Pale
Brindled Beauty
Phigalia
pilosaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller],
1775) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Probably quite widespread, but
maybe under recorded due to the early flight period. Most
records we have available to us are from the north of
Nottinghamshire. |
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Male (normal form)
photographed January 2011 |
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Male (A pilosaria f.
monacharia) photographed January 2011 |
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Typical male Pale
Brindled Beauty, photographed March 2003 |
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Melanic form P.
pilosaria f. monacharia photographed March 2003 |
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Female photographed at
Lound Wood March 2006 |
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![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds2/palebrindledbeautyfemale01.jpg) |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
3rd instar larva. Photographed at Eakring Meadows April 2023 |
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Half-grown larva. Photographed at Eakring Meadows May 2023 |
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Half-grown larva. Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2011 |
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Full-grown larva. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2023 |
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