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  Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia  
         
 

B&F: 1724

ABH: 70.051

Status: Resident. 

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to August.

Observations: Returns from the Fineshade Rothamsted light trap running in woodland in the 1990’s are as follows.:-
Year   Moths                Dates
1993    100        3 May - 30 August 
1994      37        2 May - 18 August 
1995      77      24 April - 21 August   
1996    132      22 May -    3 November   
1997      88      13 April -   9 September  
1998      82      23 April - 31 August 
1999    106      24 April - 14 August 

L.O.N.: 1907. Everywhere. Very common.

First Record: 1842, Clark.