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Small World Discoveries
by Tony Enticknap - tickspics
Focusing on insects, arachnids and other small nature subjects from East Dorset and the New Forest ...
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:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â various broadleaved trees
Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes to light
Flight season: March - May
Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap
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Three Legged Cross (garden), East Dorset | May 21
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