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Schoenobius gigantella
Giant Water-veneer ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Crambidae: Schoenobiinae
1328 / 63.120
Photo © Jim Swalwell,  27/08/2022 - Watermill Broad

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Wingspan: 25-46 mm.
Flight: July - August.
Foodplant:   Common Reed and Reed Sweet-grass.
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Sexually dimorphic, the females being generally much larger and plainer in appearance than the males.

Fairly common in the Broads, the Fens and in coastal reedbeds.

Recorded in 57 (77%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
02/09/2024+27TG31How Hill
23/08/2024128TL79Cranwich
18/08/2024127TG42Eccles
13/08/2024128TF62Dersingham Bog
12/08/2024127TG13Bodham
11/08/2024127TG03Briston
06/08/2024127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
05/08/2024128TF74Scolt Head NNR
04/08/2024127TG31Upton
02/08/2024127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
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