Common and found in a wide variety of habitats.
Caterpillar food plants include birch, alder, hawthorn, blackthorn, plum, pear, apple, and many others. Caterpillar length up to 38 mm. Feeds Aug - Oct.
Adult flies June - Aug. Adult length at rest is 17 - 20 mm.
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Found in hedgerows, waste ground, meadows and gardens.
Caterpillar up to 38 mm. Food plants include plantains, docks, bramble, thistles, hops, sallow and hawthorn.
Adults fly in May and August.
The caterpillars feed on grasses and rushes from March to June, and the adults fly in July and August, both day and night.
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Adults are most common in the autumn, and fly both day and night.
Wingspan in 4 cm.
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Flies July to September.
Forewing length 16 - 20 ..
Flies August to October
Turnip moth, Agrotis segetum, the caterpillar feeds from July to October and grows up to 47 mm long.
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Caterpillars are found in the soil during the day from August to May, emerging at night to eat the leaves of low growing plants. Adults fly from June to October.
Caterpillars grow to 50 mm long.
Pupa sometimes parasitised by a wasp
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Yes, these are actually the same caterpillar photographed a few days apart. ID is not easy!
Here is another colour form