Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
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 Shaded Broad-bar 1 Adult Scrape by River Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY618201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Dull but warm - about 20 degrees 37982.jpeg
29 Jul 2022 Pyrausta aurata 3 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Kate Hughes
9 Jul 2022 Magpie 1 Adult Low Fell Thackthwaite NY1375322832 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 37238.jpeg
29 Jul 2022 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 17.50 pm. Briefly on Buddleia.
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
29 Jul 2022 Common Plume 2 Adult Scrape by River Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY618201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Dull but warm - about 20 degrees
29 Jul 2022 Catoptria margaritella 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Kate Hughes
19 Jul 2022 Brown China-mark 10 Adult Scrape by River Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass 28 degrees - late afternoon. These moths evident around the (...) 37720.jpeg
9 Jul 2022 Argyresthia goedartella 1 Adult Braithwaite Moss Braithwaite NY244247 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh On Alder Leaf. One only seen but there could have been (...) 37328.jpeg
19 Jul 2022 Agriphila tristella 1 Adult River Petteril Carlisle NY43365193 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy One found amongst hundreds of Agriphila straminella during a (...) 37687.jpeg
29 Jul 2022 Agriphila straminella 10 Adult Garden Carlisle NY396588 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Ten counted whilst mowing lawn (ca 25sqm). The vast majority (...)

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