LARGE EMERALD Geometra papilonaria
Local and very scarce.
May be missed as although attracted to light does not enter into light traps readily. Most recent records have been netted or taken on the ground close to traps

Scottish Status: Common - stable. UK Status: Common
Lower image of underside taken through window © Islay MacLeod
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 10th July to 12th August

MAP: blue dots last record 2000 to 2009 red dots last record 2010 to 2019
green dots last record 2020 to present



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