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yellow underwing

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yellow underwing
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several species of noctuid moths (Noctua and Anarta species), the hind wings of which are yellow with a black bar


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Because of its diversity of habitats and sympathetic management, there is a huge list of moth species at Plashett Park farm - such as the Lunar Yellow Underwing, Oak Eggar, Garden Tiger and Cream-spotted Tiger.
INC Asurvey uncovers two rare species, the Dot's Tooth Moth and the Least Yellow Underwing, both thought to be extinct in this area since the 1880's.
The rain was arguably a result of our temperate globally-warmed winter, and as I left the house of Mammon, I was confronted with the caterpillar of a Large Yellow Underwing moth, shuffling, concertinastyle along the damp city pavement.
 
 
 
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