Family: Noctuidae       Sub-family: Amphipyrinae 2375     *     Large Wainscot     *     Rhizedra lutosa Locally common Wingspan: 42-50mm Flight time: August-October Habitat: Damp ditches and reed-beds. Larvae feed inside the stem bases and roots of Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. October 2010