Small Quaker Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker Orthosia cruda ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Status .....Very common at light and widely distributed around Nottinghamshire.
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Photographed at Lound Wood March 2003

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Photographed at Lound Wood March 2003

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Early stages
Half-grown larva, photographed on Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus at Hundred Acre Wood, Worksop May 2021

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Full-grown larva on Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus. Photographed at Hundred Acre Wood, Worksop May 2021

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Full-grown larva on Oak Quercus robor. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2023.

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Tim Sexton. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. David Yates. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Martin Gray. Ian Blackmore-Allen. NBGRC. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Graham Birkett. Steven Chick. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Graham Birkett. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated March 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Small Quaker