Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Butterflies and moths: Crambidae 

Pale grass veneer

Agriphila straminella

Notes

Small (1 cm) moth with wings folded on body, long feathery palps, and straw brown wings with speckled lineation and silvery frill to wing tips; row of small black dots at outer end of wings.

Sightings by month

Common in flower meadow during June and July. In moth trap 9th July (7), and 17th (3) and 25th July (2), 2nd August (3) 12th August (1), 2025.