July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata

July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata (Thunberg, 1784)
Status .....A common moth across much of Nottinghamshire. There is much variation between many individual specimens of July Highflyer and a strong similarity between this species and both May Highflyer and Ruddy Highflyer.
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Photographed at Misson Carr June 2023

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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP July 2016

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Photographed at Lound Wood July 2010

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Photographed at Lound Wood June 2003.

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Richard Rogers. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Nottingham City Council. Sean Tobin. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Melanie Newman. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Netherfield Wildlife Group. Phil Cadman. Tom Shields. Mike Hill. Andy Adcock. Ian Ellis. Brian Wetton. J.T. Radford. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. David Atkinson.

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Updated March 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of July Highflyer