Lilac
Beauty Apeira
syringaria (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
Status
.....First recorded at Eakring in 2008
and still just one record there in over ten years. The
female photographed produced numerous eggs which were all
successfully reared and released (like the original
female) back in Lound Wood during August 2008.
Widespread, but seemingly not common in Nottinghamshire. |
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Photographed
at Lound Wood June 30th 2008 |
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Early stages  |
Full grown larva.
Photographed at Lound Wood August 2008 |
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Full grown larva.
Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 2021 |
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Full grown larva.
Photographed at Lound Wood August 2008 |
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