Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 100 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190711 VC69 Westmorland Andrew Rhodes Stopped Counting.
9 Jul 2020 Cinnabar 100 Adult Cummacatta Wood Keswick NY253166 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Large numbers of caterpillars on Ragwort 27462.jpeg
17 Jun 2014 Chimney Sweeper 100 Adult Gillathwaite Ennerdale Bridge NY137139 VC70 Cumberland Barbara Nelson Very large number in Gillathwaite fields the number is an (...)
26 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 100 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418907 VC69 Westmorland Brian Chandler Lost count
12 Jul 2018 Chrysoteuchia culmella 100 Adult Low Crag Wood Witherslack SD444853 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wainwright
16 Jul 2021 Cinnabar 100 Larva Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.30-11.30am sunny and warm, light breeze. Far too many larvae (...)
17 Jul 2022 Agriphila straminella 100 Adult Cummersdale Carlisle NY393522 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Abundant in grassy areas. By far the commonest grass-moth (...) 37602.jpeg
5 Jul 2021 Brown China-mark 100 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY36475166 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found all around the pond. 31778.jpeg
12 Jun 2016 Chimney Sweeper 100 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY2656 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy The odd one seen in the reserve, but abundant to the west along (...)
24 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 100 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD5463779962 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Everywhere... 14479.jpeg
3 Jul 2015 Chimney Sweeper 100 Adult The Helm Oxenholme SD529891 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows hundreds in small area, must be in the thousands

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