
Grass Wave
Typically the whitish forewing with extensive grey-brown cross-bands help to identify this moth. Paler forms can be found in some calcareous districts. A darker and obscurely marked race occurs on the Shetlands. Flies by day, from late afternoon to early dusk, sometimes in large numbers. Also flies after dark.
The larvae can be found from mid June to August living inside the seed capsules, before they overwinter as pupae underground.
Ripening seeds of Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor).
Mainly found in lowland habitats and around the coast. Associated with grasslands, including calcareous grasslands, wet meadows, dune slacks, coastal shingle and some moorland.
Grass Rivulet - Ilia Ustyantsev
Ilia Ustyantsev
Grass Rivulet - Patrick Clement
Patrick Clement
Grass Rivulet - Lez Round
Lez Round
Grass Rivulet - Garry Barlow
Garry Barlow
Grass Rivulet - Ilia Ustyantsev
Ilia Ustyantsev
Grass Rivulet - Garry Barlow
Garry Barlow
Grass Rivulet - Ben Sale
Ben Sale
Grass Rivulet - Koen Thonissen
Koen Thonissen