12.048 Psychoides filicivora - Common Fern Moth
12.048 Psychoides filicivora - Common Fern Moth

First discovered as a species in Ireland 1909, where it may have arrived on ferns from Madera or Asia. Today it's alive and well living on the Polypody ferns on top of my garage roof. Also recorded in 2024 from Breen wood.

Location: North Antrim

Photographer: Geoff Campbell

12.048 Psychoides filicivora - Common Fern Moth

First discovered as a species in Ireland 1909, where it may have arrived on ferns from Madera or Asia. Today it's alive and well living on the Polypody ferns on top of my garage roof. Also recorded in 2024 from Breen wood.

Location: North Antrim

Photographer: Geoff Campbell