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Small World Discoveries
by Tony Enticknap - tickspics
Focusing on insects, arachnids and other small nature subjects from East Dorset and the New Forest ...
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea
Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Noctuinae > Noctuini
Checklist ref. 73.359
Designation: 'macro-moth'
Status: common and widely distributed
Typical habitat: almost anywhere including gardens
Larval foodplant:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â various herbaceous plants including burdocks and nettles
Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes to light
Flight season: May - July, August - October
Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap
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Three Legged Cross (garden), East Dorset | May 21
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