13th September - Dusky-lemon sallow

A lovely specimen was caught by David Bryant in his garden at Bridge of Allan which he tells me is full of its foodplant – Wych Elm.

10th September - Butterbur

Martin Culshaw had one come to house lights in Killearn. His house is not far from patches of the foodplant on the banks of the Endrick Water where I have run traps specifically aimed at the species but with no success. Time to look again.

10th June - Narrow-bordered Bee hawkmoth

An individual seen by Scott Shanks in a flower-rich meadow near Rosneath Point on the shores of the Firth of Clyde was the first record for the region since 1985.

Early September - Convolulus Hawkmoth

Norman Brodie had a very large visitor to his house in Dullatur that was identified after its death when his daughter, Barbara, circulated a photograph

2nd August - Silky Wainscot

A single specimen in the collection of Iain Christie, labelled 5^th July 1985, Garlea, Dunbartonshire, was until this year the only record for the region. However, Bob Dawson recorded no less than four at Polmaise Lagoons, Stirlingshire on the 2^nd August

26th and 31st July - Dark Spinach

Helen Dawson caught yet another in her garden in Fallin, Stirlingshire on 26^th July and Martin Culshaw recorded one in Killearn on 31^st.

15th June - Cinnabar

A significant proportion of records of Cinnabar in the region appear to be wanderers. An adult that arrived in my trap in Milngavie on 15^th June was 14km from the nearest previous record and no larvae have been found on ragwort in the area.