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Rosy Rustic
Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2361 / 73.123
Photo © Peter Hall,  Haugh Wood

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Hydraecia petasitis
Forewing: 14-21mm
Flight: August - October
Foodplant:   Low growing plants, Broad-leaved Dock, Ribwort Plantain etc.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

A common species across the region.

Found in a wide range of habitats including gardens and weedy places.

Overwinters as an egg and adults come readily to light.

Recorded in 116 (83%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1800.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
31/10/2022136SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
28/10/2022136SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
27/10/2022236SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
27/10/2022137SO97 - Dodford/Lickey
26/10/2022136SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
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