Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Burnet Companion !!!, Euclidia glyphica.
The moth is from the family of Erebidae, subfamily Erebinae.
This is a small to medium sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 25 to 30 mm.
One of the few day-flying moths, this species gets its English name from the fact that in the company with Burnet moths
The moth as one generation and its flight season is from mid-May to early-July.
It feeds on Clovers, vetches, trefoils, Black Medick and Lucerne.
It overwinters as an pupa.
The larva appears from late-June to late-August.
Feeds at night, resting by day stretched out on the stem of the food plant.
The moth's habitat is mainly inhabiting open woodland, pastures, roadside verges and flower meadows.
The moth is relatively common in the southern half of Britain, becoming scarcer further north.
Click on the species of moth below for further information
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