Lunar
Marbled Brown Drymonia ruficornis (Hufnagel, 1766) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Lunar Marbled Brown was once
classed a Grade 3 species in Nottinghamshire, but it has
become much more common in recent years. At Sherwood
Forest, it often comes to MV light in large numbers. |
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Photographed
at Misson Carr April 2024 |
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Photographed
at Clipstone Old Quarter April 2011 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrown03.jpg) |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Eggs/ovae on Oak Quercus robur. Photographed
at Lound Wood April 2024. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrownova01.jpg) |
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1st-instar larvae on Oak Quercus robur. Photographed at Lound
Wood May 2024. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrownlarva01.jpg) |
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3rd-instar larvae on Oak Quercus robur. Photographed at Lound
Wood May 2024. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrownlarva03.jpg) |
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4th-instar larvae on Oak Quercus robur. Photographed at Lound
Wood May 2024. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrownlarva05.jpg) |
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Full-grown larva on Oak Quercus robur. Photographed at Lound
Wood May 2024. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/lunarmarbledbrownlarva07.jpg) |
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