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Code of Conduct (CoC) when mothing - pdf download

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New Micro-moth and Macro-moth checklists

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Online Winter Meeting 29th February 2024

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2023 records now available!!

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Thursday 25 January 2024 at 19.30 AGM and Winter Meeting

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2024 Devon Moth Lookup Table

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Please submit your 2023 moth records by 12th January 2024

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Devon Moth Group turns 25!

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Maize Wainscots in Devon

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Early arrival

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Watch our AGM and Winter Meeting

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The Moths of Dawlish Warren

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First ever Blair's Wainscot in Devon

Posted: 8th Nov 2020


Beautiful Marbled recorded in Exeter

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Annual report for 2019 published

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First ever Blair's Wainscot in Devon

Posted: 8th Nov 2020
The highlight of this autumn’s immigrant moths was the first Blair’s Wainscot (Sedina buettneri) ever recorded in Devon. It was caught by Richard Cottle on the night of 20th October in his garden trap at Ide, near Exeter. Richard reported that, in the morning gloom, he nearly dismissed the moth as a small individual of the widespread species Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa), but thought it didn’t look right and thankfully potted it to have a proper look.

Blair’s Wainscot is a rare species in Britain, restricted to several river systems in Dorset and probably also occurs on the Isle of Wight. In addition, it has occasionally been recorded on the coast of south-east England and such moths are presumed to have been immigrants from continental Europe. There was considerable immigrant moth activity this autumn, at the time of the Devon record, so it is assumed to be a visitor. However, there is a slight but tantilizing possibility that the species might be established somewhere in the upper Exe Estuary.