3.004 .... B&F 0016 |
Gold Swift Phymatopus hecta (Linnaeus, 1758) .... Formerly known as Hepialus hecta | ||
Status .....Healthy colonies exist in both Eakring woodlands and common at Sherwood Forest CP. A Grade 3 listed moth in Nottinghamshire, but fairly widespread and scattered. | ||
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Photographed at Hare Hill Wood May 2003 | Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP July 2010 | |
Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulinus (For comparison) | ||
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Gold Swift |
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