. The moths of the British Isles . caterpillar is greyish brown, dotted with black, andmarked on the back and sides with reddish brown. Whenat rest on the twigs of its food plant, heather or ling (Callunavulgaris)^ this caterpillar agrees so well with its surroundingsthat it is not at all easy to see; at least, we see it, butfail to distinguish it from the twigs of the plant. It may beobtained in June and July, and again in the autumn. (Figuredon Plate 140, after Hofmann.) The first flight of the moth occurs in April and May ; thesecond in August, but specimens of the later generation are
. The moths of the British Isles . caterpillar is greyish brown, dotted with black, andmarked on the back and sides with reddish brown. Whenat rest on the twigs of its food plant, heather or ling (Callunavulgaris)^ this caterpillar agrees so well with its surroundingsthat it is not at all easy to see; at least, we see it, butfail to distinguish it from the twigs of the plant. It may beobtained in June and July, and again in the autumn. (Figuredon Plate 140, after Hofmann.) The first flight of the moth occurs in April and May ; thesecond in August, but specimens of the later generation areusually small in size and in number, as compared with those ofthe early brood. In Britain, this species has so far only been found on theheaths of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire,Somersetshire, Berkshire, and Suffolk ; in all these countiesit is more or less local, but it abounds in some of its has been recorded from Hereford, and Edwards states thatit occurs rarely in the Malvern district of 2 PL 138 1. Satin Carpet: c^g and caterpillar. 2. Square Spot: eggs. 3. The Engrailed: catci-pillar and chrysalis.
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