Archer's Dart

    Agrotis vestigialis

    NoctuidaeABH 73.322 B&F 2085

    A sand dune specialist, commonly recorded at Sand Bay and especially around Berrow and Burnham-on-Sea, occasionally dispersing inland a few miles, rarely further.  Used to be regularly recorded at Dunster beach up to 2001, and may still be present there.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Archer's Dart (Agrotis vestigialis) photographed in Somerset by Nigel Voaden