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Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi (Fabricius, 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2187 / 73.244
Photo © Matthew Casey,  15/01/2019 - Hethersett

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Small Quaker
Orthosia cruda
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Orthosia miniosa
Forewing: 13-17mm.
Flight: March-May.
Foodplant:   Broadleaved trees. Birches, sallows, oaks, Hazel.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Common and widespread.
Extremely variable ground colour, but most have large, rounded, lightly outlined stigmata.

Flight period seems to get earlier each year. Recent records from January, with occasional sightings in December!

Recorded in 66 (89%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1841.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
01/04/2024228TF51Walpole Highway
01/04/2024127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
01/04/2024127TG24Cromer
01/04/2024228TF91Dereham
01/04/2024128TL99Griston / Northacre
31/03/2024228TL79Mundford
31/03/2024427TG04Cley next the Sea
31/03/2024127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
31/03/20241028TM09Great Ellingham
31/03/2024127TG11Taverham
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