Number of records: 100
Recorded in: 35 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 06 ix 2024
Identification difficulty
: 1Species that can be relatively easily identified even by inexperienced recorders with the use of up-to-date field guides. Such records would be accepted without the need for additional evidence as long as they conform to the normal flight period and geographical range of the species.
A resident and suspected occasional immigrant which only occurs sparingly but it is sometimes fairly common to common on heathland. High numbers are extremely local and very irregular. Single-brooded flying mainly from late August to late September. Larvae feed on heather. (Pratt, 2011)
Wych Cross, Forest Row, 11 ix 2015 Photo: Hew Prendergast
Bracklesham, 14 ix 2021 Photo: Derek Lee
Ashdown Forest, 04 ix 2020 Photo: Charles Waters
Three Leg Cross, Ticehurst, 26 viii 2019 Photo: Malcolm Freeman
Wisborough Green, 19 ix 2020 Photo: Dave and Pen Green
