Vitrealis - A Wildlife Blog

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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Vive la différence: an Anjou moth trap

Four-spotted Tyta luctuosa - Anjou, France France is our favourite holiday destination. An easy hop over the Channel from Dorset opens up a ...

Friday, July 17, 2026

Introducing Common Migrant Moths (part 2) - the next eight

Small Mottled Willow (above) has probably been Britain's most ubiquitous migrant moth this year. The arrival of 19 more in my trap over...

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Silver-studded Blues on the Purbeck Heaths

Male Silver-studded Blue - Scotland Heath, Dorset Britain's resident butterflies can be divided into two main groups - the wider country...

Monday, June 15, 2026

Purbeck Mason Wasps - a star of Dorset's heathlands

Purbeck Mason Wasp Pseudepipona herrichii - Grange Heath, Dorset One of the joys of surveying for reptiles on the Dorset heathlands is th...

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Introducing Common Migrant Moths (part 1) - the Big Seven

It has been a slow start to the year for moth recording, but everything changed last night (22 May 2026) with the arrival of warm air from t...

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Mike Hetherington: Birds, moths, butterflies, herps and other wildlife. All my own photos (unless stated). Based in Dorset, UK; travelling when I can.

All text and images (c) Mike Hetherington

BSc Ecology; MSc Biological Recording and Ecological Monitoring. Dorset Moths verification team. https://www.dorsetmoths.co.uk/

RSPB, BTO and ARC volunteer

FSC Associate Tutor

The blog's name honours one of my favourite moths - the Olive-tree Pearl (Palpita vitrealis).

Bird names and lists (usually) follow the HBW/Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo et al 2014, 2016).

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