Common Quaker

Orthosia cerasi

Common throughout Britain, except the far north.

Larva green thickly dotted with yellowish white; all the lines yellowish white; anal segment with a yellowish-white cross bar; head green with black spots.

The Larvae feeds on Oak, Sallow & other deciduous trees.

Forewing reddish grey, more or less dusted with dark: inner and outer lines blackish, indistinct; orbicular and reniform stigmata ringed with ochreous; submarginal line ochreous preceded by a fuscous or rufous shade; claviform mostly unmarked.

This Moth flies at night in March and April and is attracted to light and sugar.

The Adult Moth feeds on flower nectar such as Sallow catkins and the flowers of Blackthorn.