
Northern Rustic
A moderately sized moth with tawny or olive-brown and straw coloured forewings, with a broad whitish central band, pinched in the middle and with a neat chequered fringe.
The adults are usually seen by day flying in the sunshine during mid-summer or nectaring on flowers and is particularly fond of Knapweed and Ragwort. They also fly at night. The caterpillars can be found from late April to early July before pupating in a cocoon underground. They overwinter as eggs.
Flowers and seeds of various grasses, such as Perennial Oat Grass, Couch Grass and Cock’s-foot (Dactylis glomeratus).
Favours dry habitats, especially flowery calcareous downland, shingle and embankments where limestone chippings have been used in construction.
Dusky Sallow - John Money
Dusky Sallow - John Money
Dusky Sallow - Les Evans-Hill
Les Evans-Hill
Dusky Sallow - John Money
John Money
Dusky Sallow - Ryszard Szczygieł
Ryszard Szczygieł
Dusky Sallow - Stuart Read
Stuart Read
Dusky Sallow - Ben Sale
Ben Sale
Dusky Sallow - Patrick Clement
Patrick Clement
Dusky Sallow - Dave Shenton
Dave Shenton
Dusky Sallow - Dave Shenton
Dave Shenton
Dusky Sallow - Dave Shenton
Dave Shenton