Scottish Status: Common - stable. UK Status: Common
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: Spring: 9th April to 3rd June Autumn: 25th August to 6th November. Two July records on 6th and 17th.
Now emerging from winter dormancy earlier than in the 1970s. (cf: Atlas of Britain & Ireland's Larger Moths)
Image of Autumn adult feeding on brambles © Eric Maughan. Second image: Spring adult post hibernation.
MAP: blue dots last record 2000 t0 2009 red dots last record 2010 to 2019
green dots last record 2020 to present
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