Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method

Can be disturbed by day. Flies from dusk. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae mid-July to late September. Pupates in leaf litter or underground.

Larval foodplants

Bilberry.

Habitat

Open woodland but also moorland and heathland. Stragglers sometimes recorded away from usual breeding areas.

History

The first record for D&G was a daytime observation at Wood of Cree (VC73) in 2015. Now well established as a breeding species at a number of sites including Wood of Cree and Kirkconnel Flow (VC73).