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| A Dewick's Plusia moth |
I caught this little beauty for the first time ever yesterday,
with its punk hair-do and splash of white on its side – it is
called a “Dewick’s Plusia” and is a vagrant to Britain, mainly being caught
along the south and east coasts. August is the optimum month for this species,
but records have occurred between July and October and it seems to be appearing
more and more frequently on our shores.
It is named after AJ Dewick who trapped moths in Essex and caught
the first one in the UK at Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, in October 1951. Plusia is
a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. How great to have a moth named after
you!
The first one seen in Hampshire (where I live) was caught in
1991, however, nowadays a few are caught each year – but not many - it’s a
first for me!
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