Oak Eggar

Lasiocampa quercus - 66.007 - BF1637

 

Wingspan 45-75 mm.

 

FOODPLANTS - mainly heather (Calluna) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), but also include bramble (Rubus), Sallows (Salix), broom (Cytisus scoparius), sloe (Prunus spinosa), hawthorn (Crataegus), hazel (Corylus) and Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides).

 

Caught in a Moth Trap at Potteric Carr, released unharmed.

 

Lepidoptera - Heterocera - Lasiocampidae - Lasiocampinae

 

(Macrolepidoptera)

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