Ynghylch

The angle shades is a medium-sized moth, generally seen on the wing from May to October as the result of two broods. The caterpillars are stout and green or brownish, with faint stripes on every segment. Larvae that hatch in autumn, overwinter as caterpillars, and pupate in the soil the following spring to produce the first generation of adults that year. The caterpillars feed on a wide range of plants including dock and stinging nettles. This moth is quite common in parks and gardens, as well as in scrub, and along woodland edges and hedgerows.