About the Kent Moths Gallery

This blog is intended as a gallery of photos for all moths found in the county of Kent. Please send through your quality images (and links to your websites) of moth species caught yesterday or yesteryear in order that this can become a complete archive of Kent's moth fauna.

Many thanks,
Tony Morris (Admin) & Ross Newham (Admin) kentmothsgallery@gmail.com

Friday 11 September 2009

Tamarisk Peacock at St Margaret's at Cliffe caught on Sept 7th 2009

Tamarisk Peacock (Chiasmia aestimaria)

This is the 5th UK record of this rare migrant. All records are from east Kent, the others are: Sholden (16.08.04), New Romney (28.09.04), Greatstone (07.08.06) and Folkestone Warren (10.09.08).

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