Number of records: 577
Recorded in: 81 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 20 xi 2024
Identification difficulty
: 1Adult: Distinctive
Resident. Generally appears singly at mv light, occasionally sparingly in both vice-counties. Double-brooded, flying from mid May to late August. The more numerous second flight period appears mainly from mid September to mid November, and again, after hibernation, from early April onwards. Larvae feed on oak, (silver) birch, hornbeam. on the leaves and berries of woody nightshade, and on bittersweet (Pratt, 2011).
Scotney Estate, 03 x 2022 Photo: Charles Waters and Alison Playle
Richmond Grove Bexhill, 30 vi 2018 Photo: Keith Hackett
Queens Park, Brighton, 02 viii 2020 Photo: Colin Piper
Scotney Estate, 25 v 2018 Photo: Charles Waters
Woods Mill SWT Reserve, 24 xi 2017 Photo: Bob Foreman
Woods Mill SWT Reserve, 3 i 2024 Photo: Bob Foreman
