx
© Garry Barlow

uploaded: 15/05/25

Alder Kitten
Furcula bicuspis
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 14/05/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

Pine Hawk-moth
Sphinx pinastri
© David Griffith
To MV light, Lyonshall VC36 07/05/25
uploaded: 15/05/25

Coronet
Craniophora ligustri
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 13/05/25
uploaded: 14/05/25

Small Fan-foot
Herminia grisealis
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 13/05/25
uploaded: 14/05/25

Lime Hawk-moth
Mimas tiliae
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 12/05/25
uploaded: 13/05/25

Toadflax Brocade
Calophasia lunula
© Steve Whitehouse
To actinic light, Bromsgrove, 11.5.25. M. Wakeman.
uploaded: 12/05/25

Buff Footman
Eilema depressa
© Patrick Clement
Cannock Chase, 10th May 2025.
uploaded: 12/05/25

Glaucous Shears
Papestra biren
© Steve Cooper
Caverswall Staffordshire 11.05.2025
uploaded: 12/05/25

Lesser Yellow Underwing
Noctua comes
© Miranda Whitten-Walker
Under geranium. Kington Herefordshire 9-May-25.
uploaded: 12/05/25

Tree-lichen Beauty
Cryphia algae
© Sue Wright
To light, Kinver, VC39, 31/07/2024
uploaded: 09/05/25

Tree-lichen Beauty
Cryphia algae
© Sue Wright
To light, Kinver, VC39, 31/07/2024
uploaded: 08/05/25

Dwarf Pug
Eupithecia tantillaria
© Sue Wright
To light, Kingsford CP, VC37, 02/05/2025
uploaded: 08/05/25

Narrow-winged Pug
Eupithecia nanata
© Sue Wright
To light, Kingsford CP, VC37, 02/05/2025
uploaded: 08/05/25

Common Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma truncata
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 07/05/25
uploaded: 08/05/25

Seraphim
Lobophora halterata
© Patrick Clement
To light, Kingsford CP, VC39. 2.5.25.
uploaded: 04/05/25

Shoulder Stripe
Earophila badiata
© Patrick Clement
Larval development from 3mm, top left, to 28mm, bottom right. Found on Rosa sp., Trench Wood, Worcestershire, 13.4.25.
uploaded: 03/05/25

Puss Moth
Cerura vinula
© John Collinson
To light, Newcastle-under-Lyme
uploaded: 02/05/25

Emperor Moth
Saturnia pavonia
© David Rowe
SWT Ipstones Edge, Nr Leek. To Pheromone lure. 1/5/25
uploaded: 01/05/25

Common Heath
Ematurga atomaria
© Patrick Clement
Larval development from 15mm bottom right to 28mm top, 27th July to 12th August 2024. Found on sapling Birch on heathland at Devil's Spittleful and fed on such in captivity. Adult reared, emerged 1st May 2025.
uploaded: 01/05/25

Lunar Marbled Brown
Drymonia ruficornis
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 30/04/25
uploaded: 01/05/25

Broom-tip
Chesias rufata
© Peter Hall

uploaded: 01/05/25

Red Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe spadicearia
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 29/04/25
uploaded: 30/04/25

Yellow-barred Brindle
Acasis viretata
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 29/04/25
uploaded: 30/04/25

Bright-line Brown-eye
Lacanobia oleracea
© Terry Evans
Came to light at Hayley Green on 28/04/25
uploaded: 29/04/25

Northern Winter Moth
Operophtera fagata
© Patrick Clement
Larval development over 7 days. On Rosa sp. Trench Wood, April 2025.
uploaded: 28/04/25

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