Golden-rod
Pug Eupithecia virgaureata
(Doubleday, 1861)  |
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.....Widespread in Nottinghamshire.
Poorly marked Golden-rod Pugs are difficult to identify,
so the abdominal plates of the males were examined to
determine identification. |
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| Male (melanic form) photographed at
Lound Wood July 2008 |
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Male photographed at
Lound Wood July 23rd 2008 |
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| Female (melanic form) photographed at
Lound Wood July 2008 |
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Male photographed at
Sherwood Forest July 15th 2008 |
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Early stages |
| Full grown larva.
Photographed on Holly Ilex aquifollium Clipstone Old Quarter
June 2022. |
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| Full grown larva.
Photographed on Ragwort Senecio sp at Budby South Forest September 2010 |
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