Oak Beauty Biston strataria (Hufnagel,
1767) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Commonest in the northern-half of
Nottinghamshire, with good numbers coming to MV light
around the Sherwood Forest NNR. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP March 2009. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP March 2009. |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Early
instar larva on Goat Sallow Salix caprea. Photographed
at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2023. |
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Full
grown larva on Goat Sallow Salix caprea. Photographed at
Vexation Lane, Rufford June 2021. |
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