Buff-tip | Hainault Forest

71.025 Buff-tip

Phalera bucephala

TQ4692 15/06/2022 ©Raymond Small

This moth can be mistaken for a birch twig when at rest by which means it fools predators to leave it alone. It flies from May to July. Larval foodplants include Oak, Birch, Sallow and Hazel.

TQ4792 22/09/2016 ©Raymond Small

TQ4692 05/08/2024 ©Raymond Small

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