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)