Square-spot
Rustic Xestia xanthographa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Formerly very common at Eakring,
but seems to have declined there in recent years.
Generally still a common moth over most of
Nottinghamshire. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP September 2010 |
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Photographed at Lound
Wood August 2010 |
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Photographed at Lound
Wood August 2004 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/squarespotrustic02.jpg) |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Overwintering (13mm length) larva, found in dry grass cuttings. Photographed at Lowdham, February 2023. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/squarespotrusticlarva01.jpg) |
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Full-grown larva (same as above). Photographed at Lowdham, March 2023. |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/squarespotrusticlarva03.jpg) |
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