First and only moth so far on Bilberry emerged this morning - it's a Bilberry Pug which has a nice greenish hue when freshly emerged. It was found as a larva in N.Dean wood on May 16th this year. It's the first record for Yorkshire with no previous, confirmed records.
Three species on Cowberry have emerged so far all from larvae found at Norland earlier this year:
Olethreutes mygindiana are generally common and easy to find.
Rhopobota ustomaculana is a new one for me despite the larvae been quite numerous this year.
6 comments:
NIce selection Charlie
Bilberry pug is a very smart looking moth..must be on Norland as well.?? Great find..2 new Pugs in a week just goes to shows whats out there if you have time to look.......brilliant
Makes me wonder if Bilberry Pugs are only weakly attracted to light and are much more widespread than records suggest.
Great stuff Charlie - nice 'detective' work there paid off.
In Waringn says comes to light in large numbers.?? What sort of trees is the bilberry surrounded by ?
Must be quite a scarce species in general then.
Not sure which part of the wood the larvae was found as I walked the full length but the area just below Norland clough looks ideal - plenty of Bilberry with birch and oak cover. Waring says "easily swept at night"...............
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