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Garden Dart
Euxoa nigricans (Linnaeus, 1761)
Noctuidae: Noctuinae
2082 / 73.314
Photo © Melissa Banthorpe,  Male, gendet, Totternhoe Quarry 27/07/2018

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Forewing: 15-18mm.
Flight: One generation July-Sept.
Foodplant:   Herbaceous plants.
Red List: Vulnerable (VU)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Rare resident

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 18 (82%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1904.
Last Recorded in 2021.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
06/08/2021130SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe
29/07/2021130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
28/08/2019130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
11/08/2019130TL02 - Luton, Sundon, Toddington
04/08/2019130TL24 - Biggleswade (East), Potton
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