Blood-vein (Timandra comae) | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Taken at Otmoor, Oxon., on June 22nd 2013. (1/125th sec at f11. © David Hastings) DescriptionFamily: Geometridae Wing span: 30 - 36mm The virtually straight diagonal pink line running from fore-wing tip to trailing edge and across the hind-wing, and the bright pink fringes, are diagnostic. It is common and well distributed in England and Wales, but is mostly absent from Scotland and Ireland. It's main habitat is damp places, with rank, herb-rich vegetation. There are usually two generations per year, occasionally a partial third in the south. These are May to early July, early July to mid-September, and mid-September to November. The larva is the over-wintering stage. Larvae feed on Docks, Common Orache, Common Sorrel and Knotgrass. It is often seen on, or disturbed from, low vegetation during the day. Sightings
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