73.242 .... B&F 2188
Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta (Hufnagel, 1766) 
Status .....Common, with a similar Nottinghamshire range as Common Quaker, with the two species both flying early in the year. There are few records from the Trent Valley area.
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Photographed at Lound Wood March 2003
 
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2009
 
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2009
 
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Photographed at Lound Wood March 2005
 
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Early stages                            
Full grown larva on Black Poplar. Photographed at Market Warsop May 2022
 
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Near full grown larva. Photographed at Rainworth Heath NR June 2021
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Clouded Drab
 
 
 
 
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. David Hursthouse. Sean Tobin. Tim Sexton. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Dave Morton. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. David Yates. Phil Cadman. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Graham Birkett. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Meg Skinner. Martin Gray. Andy Ashley. Indy Kiemel Greene and Agnes Kiemel. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Tom Shields. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock.

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 January 2024
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