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  • Mullein Moth caterpillar - Cucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth caterpillar - Cucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth caterpillar - Cucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth - Shargacucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth caterpillar - Cucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth - Shargacucullia verbasci
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  • Mullien Moth caterpillar - Cucullia verbasci
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  • Mullein Moth - Shargacucullia verbasci
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  • The Mullein Shargacucullia verbasci Length 25-27mm. A striking, narrow-winged moth whose shape and markings make it resemble a snapped twig. At rest, the wings are held in a tight tent-like manner, and tufts of hairs project from the head end. Adult has buff wings with dark brown leading and trailing edges, and a lengthways pale stripe. Flies April-May. Larva is white with yellow bands and black spots; feeds on mulleins, figworts and Buddleia. Widespread but common only in southern and central Britain.
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  • The Mullein Shargacucullia verbasci Length 25-27mm. A striking, narrow-winged moth whose shape and markings make it resemble a snapped twig. At rest, the wings are held in a tight tent-like manner, and tufts of hairs project from the head end. Adult has buff wings with dark brown leading and trailing edges, and a lengthways pale stripe. Flies April-May. Larva is white with yellow bands and black spots; feeds on mulleins, figworts and Buddleia. Widespread but common only in southern and central Britain.
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  • The Mullein Shargacucullia verbasci Length 25-27mm. A striking, narrow-winged moth whose shape and markings make it resemble a snapped twig. At rest, the wings are held in a tight tent-like manner, and tufts of hairs project from the head end. Adult has buff wings with dark brown leading and trailing edges, and a lengthways pale stripe. Flies April-May. Larva is white with yellow bands and black spots; feeds on mulleins, figworts and Buddleia. Widespread but common only in southern and central Britain.
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  • Mullein Wave - Scopula marginepunctata
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Mullein - Cucullia verbasci
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Mullein Wave - Scopula marginepunctata
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  • MOTH MULLEIN Verbascum blattaria (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 1.3m. Upright slender biennial, or short-lived perennial with angled stems that are stickily-hairy above. Grows on waste ground and in damp, grassy places. FLOWERS are 2-3cm across and usually yellow but sometimes pinkish white, the stamens coated in purplish hairs; solitary and borne in open spikes (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are shiny, dark green and hairless. STATUS-Occasional, S and E England only.
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