Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566615 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown hot and sunny
26 May 2023 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566615 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown hot and sunny
13 Aug 2022 Ypsolopha dentella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56656129 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On sparsely wooded grassland 38562.jpeg
16 Jul 2022 Agriphila straminella 10 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566613 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy At least 10. Probably the most common grass-moth found in this (...) 37576.jpeg
23 Jun 2022 Crambus pascuella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56686140 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found in large woodland clearing. I'm not totally sure about (...) 36719.jpeg
23 Jun 2022 Grass Emerald 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56856164 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy In large woodland clearing (still shown as wooded on Google (...) 36781.jpeg
4 Jun 2022 Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566613 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Small Elephant Hawk-moth found in an area of sparsely wooded (...) 36156.jpeg
28 May 2022 Pyrausta purpuralis 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56606144 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Seen fluttering around in the sunshine for several minutes (...) 36023.jpeg
13 Jul 2021 Agriphila tristella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56576147 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On rough grassland in a large woodland clearing. Hundreds of (...) 32014.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Agriphila straminella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56646131 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On sparsely-wooded grassland. Vast majority of grass-moths (...) 31590.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Crambus pascuella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56566146 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On grassland. The vast majority of grass-moths found were (...) 31591.jpeg
14 Jun 2021 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566613 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy In an area of sparsely wooded grassland. Probably numerous, but (...) 31098.jpeg
13 Jun 2021 Glyphipterix thrasonella 5 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56556146 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy At least five found on rough grassland near entrance gate, three (...) 31048.jpeg
13 Jun 2021 Wood Tiger 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56596150 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Male found in spider's web in large woodland clearing (not shown (...) 31047.jpeg
2 Oct 2022 Common White Wave 1 Larva Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56776156 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Late-instar Common White Wave larva found on a birch sapling in (...) 39885.jpeg
24 Sep 2022 Iron Prominent 1 Larva Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56786158 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Iron Prominent larva feeding on the leaf of a birch sapling seen (...) 39718.jpeg
28 May 2022 Drinker 1 Larva Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56616121 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found on step of stile at start of path to Scarrow Hill. 36020.jpeg

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