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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
1976 Guilden Sutton SJ4468 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown
1976 SJ46 SJ46 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_10699, Chester area in SJ46
1974 Pikemere Road, Alsager SJ786566 Adult 1+
1974 Hartford SJ6271 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18123
1973 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Adult 1+ SJ743837 Sycamore Wood
1973 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_02497, site Wallasey in SJ29
1972 SJ98 SJ98 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V06_00368, Stockport in SJ98
1972 SJ88 SJ88 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_29049, Wilmslow and Wythenshawe in SJ88
1972 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27789, Alderley Edge in SJ87
1972 Sale SJ798922 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_23735
1972 Knutsford SJ7578 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_21956, grid reference SJ77
1970 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1+ undated, grid reference unknown
11 Aug 1969 Central Park, Wallasey SJ3191 Larval 30 SJ310915
1968 Wilmslow SJ834818 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28408
1968 Wyngate Road, Hale SJ777858 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_22965
1968 Wistaston SJ685538 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_16240
1967 Neston SJ2877 Adult 1 Grid reference not provided, LCES 91-93:13
1967 Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge SJ850778 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27622, Alderley Edge in SJ87
1962 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Larval 1+ Shaw Green
18 Aug 1962 Flaxmere SJ5572 Larval 1 No quantity recorded. LCES 85-87:39
28 Jul 1962 Wallasey SJ2992 Adult 1 SJ292928
1961 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01477, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1961 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_03265, site Wallasey in SJ29
1961 Thurstaston SJ2484 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_02139, Thurstaston in SJ28
1961 SJ68 SJ68 Not recorded 1+ Included in Rutherford (1994), yet the site may be in VC59
1961 SJ47 SJ47 Not recorded 1+
1961 SJ38 SJ38 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_06585, Birkenhead and area
1961 SJ28 SJ28 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_02420
1960 Wilmslow SJ8381 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28752, Wilmslow in SJ88
1960 Timperley SJ782900 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_23562
01 Jul 1958 Mouldsworth SJ5271 Adult 1 recorder and grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1957 Hyde SJ9494 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1953 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1+ emerged 26/4/1953 (2), grid reference not provided
1952 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1+ bred series exhibited at LCES 18/11/1952, LCES 75-76:23, grid reference not provided
04 Aug 1951 Wallasey SJ2892 Larval 1 on willow, grid reference not provided, not counted
1951 Delamere Forest SJ5571 Adult 6 bred, grid reference not provided
1950 Delamere Post Office SJ561689 Adult 1+ BRC Ref: V05_13628
18 Jun 1949 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 ULTP, 2005/312, at high power light in the evening. LCES73:9
