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Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi (Fabricius, 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2187 / 73.244
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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
Norfolk 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
17/03/2024427TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
17/03/20241828TL79Mundford
17/03/2024428TL99Rockland St Peter
17/03/2024327TG31Upton
17/03/2024228TF51Walpole Highway
17/03/2024528TF51Wiggenhall
17/03/2024427TG10Cringleford (UEA)
17/03/2024327TG24Cromer
17/03/2024527TG11Taverham
17/03/2024128TF62King's Lynn
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