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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 ...
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Autographa gamma
LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea
Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Plusiinae > Plusiini
Checklist ref. 73.015
Designation: 'macro-moth'
Status: common and widely distributed breeding migrant
Typical habitat: almost anywhere
Larval foodplant:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â various herbaceous plants
Flight behaviour: flies in sunshine, easily disturbed when at rest during the day
Flight season: all year
Note: listed as a recognised day-flying (DF) species
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Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch, East Dorset | July 21
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