09 Jun 1949 Eastham Country Park SJ3681 Adult 1 SJ363819
1949 Little Leigh SJ6175 Larval 1+ on apple tree. Grid Reference unknown. Boyd (1951)
1949 West Kirby SJ2187 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)
1948 Wallasey SJ2892 Larval 1+ emerged 18/6/1948, grid reference not provided.
1948 Cheadle SJ8688 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, fairly common, Smith (1948)
1948 Wilmslow SJ8381 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, fairly common, Smith (1948)
1948 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, fairly common, Smith (1948)
1947 Prenton SJ3186 Larval 1 emerged 20/5/1947, grid reference not provided
04 Sep 1946 Hatchmere SJ5572 Larval 1
1946 Cheadle Hulme SJ8686 Adult 1+ scarce, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Pulford SJ3758 Adult 5 grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27069, grid reference SJ87
17 Aug 1943 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1 on apple, emerged 12/5/1944, Smith (1948), exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 22/10/1945, LCES 68-71:19, grid reference not provided
1943 Bramhall SJ8986 Adult 1+ occasional, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1942 Delamere SJ5570 Adult 2 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
01 Jun 1941 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1
1940 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_22568
1940 SJ68 SJ68 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18259
1940 SJ37 SJ37 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_05291
1940 Oxton SJ3087 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_05985, Birkenhead and area in SJ38
1940 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01656, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1940 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1+ undated, Mansbridge (1940)
1938 Hoylake Langfields SJ2288 Adult 1
1938 Chester SJ4166 Larval 1+ specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 5/10/1938, Man Ent Soc 36:40, exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 15/11/1938, LCES 61-63:20, grid reference not provided, Smith (1948)
1938 Bramhall SJ8884 Adult 1 at rest on a shed, specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 5/10/1938, Man Ent Soc 36:38, grid reference not provided
1938 Sinderland SJ7590 Not recorded 1 Recording/determination of Lepidoptera by H N Michaelis, H Britten, M Tetlow
1937 Cheadle Hulme SJ8686 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 1/12/1937, Man Ent Soc 35:20, grid reference not provided
1936 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 4/11/1936, Man Ent Soc 34:74, grid reference not provided
1935 Chester SJ4166 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
21 Jun 1934 Delamere Forest SJ5571 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/11/1934, Man Ent Soc 32:23, grid reference not provided
1934 Sinderland SJ7590 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/11/1934, Man Ent Soc 33:34, grid reference not provided
1933 Wilmslow SJ8381 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 32:7-9, grid reference not provided
25 Aug 1929 Rostherne Mere SJ7484 Larval 1 Gale Bog on Salix
1927 Delamere Forest SJ5571 Adult 1 ex larva, grid reference not provided
22 Sep 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Larval 1 Fully grown. Found under an apple tree in the garden.
18 Sep 1927 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Larval 3 Feeding on Sallow. All nearly fully grown.
17 Sep 1927 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow. Turned into last skin.
10 Sep 1927 Meols SJ2390 Larval 16 Feeding on Sallow near Moreton and Meols. All last skin.
04 Sep 1927 Meols SJ2390 Larval 13 Feeding on Sallow near Moreton and Meols. All in last skin.
28 Aug 1927 Burton SJ3174 Larval 3 Feeding on Sallow. Mostly in last skin.
28 Aug 1927 Moreton SJ2590 Larval 12 Feeding on Sallow near Moreton. Mostly in last skin.
26 Aug 1927 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 3 Feeding on Sallow. In last skin.
25 Aug 1927 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow. In last skin.
24 Aug 1927 Spital SJ3383 Larval 1 Described as Spital Park Estate. (The only reference to Spital Park I could find gave an address in Uplands Road, Spital park, Wirral, Cheshire). On Sallow. Just in last skin.
23 Aug 1927 Wallasey SJ2992 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow. In last skin.
20 Aug 1927 Moreton SJ2590 Larval 1 Near Moreton. Feeding on Sallow near Moreton. All in last skin.
18 Aug 1927 Willaston SJ3377 Larval 4 On sallow near Willaston level crossing. All in their last skin.
13 Aug 1927 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Larval 3 Two practically fully grown. The third about to change into its last skin. All on Sallow bushes growing on Thurstaston Common.
01 Aug 1927 Burton SJ3174 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow by the roadside leading to Burton. Very small.
25 May 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 In good condition.
07 Aug 1924 Huntington SJ4264 Larval 28 Sent to me by Nash and found feeding on Golden willow and Crab-apple.
04 Jul 1923 Bromborough SJ3480 Larval 1+
14 Sep 1922 Burton SJ3174 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow on Road to Burton
14 Aug 1921 Tarvin SJ4866 Larval 1+
1920 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1920 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1919 Tarvin SJ4866 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1918 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
07 Jun 1916 Northenden SJ8390 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
01 Jun 1916 Northenden SJ8390 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1914 Delamere SJ5570 Not recorded 1+ Mansbridge (1940)
1913 Ashton upon Mersey SJ7792 Adult 1 Smerinthus ocellatus, Man Ent Soc 11:19, grid reference not provided


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