Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Brimstone Moth
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2018 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD538847 | Brian | ||
| 18 Jun 2021 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Highgate/Gillinggate | Kendal | SD514924 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | Dodged traffic and flew over New Inn. What a surprise sighting. | |
| 21 May 2019 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Sands Road | Ulverston | SD289766 | Charles Penfold | Rescued from birdbath in garden | |
| 17 Jul 2018 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | 62 Sands Rd | Ulverston | SD289766 | Charles Penfold | Sat on pyrocanthus in back garden | |
| 24 May 2023 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Barrow Slagbank | Barrow-in-Furness | SD189712 | Chris Winnick | 80% sun 15oC but strong breeze reduced numbers. | |
| 15 Aug 2015 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Halecat Woods | Witherslack | SD431833 | David and Margaret Eastlick | # Brimstone Moth not considered a day flying moth but easily (...) | |
| 25 Jun 2020 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD192712 | Helen Wallace | 9.30-10.25. 24c. 100% sun, wind 2. | |
| 30 May 2018 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Hedgerow | Ulverston | SD284763 | Helen Wallace | 7.45am. | |
| 22 Jun 2016 | Brimstone Moth | 2 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD481771 | Janet Mayes | 10;30 very hot |  |
| 28 Apr 2017 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Allonby garden | Allonby | NY082435 | John Callion | ||
| 6 Aug 2023 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Garden | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Came to light. | |
| 1 Jun 2018 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Gurnal Dubs lane | Burneside | SD504988 | John Mounsey | Heavy overcast, thundery, 22 deg. C. | |
| 28 May 2020 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249368 | Lorna Swift | Flying mid afternoon and settling on hydrangea leaves | |
| 24 Apr 2021 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Meathop Moss Nature Reserve | Lindale | SD444818 | Lynne Farrell | Flying and resting in amongst the heather | |
| 23 Jul 2019 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Wart Barrow | Allithwaite | SD392766 | Martin Chadwick | 75 minutes observation in mid afternoon. temp 26. | |
| 1 Jun 2017 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller |  | |
| 7 Jul 2021 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Barkbooth Lot | Crosthwaite | SD415907 | Mike Gregory | Intermittent hot sun. 19 degrees C |  |
| 8 Jun 2022 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Ellercarr Bridge | Wigton | NY204511 | Mike Porter | ||
| 13 Mar 2018 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Finglandrigg Wood | Kirkbampton | NY274563 | Paul Kennedy | Brimstone Moth larva suggested by Steve Ogden at (...) |  |
| 1 Jun 2021 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Cows Tarn Lane | Walney Island | SD1769 | Philip Worth | ||
| 10 Jun 2023 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Celleron Lane | Penrith | NY497263 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 12 Jun 2017 | Brimstone Moth | 5 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | At least 4 flying around the garden and 1 on a wall. 10.45 p.m. | |
| 15 Aug 2019 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Home garden | Troutbeck Cumbria | NY414007 | Stephen Sutton |  | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | disturbed while pruning. | |
| 11 Jul 2022 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 2 Jun 2020 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079994 | Tim Wayman | daytime flying between hawthorn trees. | |
| 23 Jun 2022 | Brimstone Moth | 1 | Smardale Gill | Smardale | NY728070 | Tony Marsh |  |
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