Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
2 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Brathay Ambleside NY362036 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
20 Jun 2014 Small Argent and Sable 2 Adult Hartsop Dodd Ambleside NY4111 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows #new Small Argent and Sable until somebody tells me they're (...) 749.jpeg
30 Jul 2015 Brown China-mark 2 Adult Lily Tarn, Loughrigg. Ambleside NY364039 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Brown China-mark.
15 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 1 Adult Loughrigg Ambleside NY364040 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air. 13048.jpeg
26 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3318899506 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood 25793.jpeg
27 May 2020 Mottled Umber 1 Larva Hawkshead Ambleside SD3480698366 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood Caterpillar, on Nothofagus sapling (South American Beech) (...) 25885.jpeg
2 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 20 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3330898949 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood On pig nut and flowering rush, short meadow 26152.jpeg
3 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 48 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3339498967 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood Only noticed my first CS and identified with photo yesterday. (...) 26196.jpeg
3 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3356499527 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood
13 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 52 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD33259893 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood After rain, temperature 11degC. 26427.jpeg
15 Jun 2020 Bilberry Pug 1 Adult Low Wray Bay Ambleside NY375013 VC69 Westmorland Pete Martin 26856.jpeg
18 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 23 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3380499144 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood Pignut area, moths all the way down the track 26723.jpeg
1 Jul 2020 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376035 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
17 May 2022 Silver Y 1 Adult Windermere head meadows Ambleside NY370034 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm, hazy sun
27 Jun 2022 Nettle-tap Moth 1 Adult Loughrigg Tarn Ambleside NY342044 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon Near Loughrigg Tarn 13C

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