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Heart and Dart

Agrotis exclamationis

LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea

Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Noctuinae > Noctuini


Checklist ref. 73.317

Designation: 'macro-moth'

Status: common, widely distributed and often abundant

Typical habitat: almost anywhere including gardens

Larval foodplant:           various herbaceous plants, both wild and cultivated

Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes easily to light

Flight season: May - August


Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap

Heart and Dart

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

Heart and Dart

Heart and Dart

Heart and Dart

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