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The article focuses on the distribution and conservation of the Liquorice Piercer moth, Grapholita pallifrontana, in Huntingdonshire, VC31. Topics include the moth's status as a category 3 Red Data Book species, its reliance on Wild Liquorice (Astragalus glycophillus) as a foodplant, and the increasing interest in tracking its current distribution for conservation efforts.

The past and present status of Grapholita pallifrontana in Cambridgeshire has been investigated. The species was discovered in Cambridgeshire by William Warren, most likely in 1887; the next published record was in 2021. Its sole larval foodplant, Wild Liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos has been well-documented by botanists since 1660. We visited the 15 monads with post-1985 records and relocated plants in 11 of them, plus one new adjacent monad. We subsequently revisited these 12 monads during the season when larvae are detectable within the seedpods, and found G. pallifrontana in six of the monads, concentrated in the southeast and southwest of VC29. The botanical history of these sites suggests that Wild Liquorice has probably only been present in these locations for the last half-century, and that both foodplant and moth must therefore be quite mobile. Records from adjacent vicecounties demonstrate an overall L-shaped G. pallifrontana distribution, with the Cambridgeshire colonies at its eastern extremity, and raise the question of whether most may belong to a single meta-population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report the results of a second six-year study of the macromoths in a village-edge garden in southern England. 121 additional species were recorded, mainly by light trapping, but also by daytime recording (including pheromones) or early stages. One-third were likely to be residents nearby and a few were migrants from overseas, but the majority were considered likely wanderers from more distant locations in England. Species previously identified as expanding or declining nationally generally showed similar patterns in our garden, but with a few striking exceptions. The rate of species addition with time showed no sign of levelling off and trapping when the night-time maximum temperature exceeded 20°C was identified as the most effective way to record low-frequency wanderers and thus add further species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of recording Scarlet Tiger moths in their garden in the southeast of Cambridgeshire in England since March 31, 2021.

A standard Robinson-pattern light trap with a mercury vapour bulb was run alternately with or without amyl acetate for a year, recording a total of 6920 macromoths. Amyl acetate increased the number of individuals by 29% (total) or 18% (geometric mean/night). The same experiment was repeated using a Skinner trap with an actinic tube. We found that this effect was seasonal; no significant increase was found during the winter. We conclude that amyl acetate provides a simple and cost-effective way of increasing macromoth catches during much of the year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on light traps providing the most popular way of surveying and recording moths. Topics include having the disadvantage of requiring a mains electricity supply or a heavy and expensive generator or batteries being so difficult for using in remote locations; and traps need to be exchanged frequently between the locations and data accumulated over multiple nights to smooth out night-to-night variation due to factors such as the weather. .

In order to be able to choose favourable nights for moth recording in winter, we ran a garden moth trap on 319 nights over four winter seasons, irrespective of the weather, but recording forecasts of night-time temperature, wind, rain or snow and moonlight on 234 nights. In all, 501 moths belonging to 34 species or aggregates were recorded, six of which were winterspecific. We identified a major positive influence of maximum forecast night temperature and a negative effect of maximum forecast wind speed, which together with the year explained 35% of the difference in catch between nights. These findings allow favourable nights for moths to be chosen on the basis the weather forecast from the evening when the trap is switched on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on fate of two pupae of the Orange-tip "Anthocharis cardamines" L. in the wild on Garlic Mustard "Alliaria petiolata". It mentions that full-grown caterpillars leave their foodplants to pupate and they occur in bushes and tall vegetation near the foodplants. It also mentions that pupae can adopt a green or brown colour.

The article reports on the increase in dispersing rate and common Lepidoptera in South Cambridgeshire, England during the summer of 2018. Topics discussed include identification of the Lepidoptera, the expansion in the range of Oncocera semirubella in the British Isles, and the first garden records of several striking species among moths.

The article focuses on the unusual sighting of four Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterflies in Cambridgeshire, England, which otherwise are found in ones or twos. Topics discussed include physiology observation of the insect included mixed gynandromorph, courtship and mating behavior of insects of the Pieridae species, and chart on appearance of male and female butterflies.

The article reports that the Butterfly Conservation's E-moth newsletter showed the progress of the National Moth Recording Scheme (NMRS) towards its planned Atlas of the Great Britain Britain and Ireland's Larger Moths. It mentions that according to the Butterfly Conservation's report "The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013" there is an decline in percentage of moths. It states that species like Cryphia algae have breeding populations in southern England.