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

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Currant Pug and Common pug.

Recording method

Occasionally attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae early August to early October. Pupates among plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Ripening fruits of  Wild Angelica and Hogweed.

Habitat

Fens, marshy fields, roadside verges and damp woodland.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway in 1992 for VC73 in the Mabie Forest Rothamsted light trap, in 2000 for VC72 at Durisdeer and in 2004 for VC74 at the Mains of Airies.