
Common Carpet
The adults are readily disturbed by day from the ground or rocks. They fly at night and are attracted to light. The caterpillars can be found from August to the following June, feeding at night overwintering as larvae.
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and other trefoils, clovers and vetches
Calcareous grassland, cliffs, embankments and quarries, favouring areas of broken or bare ground
Chalk Carpet - Stuart Read
Stuart Read
Chalk Carpet - Garry Barlow
Garry Barlow
Chalk Carpet - Ben Sale
Ben Sale