Finding Nemophora metallica on the chalk hill

Scabious Longhorn Moth (_Nemophora metallica_)

Successfully finding the Scabious Longhorn Moth (Nemophora metallica) in the NHM Gardens (with David Lees and Maja Petric).

“In Middlesex the moth seems very scarce. There are no historical records and the earliest report is from 2012 at Heathrow (Causeway nature reserve - an unvalidated record submitted to iRecord). This was followed by one at the Natural History Museum’s wildlife garden in South Kensington in 2017 – and again in 2020. The origin of these moths is perhaps questionable as the moths may have been imported on plants from other sites.”

Herts and Middlsex Moths