Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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August 2007 – Six-belted Clearwing Moth

Six Belted Clearwing Moth

Six-belted Clearwing Moth – Bembecia ichneumoniformis

Locally distributed in the southern half of Britain, this species inhabits chalky soils including downland, quarries and sea-cliffs.

The moth is small and may not be easy to spot, the one in this photograph is approximately half an inch in length.

It’s foodplants are bird’s-foot trefoil or kidney vetch, the larvae feeding in the rootstock.

The day-flying adults are on the wing between June and August. This one was spotted in early July in Ryde Cemetery.