Species Account

Select species and region:


Distribution

 
 

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Abundant and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1   See here for explanation

Flight time: Mar-May.

Forewing: 13-17mm.

Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. Birches, sallows, oaks, Hazel.

Regional breakdown:

 VC61VC62VC63VC64VC65
Year first recorded19291939192619401976
Year last recorded20152014201520152015
Number of records5253241626324277980
Number of individuals232021237517593390569676
Unique positions12913017920742
Unique locations12912817521943
Adult records5221238525613975972
Immature records130960

For the county, we have a total of 15558 records from 694 sites. First recorded in 1926.
 

Photos

73.244 Common Quaker 07 larva
© Andy Nunn
73.244 Common Quaker 06 unusual form
© Nick Lawman
73.244 Common Quaker 05
© Nick Lawman
73.244 Common Quaker 04
© Paul Holmes, Mar 2007
73.244 Common Quaker 03
© Andy Nunn
73.244 Common Quaker 02 larva
© Derek Parkinson
73.244 Common Quaker 01
© Damian Money

Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Frequent to common throughout all five vice-counties and a major feature of the spring insect fauna. The larvae feed on a wide variety of trees including hawthorn, ash and oak (PQW pers. comm.).

Beaumont, 2002:
VC63. Elland, 3.12.2000 (Talbot, 2001). An exceptionally early occurrence of a moth that usually flies February to early May.

2012 (CHF): Widespread and common across all of the county and often appearing in huge numbers eg 916 on 9.4.2010 at Ellington Banks. There were more December records in 2004 and 2011.
 

See background to species accounts.  Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species