Feathered
Thorn Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Common over the western side of
Nottinghamshire, but there are few records from sites
east of the River Trent, based on the information we have
available to us. |
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Photographed
at Lound Wood October 2013 |
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Photographed
at Red Hill, Eakring October 2011 |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Ovae. Photographed on Goat Sallow, Clipstone Old Quarter February 2024. |
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2nd (below left) and 3rd-instar (below right) larva. Photographed on
Silver Birch Betula pendula, Warsop Main Pit Top April 2024. |
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Half-grown larva. Photographed on Blackthorn Prunus spinosa,
Lound Wood May 2023. |
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Full-grown larva. Photographed on Blackthorn Prunus spinosa,
Pleasley Pit Top May 2022. |
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