| ADULT |
Wingspan - 27 - 40mm. A brown moth with a varaible amount of white markings that tend towards forming a V-like shape on the upper forwewing. The most common of the swifts. Females are larger than males. |
| CHRYSALIS |
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| LARVA |
Greyish-white and shiny with a brownish head. The body is covered in dark hairs that arise from orange warts on each thoracic segment. Two-year life-cycle underground. Feeds on the roots of various plants. |
| BEHAVIOUR |
Attracted to light. |
| HABITAT |
Gardens, grassland, parks, moors, woodland rides and urban areas. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD |
Single brooded. May to July. |
| STATUS |
Resident and common. More local in Scotland. |
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