Family:
Arctiidae
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| 2060 |
White
Ermine |
Spilosoma
lubricipeda |
Wingspan
34-48mm |
440 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Heathland,
moorland, gardens, woodland, coastal situations |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
variety of herbaceous plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed among the plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2061 |
Buff
Ermine |
Spilosoma
luteum |
Wingspan
28-40mm |
516 |
©Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Parks,
woodlands, gardens, sand dunes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
variety of herbaceous plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed among the plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2063 |
Muslin
Moth |
Diaphora
mendica |
Wingspan
28-38mm |
86 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common well distributed throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Parks,
woodlands, gardens, sand dunes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
variety of herbaceous plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed among the plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2064
|
Ruby
Tiger |
Phragmatobia
fuliginosa |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
198 |
©Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, frequent over England, Wales, Ireland, scarcer in
Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Heathland,
moorland, gardens, woodlands, coastal situations |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
variety of herbaceous plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
a fully grown larva on the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2069 |
The
Cinnabar |
Tyria
jacobaeae |
Wingspan
32-42mm |
87 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common , frequent over most of England and Wales. Local in
the north and Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Well
drained rabbit grazed grassland, sand dunes, heathland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Ragwort, eats the leaves and flowers |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon just below ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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