Identification

Unmistakable.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa in loose earth. Larva appear from July to September.

Larval foodplants

Larvae feed on Bramble, Raspberry and Hazel.

Habitat

Woodland, and sometimes scrub and farmland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway for VC73 at Dalskairth, near Dumfries by Lennon who stated that it was ‘not common’, for VC74 in 1898 at Corsemalzie by Gordon (1919) who found it to be ‘frequent in open clearings in woods, but also in gardens’ and for VC72 in 1952 at Tynron by Duncan.