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Lycia zonaria Belted Beauty

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
06 Apr 2002 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 23 grid reference provided SJ23989093 Burbo Banks
01 Apr 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 37 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
01 Apr 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 5 grid reference provided SJ24269110 Sandpit
01 Apr 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 3 grid reference provided SJ24239108 Grassy Hollow
01 Apr 2002 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 29 grid reference provided SJ23989093 Burbo Banks
25 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 27 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
25 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 7 grid reference provided SJ24269110 Sandpit
25 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 3 grid reference provided SJ24239108 Grassy Hollow
25 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 17 grid reference provided SJ23989093 Burbo Banks
24 Mar 2002 Meols SJ2390 Adult 4 North Wirral Coastal Park, All individuals female.
18 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 9 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
18 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 2 grid reference provided SJ24269110 Sandpit
18 Mar 2002 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 7 grid reference provided SJ23989093 Burbo Banks
2001 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 40 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
05 May 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 9 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
30 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 22 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
23 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 38 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
21 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2490 Adult 3 grid reference provided SJ242908. Find 3 female belted beauty - 2 on separate chestnut palings 12 to 18 inches from ground and one at least 3 foot up from ground on a brick cylindrical structure. All are away from wind on east facing palings/brick structure. Very beetle/ bug like- one is very whitish, one blackish, other between coloured- all have black and white striped legs, very flat - like giant mealy bugs!
19 Apr 2000 Meols SJ2390 Adult 23 North Wirral Coastal Park, 2m and 6f on fence with females egg laying. another 2m and 12f in grass in usual area with eggs seen in cracked old hogweed stems 1 pair seen in cop.
16 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 29 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
09 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 21 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
02 Apr 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 17 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
26 Mar 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 28 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
25 Mar 2000 Leasowe SJ2591 Adult 5 1 male, 4 females, grid reference provided SJ250920 & SJ251912
19 Mar 2000 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 7 Relates to the counts of females found at the individual sites.
29 Mar 1999 Meols SJ2290 Adult 1 bred, grid reference not provided.
1999 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 24 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
1998 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 2 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
12 Apr 1997 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 1
1997 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 6 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
28 Apr 1996 Leasowe SJ2591 Adult 1+ SJ251912
28 Apr 1996 Leasowe SJ2590 Adult 1 SJ251908
21 Apr 1996 Leasowe SJ2491 Adult 3 Parkfield House SJ243910. No males seen this year
08 Apr 1996 Leasowe SJ2491 Adult 2 Parkfield House SJ243910
1996 Meols SJ2290 Adult 1 bred, grid reference not provided.
1996 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 4 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
12 Apr 1995 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 1 SJ245911
10 Apr 1995 Leasowe SJ2491 Adult 2 Parkfield House SJ242910
02 Apr 1995 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 2 SJ231905
02 Mar 1995 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 2 SJ275925
1995 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 12 Maximum daily count of females at the site..
1995 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 19 4 male, 15 female, LCES 116-120:144
11 Jul 1994 Meols Common SJ2491 Larval 1
04 Jun 1994 Meols Common SJ2491 Larval 1
1994 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 20 Maximum daily count of females at the site..
12 Jun 1993 Meols SJ2290 Larval 1+ 3rd/4th instar some 1 and some 5 - kidney vetch flowers/BF trefoil
22 May 1993 Meols SJ2290 Larval 1+ first instar larvae on kidney vetch, BF trefoil, broom and yarrow
10 Apr 1993 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 7 6 female, 1 male
08 Apr 1993 Meols SJ2290 Adult 1
04 Apr 1993 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 8 6 female, 2 male
17 Mar 1993 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 7 3 female, 4 male
13 Mar 1993 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 1 SJ242910
1993 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 21 Maximum daily count of females at the site.
11 Apr 1992 Meols Common SJ2491 Adult 8 6 females 2 males
1991 Leasowe Lighthouse SJ2591 Adult 1+
20 Apr 1985 Moreton SJ2490 Adult 1 SJ245903, see also record in SJ2591, as only one male was reported in LCES 108:161
20 Apr 1985 Leasowe SJ2591 Adult 1 LCES 108:161
1978 Meols SJ2290 Adult 1 bred, grid reference not provided.
1977 Meols Common SJ2491 Larval 1+ feeding on Sea Plantain, Parkfields, SJ243911, Creaser (1978), LCES 101-103:25
1974 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 fairly common during the spring, grid reference not provided, LCES 97-100:22
14 Apr 1973 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 The last stronghold in Cheshire at Wallasey has not been very productive in the last few years, grid reference unknown, Creaser (1976), LCES 97-100:14
1973 Meols Common SJ2390 Adult 1 No quantity recorded. SJ235907
26 Mar 1972 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1
06 Apr 1968 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1+ SJ275925 present
12 Apr 1953 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 4 3 male, 1 female, grid reference not provided
04 Apr 1953 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 SJ275925
12 Mar 1953 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 1 Specimen in Mike Hull's collection. Grid reference not provided. a series exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:16
1953 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:15, grid reference not provided
11 Apr 1952 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 SJ275925
23 Mar 1952 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1+ a few, grid reference not provided
1952 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 18/11/1952, LCES 75-76:22, grid reference not provided
1952 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Not recorded 1+ emerged 4/3, 7/3, 20/3/1952, grid reference not provided
24 Apr 1951 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 with H.W.W., grid reference not provided
26 Apr 1950 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 on palings, including ova, emerged 3/3/1951, grid reference not provided. LCES 74:42
05 Mar 1950 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 2 Specimens in Mike Hull's collection. Grid reference not provided
1950 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1+ Harrison Drive, Wallasey SJ288934, very abundant along the track.
02 Apr 1949 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
02 Apr 1949 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 Harrison Drive, Wallasey SJ288934, abundant along the track
1949 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 a series exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc 21/3/1950 LCES 73:17, grid reference and date not provided
1949 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Not recorded 1+ emerged 20/3/1949, grid reference not provided
14 Apr 1948 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 2 Specimens in Mike Hull's collection. Grid reference not provided
20 Mar 1948 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1948 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1+ Harrison Drive, Wallasey SJ288934, very abundant along the track.
1947 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 4 on iron rails near the putting ground, exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 21/10/1947, LCES 68-71:30, grid reference not provided, Smith (1948)
1925 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 1+ occasional, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
04 Apr 1922 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 fairly common but local, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1921 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, a few, Smith (1948)
20 Apr 1919 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 Nyssia zonaria, form ochracea, The Entom. 52:227, grid reference not provided
1919 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1 grid reference not provided, LCFC 1920:46-50. common most years and recorded by most collectors, Smith (1948)
1917 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 1 Nyssia zonaria commoner on the Cheshire sand-hills than for many years past, exhibited at Lancs & Ches Ent Soc 15/10/1917, LCES 40-41:35, Entom. 51:24. abundant, grid reference not provided, LCFC 1918:13-16.
1917 Wallasey Dunes SJ2893 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, a few, Smith (1948)
1917 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1907 Wirral SJ28 Not recorded 1+ Barrett in his magnum opus British Lepidoptera 1893-1907 refers to discreet but often abundant colonies in the dunes of the Wirral. McWilliams (1993)
1905 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 4 grid reference not provided
1903 Frodsham Marsh SJ4878 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Burton Saltmarsh SJ2974 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Meols SJ2290 Not recorded 1+ Great Meols, undated, Day (1903)
1903 Leasowe SJ2591 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903), grid reference unknown.
1903 Leasowe SJ2591 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903), grid reference unknown.
1903 West Kirby SJ2187 Not recorded 1+ West Kirby, undated, Day (1903), grid reference unknown


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