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21/02/2019	Duncan Davidson saw a Peacock butterfly near Nairn.
21/02/2019	Mike and Britt Taylor found their first butterfly of the year, a Peacock, on Findhorn dunes in fabulous butterfly weather, full sun, warm and no wind.
17/02/2019	Nancy & Pete Gordon found this live Grey Dagger moth in their house. Its normal flight period is mid-May to August, sometimes with a 2nd generation in September to October, so this individual is well outside that! Vice county recorder Mike Taylor thinks it probably came into the house as a pupa on a firewood log, emerging early due to the warm conditions.
17/02/2019	Bob Turner and I found a Ruby Tiger larva by Loch Pityoulish near Boat of Garten today.
17/02/2019	I put the trap out in my Aviemore garden last night and caught a single Dotted Border - a first for the garden.
16/02/2019	Mike Taylor found a Brindled Pug in Findhorn, almost 4 weeks earlier than normal for the species in that area.
11/01/2019	I found a Pale Brindled Beauty on the wall of my garage in Aviemore this evening, the earliest in January that I've seen, by over a week.
06/01/2019	Mary Eagleson had a Pale Brindled Beauty on the kitchen window of her house near Maryburgh