Great Oak Beauty Hypomecis roboraria
([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....A Nationally scarce B moth in the
UK, with it's stronghold in several southern counties.
There are scattered colonies in Buckinghamshire and
Shropshire, with the northern-most being colony in
Sherwood Forest. This was not an expected species at
Eakring and with a more recent record from Clumber Park,
perhaps this moth is slowly increasing its
Nottinghamshire range. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest June 2009 |
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Photographed at Lound
Wood June 2007 |
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Size comparison with
Mottled Beauty (top) photographed June 2007 |
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