Species Details

ABH: 71.009

BF: 1999

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Dicranurinae

Taxon: Stauropus fagi

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Lobster Moth

Account: Common in mature woodland throughout much of southern England Unmistakable with a distinctive resting posture. Larva feeds on Birch, Hazel, Oak and Beech, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 55 — 70 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Apr (2007) — 27 Jul (1984)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Corylus sp., Fagus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stauropus-fagi/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 593

Individuals: 135

Earliest Year: 1843

Latest Year: 2024

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