LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING    Noctua comes
Common
Appears to have increased considerably as Rosie described it as infrequent at Wick and Lybster and there are only a handful of records from the Rothamsted sites.
Two main colour forms occur, but paler form is variable and more common.
Scottish Status: Common -  stable. UK Status: Common
Photograph of larva © Karin Miller
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 8th July to 26th September


MAP: black dots last record pre 2000  blue dots last record 2000 to 2009  
red dots last record 2010 to 2019   green dots last record 2020 to present 








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