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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 ...
Pebble Prominent
Notodonta ziczac
LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea
Notodontidae (Prominents and allies) > Notodontinae
Checklist ref. 71.013
Designation: 'macro-moth'
Status: common and widely distributed
Typical habitat: almost anywhere with suitable food plants
Larval foodplant:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â sallows, willows, poplars and Aspen
Flight behaviour: flies at night, but readily comes to light
Flight season: April - June, July - August
Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap
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Three Legged Cross (garden), East Dorset | May 21
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