3rd October, 2010 - Brindled Ochre

A single individual recorded at light near Killearn, Stirlingshire by Martin Culshaw was the first record for the region since 1990.

1st September 2010 - Large Wainscot

Most records for Large Wainscot in vice counties 86, 87 and 99 come from the east of the region; a finding which may reflect the relative scarcity of its foodplant, Common Reed when compared with the abundant Reed Canary Grass that chokes many wetland sites. A Large Wainscot caught by Martin Culshaw near Killearn on 1^st September was the first record east of the Stirling and Falkirk areas since 1984.

18 August, 2010 - Butterbur

At Linlithgow Bridge, the River Avon forms the boundary between vice county 86 (Stirlingshire) and vice county 84 (West Lothian). Mark Cubitt has for some time recorded Butterbur associated with areas of its foodplant on the West Lothian side of the river and on 13^th August, he crossed the water and proved that the colony extends into Stirlingshire. Hopefully this finding will stimulate recorders to look for the species in other parts of the vice county where the foodplant grows.

11th August 2010 - Marsh Oblique-barred

In 1986, Iain Christie recorded Marsh Oblique-barred as occurring in ‘a very extensive and very numerous colony’ on Flanders Moss. However, it was only recorded once more before 2010 when on 11^th August, ten were found in a single overnight trap set by David Pickett.

3rd August 2010 - Barred Carpet and Barred Rivulet

Barred Carpet

Two Barred Carpet caught on 3^rd August in a trap placed above a damp wooded gully on the outskirts of Lennoxtown were the first known records for Stirlingshire, vc86 (politically East Dunbartonshire). The species is said to favour base-rich damp woods. The author has not identified any basic outcrops near the site and the vegetation is characteristic of acid woodland. However, the well known, fossil-rich, Hurlet limestone beds are in the area.

On the same day, a Barred Rivulet caught at  Bardowie (vc86, Stirlingshire but politically East Dunbartonshire) was only the second record for the three vice counties since 1989 and the furthest from the Clyde and Forth estuaries of any known record. The main foodplant, Red Bartsia, is not uncommon on rough ground in the area.

22nd July 2010 - Great Brocade

Larvae swept from the catkins of Bog Myrtle during March 2007 proved that the Great Brocade bred on Flanders Moss. A Robinson trap placed in the same area by David Pickett on 22^nd July 2010 attracted five freshly emerged adults of the almost black resident colour-form.

Lilac Beauty now in vc87

When my checklist was published, Lilac Beauty had only been recorded in the woodlands of the eastern and south-eastern shores of Loch Lomond in vc86. However, on 1^st July, Jane and Arthur Jones caught one just west of Aberfoyle in vc87 and it has since transpired that Nick Cooke caught one near Port of Menteith also in vc87 on 8th July 2005.