Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
15 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 5 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD4190 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key All counts are highest number seen at any one moment.
5 Jun 2020 Elephant Hawk-moth 3 Adult Barns, Solmain Walton NY520676 VC70 Cumberland Matt Smith 3 Deilephila porcellus feeding on honeysuckle. Small elephant (...)
15 Jun 2020 Garden Carpet 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Jun 2020 Cinnabar 1 Adult Cummacatta Wood Keswick NY254170 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
15 Jun 2020 Mullein 1 Larva Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Mullein larva on buddleia. 26589.jpeg
25 Jun 2020 Emperor Moth 1 Adult Glenridding Common Glenridding NY359176 VC69 Westmorland Pete Barron
25 Jun 2020 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Disturbed from garden vegetation.
15 Jun 2020 Cistus Forester 1 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD486902 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould Flying Around Common Rock Rose With Northern Brown Argus 26583.jpeg
15 Jun 2020 Bilberry Pug 1 Adult Low Wray Bay Ambleside NY375013 VC69 Westmorland Pete Martin 26856.jpeg
25 Jun 2020 Yellow Shell 1 Adult Mawbray Dunes Silloth NY092472 VC70 Cumberland Joan Thirlaway Lots of butterflies and moths but at 29 degrees they weren't (...) 27020.jpeg
25 Jun 2020 Brimstone Moth 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 9.30-10.25. 24c. 100% sun, wind 2.
25 Jun 2020 Burnet Companion 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 9.30-10.25. 24c. 100% sun, wind 2.
25 Jun 2020 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 9.30-10.25. 24c. 100% sun, wind 2.
25 Jun 2020 Yellow Shell 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 9.30-10.25. 24c. 100% sun, wind 2.
25 Jun 2020 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Workington Railway Station Workington NX995288 VC70 Cumberland David Galbraith

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