Forester (Adscita statices)
Forester moth (Adscita statices), probably male, on willowherb. Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Thursday 14th July 2016.
Not the sharpest photo I've ever taken, which is why I haven't uploaded it before, but I learned recently that this was the first record of the Forester at Holme Fen for nearly 20 years, despite considerable efforts having been made over the intervening years to find it again.
The Forester moth was added to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species in the 2007 review. Numbers have declined as a result of agricultural intensification and there are no known colonies local to Huntingdonshire. However, there were certainly quite a few flying around at Holme Fen on the day this image was taken, so I'm hoping that they may have established a colony there and that the habitat can be managed in a way that will encourage them to stay.
In Explore, 30th January 2017.
Forester (Adscita statices)
Forester moth (Adscita statices), probably male, on willowherb. Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Thursday 14th July 2016.
Not the sharpest photo I've ever taken, which is why I haven't uploaded it before, but I learned recently that this was the first record of the Forester at Holme Fen for nearly 20 years, despite considerable efforts having been made over the intervening years to find it again.
The Forester moth was added to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species in the 2007 review. Numbers have declined as a result of agricultural intensification and there are no known colonies local to Huntingdonshire. However, there were certainly quite a few flying around at Holme Fen on the day this image was taken, so I'm hoping that they may have established a colony there and that the habitat can be managed in a way that will encourage them to stay.
In Explore, 30th January 2017.