Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Disturbed this little beauty today while I was weeding along the fence today.
Apparently it's a White plume moth, Pterophorus pentadactyla, with a wingspan of 26-34mm. It's quite common inhabiting dry grassland, waste ground and gardens . The adults fly from dusk in June and July with a second generation someti es in September. The caterpillars overwinter and feed on bindweed, so maybe I should stop pulling the stuff up😊.

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