The Macro-moths of Warwickshire A 2026 Review

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The Macro-moths of Warwickshire A 2026 Review Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire
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Pages: 284 Illustrations and other contents: colour photos, colour distribution maps, colour tables ISBN: 9781036953928 Category:

A book to celebrate exactly 20 years since the publication of The Larger Moths of Warwickshire in 2006, during which time many species have dramatically changed status. This review concentrates on moth species which have displayed significant changes in distribution and abundance throughout this period. Over 40 new species have been added to the county list, and detailed records are provided, in addition to updated records of uncommon and immigrant species. The book concludes with a classified checklist of all species recorded in Warwickshire since Victorian times, giving current status, followed by an appendix containing distribution maps showing records since 2006.

 

Contents

1. Foreword by Mark Hammond
2. About the Author – David C. G. Brown
3. Introduction
4. Tributes to former Warwickshire lepidopterists who have passed away since 2006
5. New Species recorded in Warwickshire since 2006
6. Species with significant increases since 2006
7. Species with significant declines since 2006
8. Immigrants in Warwickshire since 2006
9. Updated Records since 2006 of Very Local and Uncommon/Scarce Species
10. Complete checklist of all Warwickshire (VC38) larger moths with 2026 status
11. Appendix 1 – Updated Distribution Maps
12. Appendix 2 – Glossary
13. Appendix 3 – Plant List
14. Appendix 4 – Featured Recorders
15. Appendix 5 – Photographers
16. Bibliography and References
17. Index of English Names
18. Index of Scientific Names
19. Acknowledgements

Weight1.3 kg

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Author Biography

David Brown, born in Royal Leamington Spa in March 1953, has lived his whole life in the County of Warwickshire. He owed much of the initial interest in lepidoptera to the beautiful environment encompassing the village of Charlecote, situated in the heart of 'Shakespeare Country', where he was raised. Greatly encouraged by enthusiastic and helpful parents, David had seen all of the British butterflies in their natural habitats by his early twenties. His interest and passion for moths was initiated by reading the inspirational works of authors L. Hugh Newman and P. B. M. Allan at a young age. David’s favourite books were A Moth-Hunter's Gossip and Moths and Memories by P. B. M. Allan. He began operating a light trap in his parents’ garden on 28th March 1968 and has never looked back! He has continued monitoring moths in the same garden for almost 60 years which is believed to be one of the longest known unbroken sequences for a private garden in the British Isles.Throughout the decades David has recorded 483 species of macro-moth – a record for a Warwickshire garden. A number of species formerly regularly observed are no longer seen, including V-Moth, White-spotted Pinion, Stout Dart and Pale Shining Brown. The most exciting immigrants have been Paignton Snout, Tunbridge Wells Gem and Eastern Bordered Straw.

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