Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
28 May 2022 Spindle Ermine 4 Larva Kendal Fell edge Golf Course Kendal SD506927 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Probably a week to ten days younger than the colonies recorded a (...) 36049.jpeg
28 May 2022 Silver Y 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
28 May 2022 Cinnabar 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
28 May 2022 Mother Shipton 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
28 May 2022 Olethreutes arcuella 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD447776 VC69 Westmorland Susan T Jackson Olethreutes arcuella. Found on bracken. 36065.jpeg
18 May 2022 Burnet Companion 6 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun.
18 May 2022 Cinnabar 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun.
18 May 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun.
18 May 2022 Mother Shipton 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun.
18 May 2022 Olethreutes arcuella 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 16.20-17.00 Mostly sunny 35837.jpeg
8 May 2022 Anania Funebris 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland C Atherton 35675.jpeg
8 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult North Lodge Witherslack SD429873 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick flying at road side and hedge
8 May 2022 Emperor Moth 1 Adult Arnside Signal Box Arnside SD459789 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows Spotted by Chris B. New hectad according to the atlas, although (...)
28 May 2022 Micropterix aureatella 1 Adult Miltonrigg Wood Brampton NY56476183 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found in clearing across the road from the Miltonrigg Wood car (...) 36022.jpeg
28 May 2022 Drinker 1 Larva Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56616121 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found on step of stile at start of path to Scarrow Hill. 36020.jpeg
28 May 2022 Pyrausta purpuralis 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56606144 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Seen fluttering around in the sunshine for several minutes (...) 36023.jpeg
18 May 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Verge Uldale NY250368 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
8 May 2022 Pale-brindled Beauty 1 Larva Kingmoor Sidings NR Carlisle NY38595800 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Pale Brindled Beauty (?) is the closest match I can find in (...) 35578.jpeg
8 May 2022 Micropterix calthella 1 Adult Kingmoor South NR Carlisle NY38535845 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy First sighting of the year. 35577.jpeg

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