On the same night that Richard Ellis added the pyralid Musotima nitidalis (Golden-brown Fern Moth) to the Buckinghamshire county list (see Richard's blog post), Dave Carter found the first for Berkshire. This is from 9 November 2020, near Windsor (and very close to the Bucks border).
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| Musotima nitidalis in Berkshire - photo by Dave Carter |
This moth has caterpillars that feed on a variety of ferns, and is native to Australia and New Zealand. Yet another species that humans have transported around the world. For more information about its natural history when it is at home in New Zealand see this factsheet. The first British record was in Dorset in 2009.
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