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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Best identified by the shape of the tip of the abdomen, as viewed from below, see HERE.

Care required, potential confusion with Lesser Treble-bar. Lesser Treble-bar  has not been recorded in D&G but is present in east Scotland and in Ayrshire so a possibility here.

Recording method

Easily disturbed by day. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae August to June. Pupates underground.

Larval foodplants

St John’s-worts.

Habitat

A wide variety of dry, well drained habitats.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1820 for VC72 at Raehills by Little, in 1862 for VC73 at Glen Mills by Lennon, and in 1899 for VC74 near Monreith by Morton.