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Clancy's Rustic
Caradrina kadenii (Freyer, [1836])
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2387a / 73.093
Photo © David Hunt,  Harpenden, Hertfordshire (03/10/22)

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Pale Mottled Willow
Caradrina clavipalpis
Forewing: 13-15mm
Flight: May to October
Foodplant:   Various herbaceous plants.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Not Assessed / Immigrant
Former Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

General comments:
Immigrant.

First recorded in the UK in 2002, all our records relate to immigrant examples, mostly in the north of our area. The first for Hertfordshire was at Stevenage on 11th Sept 2018; the first for Middlesex was at Barnet on 14th Sept 2020. There was an increase in reports during 2023 in particular.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 19 (46%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2018.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
01/11/2024120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
27/10/2024+20TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
24/10/2024120TL34 - Royston (S)
22/10/2024120TL22 - Stevenage
18/10/2024220TL22 - Stevenage
16/10/2024120TL22 - Stevenage
16/10/2024120TL34 - Royston (S)
15/10/2024120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
14/10/2024120TL22 - Stevenage
10/10/2024120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
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