Specie's Page                                                               Macro Moths 69.009 to 69.016

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 45mm to 52mm.

Flight Period: May and June, very occasionally a partial second brood in August.

Habitat: They inhabit flowery places with an abundance of Honeysuckle and nectar bearing flowers.

Comment: Moths of this species are distributed over the southern half of Britain. They are very local and often scarce. They have been reasonably common in Chambers Farm Wood, Lincolnshire since 2011, after an absence of four years.

Status: Migrant to the UK.

Wing Span: 50mm to 59mm.

Flight Period: May to Autumn.

Habitat: They inhabit flowery places with an abundance of nectar bearing flowers. Buddleia seems to especially favoured.

Comment: This exceptional, and unusual moth is a migrant to the British Isles. It can be quite common some years, and quite rare in poor seasons. In 1947 over 4000 sightings of this moth were recorded in Britain.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 62mm to 72mm.

Flight Period: May to July.

Habitat: Habitats are  waste ground, gardens, parks, hedgerows, road side verges, wood land rides and fringes, in fact most area's where Willowherb grows.

Comment: This moth is a fairly common and well distributed resident to England, Wales and many parts of Ireland. In Scotland it is more localised to be found in the south and west of the mainland.

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Species 70.006 to 70.016

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