A rare and very local resident in our region. Last Staffordshire record was in 1935. A single recent Shropshire site and very recently one in Worcestershire.
A species of unimproved grassland, including damp acidic pasture but also lightly grazed calcareous grassland, acidic bogs and heath.
Active during the daytime, overwinters as a pupa. | Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required. | |
Recorded in 17 (12%) of 140 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1800. Last Recorded in 2022. (Data up to end 2022) |