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.
White Ermine - Spilosoma lubricipeda.
The moth is from the family of Erebidae -- subfamily ---- Arctiinae.
It Is a medium-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 34 to 38 mm.
There is one generation, flying in May to July,
and sometimes later in the south.
The moth's habitat is mainly gardens, hedgerows, grassland, heathland, moorland and woodland.
The species overwinters as a pupa,
In a cocoon formed among plant debris.
The larva appears from July to September.
The hairy larvae feed on a variety of herbaceous plants.
The moth is classified nationally as a Common species of the UK.
Click on the species of moth below for further information
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