Lasiocampa trifolii, the grass eggar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and found in ...
Lasiocampa trifolii, the grass eggar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in Europe.
The Grass Eggar Moth is a nationally scarce species in the British Isles, being found only in a few, mainly coastal areas, of Southern England and Wales, ...
The hairy caterpillars feed on a variety of grasses and plants. It occurs rather locally, on coastal sand hills in the north-west and south-west of Britain.
The Grass Eggar is reddish-brown in colour with a curved outer cross-line on the forewing and a central white spot. The colour varies with location.
Lasiocampa trifolii colonizes nutrient-poor, at least partially low growing, mostly grazed and rather dry grasslands like limestone grassland, heathlands, ...
Description: A nationally scarce moth that occurs on coastal shingle, maritime cliffs, sand-dunes and acid grassland. The foodplant seems to vary between ...
Further Information: The caterpillar is found in areas with vegetation and fields. The adult is of a light brown colour and the larva feeds on leguminous plants ...
Grass Eggar is a distinctive moth, large with brown wings and obvious white spots in the middle of the forewings. Pale Grass Eggar is much paler and therefore, ...
Large brown butterfly with a small white marking on its front wing with a dark curved line with a variable brightness. The ♂ has large comb antennae.
