Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
14 Aug 2014 Flame Carpet 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Flame Carpet near new pond #new 1339.jpeg
27 Jul 2016 Garden Pebble 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis). Photo available.
27 Jul 2016 Evergestis pallidata 2 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Both on the path to the pond. One photographed.
6 Aug 2016 Brown China-mark 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Tatty specimen by the pond
31 May 2017 Silver Hook 3 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Near the ponds
31 May 2017 Mother Shipton 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Near the ponds
31 May 2017 Green Carpet 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Near the ponds
6 Jul 2017 Silver Y 4 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy
6 Jul 2017 Evergestis pallidata 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy
6 Jul 2017 Brown China-mark 5 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy By the pond
5 Aug 2017 Eudonia lacustrata 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Little Grey (Eudonia lacustrata)? 11301.jpeg
5 Aug 2017 Eudemis profundana 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Eudemis profundana (Id confirmed by Liz Still, CMR). Found on a (...) 11313.jpeg
12 Jan 2018 Spring Usher 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Perched on a fencepost at the woodland edge. A nice find so (...) 12619.jpeg
6 Mar 2018 Torticoides alternella 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On a fencepost at the edge of a block of broadleaf woodland. (...)
30 May 2018 Nemophora degeerella 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy
5 Jun 2018 Silver Y 3 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Near the ponds.
5 Jun 2018 Brown China-mark 20 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Near the ponds.
25 Aug 2018 Gold Spot 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Gold Spot (Plusia festucae)? 16852.jpeg
23 Nov 2018 Winter Moth 2 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy One of two flightless females found on fenceposts, about 10m (...) 17750.jpeg
25 Aug 2019 Ypsolopha scabrella 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY2791756724 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy 23381.jpeg
3 Dec 2019 Mottled Umber 1 Adult Low Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY279567 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Mottled Umber (male) found on a fencepost at the woodland edge. 24493.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Eudemis profundana 1 Adult New Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY27925671 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found on gatepost under oak trees about 10m from specimen (...) 27410.jpeg

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