Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Elephant Hawk-moth

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
27 Jun 2015 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Trevor Stevens Small elephant Hawk-moth
11 Jun 2016 Elephant Hawk-moth 4 Adult Haverthwaite garden Haverthwaite SD348841 VC69 Westmorland Alexander Fell Moth Trap Also 4 Poplar Hawk 1 Small Elephant Hawk, 2 Buff tip 1 (...)
9 Aug 2017 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Lowther Castle Gardens Hackthorp NY523236 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar resting on grass 11484.jpeg
1 Sep 2017 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Caterpillar. Neighbour's gardener brought it for me to ID. He (...) 12067.jpeg
24 Sep 2017 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Janice Sutton Caterpillar 12329.jpeg
31 May 2018 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Small Elephant Hawk-moth 13453.jpeg
27 May 2019 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328859 VC69 Westmorland Paul Hampshire Small Elephant Halkmoth
25 Jul 2019 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Silver Street Crosby Ravensworth NY622148 VC69 Westmorland Neil McCall Found on grass verge outside house in morning. Struggling to (...)
3 Jun 2020 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Had trapped itself overnight in our glazed porch. 26213.jpeg
31 May 2021 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Staveley Staveley SD482974 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife Beside the path between Staveley and Cowan Head. 30708.jpeg
5 Sep 2021 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Larva Road Urswick SD268748 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 16.00. Crossing the road. 34295.jpeg
23 May 2023 Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon Small Elephant Hawk Moth 40914.jpeg
10 Aug 2023 Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Larva Garden Staveley SD469984 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 44515.jpeg

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