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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
30 Jun 2015	Six-spot Burnet	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Tim Wilcox
30 Jun 2015	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Tim Wilcox
9 Jul 2015	Cinnabar	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD457789	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2015	Straw Dot	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Straw Dot Dull day but fairly warm pm
11 Aug 2015	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Dull day but fairly warm pm
5 Jul 2016	Burnet Companion	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Sue and Finn Bugge
25 Jul 2016	Six-spot Burnet	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
31 Jul 2016	Six-spot Burnet	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Linda
17 Jun 2017	Cinnabar	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454776	VC69 Westmorland	Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
30 Jun 2017	Silver Y	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	David Gower	2.40 PM, sunny
25 Jul 2017	Six-spot Burnet	7	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
15 Aug 2017	Silver Y	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Linda & Arthur Pennington
21 Jul 2018	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455773	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory
21 Jul 2018	Silver Y	20	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455773	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory
21 Jul 2018	Pyrausta aurata	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455773	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory
26 Jul 2018	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
26 Jul 2018	Silver Y	29	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
30 Jul 2018	Antler Moth	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451772	VC69 Westmorland	Jeremy Bartlett
1 Aug 2018	Silver Y	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Jeremy Bartlett
14 Jul 2019	Six-spot Burnet	8	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 90% dull no breeze.
30 Jul 2019	Six-spot Burnet	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451774	VC69 Westmorland	Linda
3 Aug 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4577	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key	Actual number.
25 May 2020	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD44927763	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020	Cinnabar	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454778	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Faded
31 May 2020	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455777	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
31 May 2020	Cinnabar	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
8 Jun 2020	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD457777	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
14 Jul 2020	Six-spot Burnet	25	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD450768	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Eyre
8 Aug 2020	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4577	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key
8 Jun 2021	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4558977281	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	In hazel scrub near summit
8 Jun 2021	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4481477249	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	Bracken/scrub area above Copridding Wood
22 Jul 2021	Six-spot Burnet	10	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC full sun/no wind.
7 Jul 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Silverdale	SD451767	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
29 Jul 2022	Straw Dot	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
29 Jul 2022	Six-spot Burnet	7	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
29 Jul 2022	Silver Y	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
29 Jul 2022	Pyrausta aurata	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
29 Jul 2022	Catoptria margaritella	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
17 Aug 2022	Pyrausta purpuralis	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson
7 Aug 2023	Common Carpet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451768	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
2 Aug 2021	Pyrausta nigrata	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Howard and Penny Smith
10 Aug 2021	Pyrausta aurata	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453774	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
10 Aug 2021	Dingy Footman	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453774	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	On Ragwort, midday
28 May 2022	Olethreutes arcuella	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD447776	VC69 Westmorland	Susan T Jackson	Olethreutes arcuella. Found on bracken.
13 Jul 2022	Six-spot Burnet	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4474077326	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
11 Aug 2022	Pyrausta aurata	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Feeding on Marjoram
19 Aug 2022	Pyrausta aurata	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	On Marjoram.
7 Aug 2023	Pyrausta aurata	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451768	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
24 Aug 2023	Pyrausta aurata	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	On marjoram plants. Same place as in previous years.
24 Aug 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Very few butterflies seen in spite of calm day and sunshine.
1 Jun 2016	Mother Shipton	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454773	VC69 Westmorland	Louise McGurk

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