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The Lancashire Moth Group
                    (an informal group of amateurs recording the moths of Lancashire)

We hope you enjoy your visit to this site where you can access information about moths in Lancashire.
                         

NEW: BAP Moth searches for 2013 - details can be found in the Rare Moths section

 


 
                                                  
                                                        Anania funebris Yealand Hall Allotments
                                                                 
(Photo: B Hancock 13.5.2010)
                                                   
                    
Anania funebris - Cumbria and Lancashire Survey 2013

 

During 2013, Graham Jones has organised a survey for Anania funebris, the beautiful black, white and yellow micromoth which can be seen flitting low around golden-rod, its larval foodplant, in the limestone areas of north Lancs and south Cumbria . If you wish to take part in this survey then please contact Graham on his usual email address gra_ham_jones[at]yahoo.co.uk for further details.

 

We are however very keen to receive any records of the nationally uncommon and declining BAP species. If you encounter it during a visit to Warton Crag, Gait Barrows, or any other areas in north Lancs or South Cumbria, then do please let Graham or Steve know as soon as possible afterwards with a date, location (with full grid reference if at all possible) and the number seen. We would particularly welcome details of any sightings away from these two sites so please keep an eye out. It can be a tricky moth to see as it flies quite rapidly, but when it settles, however briefly, there is no mistaking this beautiful little moth. It flies around the same time as the Duke of Burgundy butterfly from mid May into late June in warm sunny conditions. Days with a mixture of cloud and sun are ideal as it slows the moth down a bit allowing better views.



                                                                                                                                                                                         

Have you tried the Lancashire Moth Yahoo Group? You can post moth news and photographs, request identification assistance and find out what other moth enthusiasts are doing in the county.  To join click on the link below or e-mail troubleatmill[at]btinternet.com to register for membership.


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