Sightings by month
Caught in light trap 8th July, 2022: one specimen. Captured in light trap 17th June, 2023; 1 individual. Captured in light trap 19th and 24th June, 2024.
Barred straw
Gandaritis pyraliata
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Butterflies and moths: Geometridae
Pale night-flying moth with distinctive wing shape when resting. Wings straw-coloured with three darker brown transverse lines. For caterpillar see here. Food plant bedstraw.
Caught in light trap 8th July, 2022: one specimen. Captured in light trap 17th June, 2023; 1 individual. Captured in light trap 19th and 24th June, 2024.