Spectacle Abrostola tripartita (Hufnagel, 1766) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Fairly common and widespread over
most of Nottinghamshire and a frequent visitor to garden light traps.
The lightness of the ground colouration varies and there are both light
and darker forms. |
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Photographed
at Lound Wood August 2011 |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Half-grown larva on Nettle. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter August
2022. |
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Pre-final instar larva. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter August
2022. |
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Full-grown larva. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter August 2022. |
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