Lepidoptera The Small Angle Shades Moth – Euplexia Lucipara
This pretty little moth is represented in fig. 3 of 
Plate XI. It is very common throughout the country, and may be seen in June and July.
The caterpillar is thickest on the twelfth segment, and gradually tapers from this towards the head. Its colour is pale green, with a white stripe just below the spiracles, which are black. On each side of the back are a number of oblique lines, which meet in the middle line, thus forming a series of V-shaped marks pointing towards the tail. It feeds on the common bracken fern (Pteris aquilina), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), and the male fern (Lastraa Filix-mas), in August and September.