Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: Recorded all year, mainly May-Oct. Forewing: 21-25mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous and woody plants. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1929 | 1930 | 1846 | 1886 | 1960 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 9505 | 2586 | 2380 | 3185 | 1124 |
Number of individuals | 20578 | 5097 | 3060 | 6829 | 3116 |
Unique positions | 189 | 145 | 251 | 273 | 45 |
Unique locations | 180 | 137 | 256 | 280 | 42 |
Adult records | 9453 | 2548 | 2235 | 3059 | 1111 |
Immature records | 13 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
For the county, we have a total of 18780 records from 895 sites. First recorded in 1846.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded and often common throughout all five vice-counties, although becoming scarcer northwards. Summer specimens produce an autumn brood which is usually swelled by immigration and, in such circumstances, the species is often very numerous.
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the whole county. This is one of the very few species which is recorded in every month of the year. There was a significant drop in numbers in 2010 and 2011.
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