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Stout Dart
Spaelotis ravida
([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) 2113 / 73.349
Norfolk status
Scarce.
Meadows and damp marshes.

This species is notorious for capricious appearance and disappearance; it enjoyed a boost in numbers in the 1970s when it was so plentiful in neighbouring Lincolnshire that dozens could be found in outhouses as they fluttered at the windows at dusk, indeed more were to be found that way then ever came to the trap.
Moths continued to be noted in the Breck until the mid 1980s.
G. Haggett.

Verification Grade Comment: Possibly locally extinct

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 22 (32%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2007.
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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
25/08/2007127TM17 - Scole
1997+28TF74 - Holme/Titchwell
August 1996+28TF74 - Holme/Titchwell
July 1996127TG21 - N.Norwich/Spixworth
20/07/1995+28TF92 - Fakenham/Ryburgh
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Forewing: 18-22mm.
Flight: One generation June-Sept.
Foodplant:   Dandelion, sow-thistles and docks
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4
 Immature Adult
Further info: Spaelotis ravida
 
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