Nationally classified as "highly vulnerable" there have been a number
of sightings in West Somerset in recent years.

One female turned up in a MInehead garden a couple of days ago and laid
innumerable eggs in the plastic pot in which she was temporarily
imprisoned until being positively identified.

She has now been released where found and her eggs deposited on the
examples of the three main larval food plants of this species close to
where mum was found.

The main larval food plants are hawthorn, birch and hazel - all of
which are abundant ocally.

Hector