Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Jun 2015 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber. 19.30, 16 deg.C, (...)
29 Jun 2015 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Spent the night in the house.
8 Jul 2015 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Trying to escape from our glazed in porch. Second one this year. (...)
12 Jul 2015 Silver Y 6 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 22.30, still. Feeding on Red Valerian. No other moth species.
16 Jul 2015 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Feeding on Red Valerian. 3rd in the garden this year.
18 Sep 2015 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian, 6 pm, cloud/sun. The fourth seen on (...)
22 Sep 2015 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian. Sunny and still.
14 Jun 2016 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian and Dame's Violet.
25 Mar 2017 Hebrew Character 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Hebrew Character. In house, in shower.
25 Mar 2017 Common Plume 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla. In porch.
25 Mar 2017 Agonopterix heracliana 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Agonopterix heracliana, in porch.
26 Mar 2017 Clouded Drab 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Clouded Drab, on bedroom wall.
13 Aug 2017 Vapourer 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Attracted in full sunshine 10.30 am by female bred here from (...)
18 May 2018 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, in the house, (...) 13110.jpeg
30 May 2018 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In the house.
22 Jul 2018 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Disturbed from vegetation.
25 Jul 2018 Twenty-plume Moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Inside window pane. 15679.jpeg
19 Sep 2018 Small Dusty Wave 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Spending the day on the garage door. Pug? Wingspread 20mm. 17404.jpeg
4 Oct 2018 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Flew into house.
11 Oct 2018 Northern Winter Moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey To lighted window. Almost white hind wing.
15 Dec 2018 Light Brown Apple Moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Found dead in the house. 17757.jpeg
7 Apr 2019 Double-striped Pug 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata. To lighted (...) 17960.jpeg
10 Jun 2019 Common Carpet 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey To light
6 Jul 2019 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey To light.
11 Sep 2019 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Lesser Yellow Underwing. Resting on building.
23 Dec 2019 Winter Moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Male, to lighted window.
17 Apr 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On the wing, trying to escape from our porch.Looks very fresh. (...) 24880.jpeg
4 May 2020 Cauchas rufimitrella 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Cuckooflower. Another specimen obtained and photographed. (...) 25405.jpeg
27 May 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Disturbed from Ivy.
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
11 Jun 2020 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey To light in house. 26428.jpeg
25 Jun 2020 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Disturbed from garden vegetation.
2 Aug 2020 Scalloped Oak 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Scalloped Oak, to light in porch.
20 Aug 2020 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Trapped itself in our glazed porch.
31 Aug 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia.
17 Sep 2020 Silver Y 3 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian, late afternoon. Still, light cloud.
18 Jul 2021 Twenty-plume Moth 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey To lighted window, 10.15pm.
18 Jul 2021 Tinea pellionella 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Tinea pellionella (alas!) in shower-room. Not worth a photo (...)
18 Jul 2021 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Hot sunshine. Disturbed from grass while mowing.
27 Jul 2021 Light Emerald 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In porch.
5 Aug 2021 Small Phoenix 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In garden. Couldn't find match in book. Moth man please check (...) 33394.jpeg
13 Nov 2021 Mottled Umber 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Came to light, 10.30pm. 34998.jpeg
25 Mar 2022 Common Quaker 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Common Quaker, Orthosia cerasi. Under "Cherry Plum" tree., 35119.jpeg
9 May 2022 Flame Carpet 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In glazed porch. 35650.jpeg
29 Jul 2022 Golden Plusia 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Golden Plusia. Flew into lighted porch. In some lights has a (...) 38046.jpeg
9 Aug 2022 Large Yellow Underwing 2 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Disturbed while mowing long grass.
1 Oct 2022 Acleris sparsana 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On inside of sunroom windowpane. Help with identification (...) 39813.jpeg
6 Aug 2023 Brimstone Moth 1 Adult Garden Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Came to light.

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