73.357 .... B&F 2134
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Status .....Formerly very common at Eakring, but seems to have declined there in recent years. Generally still a common moth over most of Nottinghamshire.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP September 2010
 
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Photographed at Lound Wood August 2010   Photographed at Lound Wood August 2004
 
 
Early stages                            
Overwintering (13mm length) larva, found in dry grass cuttings. Photographed at Lowdham, February 2023.
 
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Full-grown larva (same as above). Photographed at Lowdham, March 2023.
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Square-spot Rustic
 
 
 
 
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. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Wil Heeney. Tim Sexton. David Yates. Nottingham City Council. Phil Cadman. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). Meg Skinner. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Ian Hunt. Graham Birkett. Martin Gray. Melanie Newman. NBGRC. 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). Ian Ellis. Tom Sields. Andy Adcock. Brian Wetton. Agnes Kiemel. Graham Beeley. David Shaw. J.T. Radford.

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Updated January 2024
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