70.205 .... B&F 1884
Magpie Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Status .....Common and abundant at Eakring some years, where it possibly suffers from huge variations in numbers. Generally still common throguhout  Nottinghamshire, although it does not seem to be frequent around the Mansfield and Sherwood Forest areas.
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Photographed at Lound Wood July 2010
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Magpie
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Phil Lee. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth reports 2003-2012). Wil Heeney. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2013). David Yates. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Meg Skinner. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2014). Martin Dale. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2015). Graham Birkett. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2016). Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Martin Gray. Meg Skinner. NBGRC. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2017). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2018). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2019). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2020). Andy Adcock. Brian Wetton.

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Updated December 2022

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