Small
Eggar Eriogaster lanestris (Linnaeus,
1758)  |
| Status
..... This is an extremely rare moth in
Nottinghamshire and a species which has also declined nationally over
recent years. However, it does seem to be holding on to it's status as a
breeding species in VC56. All of the county's recent records have
come from the Sutton-on-Trent, Besthorpe and Collingham
areas north of Newark, after larval webs were recorded for
the first time in over 60 years in 2002, 2003, 2004 and again in 2007.
It then went 'missing' for over 15 years, before larval webs were found
at Sutton-on-Trent once more in 2020 and 2021. |
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| Captive bred
males, photographed March 2018 |
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Early stages |
| Larval
web. Photographed at Sutton-on-Trent May 26th 2021 |
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1st-instar larvae and larval web.
Photographed at Sutton-on-Trent May 13th 2023 |
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| Half
grown larva. Photographed at Sutton-on-Trent May 26th 2021 |
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| Full
grown larva. Photographed at Sutton-on-Trent June 5th 2021 |
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