The Blair’s Shoulder-knot Moth, Lithophane leautieri, is another noctuid (owlet) moth that was first recorded in the UK in 1951. In its case, it was first reported on the Isle of Wight. See yesterday’s shimmering bronze beauty, the Dewick’s Plusia, which was first found in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, that year.

The BSK is now found pretty much all over England as far north as Cumbria. It is an autumnal species and its larvae feed on the flowers of various conifers such as Cupressocyparis leylandii etc. I’ve been mothing for six seasons now and have recorded it from late September into November.

Photos of all the Noctuids I’ve recorded feature in the macro moths section of my Imaging Storm galleries.