I have looked many times for the Marsh Pug which is very thinly distributed in Derbyshire and was very pleased to finely catch up with one today. In some parts of the country they are quite a dark moth but in Derbyshire they are this pale tawny brown. They feed on Field Mouse-ear as larva and I suspect that it what this adult has settled on.
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| Marsh Pug |
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| Grass Rivulets typical example at the top and a dark barred individual below |
The striking Wood Tiger was also on the wing in good numbers, looking like many had recently emerged. I was also surprised to see the Cistus Forester at several locations and in reasonable numbers so it looks like they are having a good year.
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| Wood Tiger |
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| Cistus Forester |
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| Mother Shipton |
Walking around some fields had almost no insects and a very few plant species and others were a riot of colour with a variety of plant species including several orchids and it was in these fields that the moths were to be found.
