| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | AGROTIS IPSILON |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | DARK SWORD GRASS |
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| Fig 1 |
| ADULT | Wingspan - 35 - 50mm. A large moth with the main diagnostic feature being the black dart that extends from the kidney-mark. The colouring of this moth is variable with some specimens being very dark indeed. |
| CHRYSALIS | |
| LARVA | Greenish-grey with an indistinct dorsal lin Underparts pale grey. |
| BEHAVIOUR | Attracted to light. |
| HABITAT | Coastal areas but can be seen anywhere. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD | Seen anytime between March and October. |
| STATUS | Regular migrant and in some years appearing in mass numbers. |