Common name: | December Moth | |
Latin name: | Poecilocampa populi | |
Family: | Lasiocampidae | |
Flies: | October to December | |
This photo: | Marsland valley on the Cornwall and Devon county boundary | |
Insight: | ||
A fairly common moth found in much of the UK. It’s appropriately named being one of the few moths to fly during the winter. |
Moth: December Moth (Poecilocampa populi)
on 5 January 2011 with No Comments