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Common Quaker

Orthosia cerasi

LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea

Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Hadeninae > Orthosiini


Checklist ref. 73.244

Designation: 'macro-moth'

Status: common and widely distributed

Typical habitat: broadleaved woodland

Larval foodplant:           various broadleaved trees

Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes to light

Flight season: March - May


Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap

Common Quaker

Three Legged Cross (garden), East Dorset | May 21

Common Quaker

Common Quaker

Common Quaker

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