B&F: 1640
ABH: 66.010
Status: Resident.
Distribution
and Abundance: Common.
Primary Habitat: Grassland.
Flight Period: Single
brooded in June and July.
Observations:
Returns from the static Pitsford Water light traps for
the ten years to 2009 show an annual average of fifty
moths trapped. The caterpillar is frequently seen sunning
itself on coarse grasses in the spring after hibernation
and in the past I have readily found the egg clusters and
the yellow cocoons in the grass.
L.O.N.: 1907.
Everywhere. Very common.
First Record: 1859,
Whall.
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