Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug. Forewing: 17-24mm. Foodplant: Sallows, Willow, Aspen other Poplars |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1904 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of records | 1229 | 497 | 349 | 884 | 245 |
Number of individuals | 1100 | 500 | 380 | 1911 | 399 |
Unique positions | 96 | 113 | 120 | 148 | 27 |
Unique locations | 95 | 110 | 114 | 152 | 24 |
Adult records | 1200 | 476 | 309 | 833 | 233 |
Immature records | 17 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
For the county, we have a total of 3204 records from 495 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species now seems more widespread than N. dromedarius Linnaeus in some areas but this may be a reflection of trapping sites and habitat preferences rather than a true change in status. Quite frequently recorded from vice-counties 63 (but much less frequent than dromedarius (HEB) ) and 64, but rather more sparse in the other three.
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across most of the county and numbers seem to have increased a little. Commonest in woodland with sallows and often coming into gardens.
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