The Moth Pages
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1931 Peppered moth
Biston
betularia
© photo: Sandra
Standbridge |
2221 The Mullein
larva
shargacucullia verbasci
© photo: Andrew
Wood |
Introduction
Although called Butterfly Conservation, the society also has an interest in the conservation of moths and their habitats. After all, moths and butterflies together form the order Lepidoptera, the divisions of which are artificially imposed
Most branches have a moth officer whose remit is to encourage members to take an interest in moths through providing information, arranging events and organising recording. The moth officer for the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch is . He is able to act as a point of contact between members and the county moth recorder. For Hertfordshire and Middlesex the county recorder is
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0379 Red-belted
Clearwing
synanthedon myopaeformis
© photo:
Ian Small |
1637 Oak Eggar (male)
lasiocampa quercus
© photo: John Murray |
1823 Netted
Pug
Eupithecia
venosata
©
photo: Trevor
Chapman |
Larger Moths of the London Area
(1993) by Colin Plant provides detailed information on the status
and distribution of the macrolepidoptera within the Greater London
Area. Covering an area of 20 miles radius from St. Paul's Cathedral,
this book therefore includes the whole of Middlesex and the south of
Hertfordshire. Around 700 macro-moths have been recorded within
Greater London with the list for Middlesex standing at just over
500.
In 2000 the
the Herts Moth Group was formed and in 2008 the Moths of Hertfordshire was published. This book provides detailed
information on the distribution of Hertfordshire's moths.
