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Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi (Fabricius, 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2187 / 73.244
Photo © Jim Swalwell,  17/03/2021 - Snettisham Woods

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Orthosia cruda
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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
14/04/2024327TG42Eccles
14/04/2024127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
14/04/2024128TF51Walpole Highway
14/04/2024127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
14/04/2024128TF62King's Lynn
13/04/2024927TG42Eccles
13/04/2024327TG30Blofield / Lingwood
13/04/2024127TG04Cley next the Sea
13/04/2024827TG51Scratby
13/04/2024128TL79Cranwich
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