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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
12 Oct 1968 Plumley Nature Reserve SJ7075 Adult 1 grid reference unknown
1968 Wilmslow SJ834818 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28323
1968 Wistaston SJ685538 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_16108
1967 Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge SJ850778 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27543, Alderley Edge in SJ87
1965 Plumley Nature Reserve SJ7075 Adult 3 29/9/1965 to 5/12/1965
1964 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Larval 1+
1963 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1+ specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 24/10/1963, LCES 85-87:49, grid reference not provided
1963 Darnhall SJ6363 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_17519
1962 Bridgenorth Road, Pensby SJ264837 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 18/10/1962, LCES 85-87:27
1961 Barnton SJ6375 Adult 1+ grid reference & date unknown, letter CIR 13/1/1987
1961 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01391, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1961 Pensby SJ2682 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01694, Pensby in SJ28
1960 Wilmslow SJ8381 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28669, Wilmslow in SJ88
1953 Delamere Post Office SJ561689 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:14. BRC Ref: V05_13538
1950 Eaton Park SJ4060 Adult 1 Exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc Exh 21/11/1950 LCES 74:15
1947 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Adult 1+ Smith (1948)
1947 Delamere SJ5570 Adult 1+ common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
20 Oct 1946 Middlewich SJ7066 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
02 Jun 1946 Raby SJ3380 Larval 1 emerged 26/9/1946, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 undated specimen in Manchester Museum, grid reference not provided. BRC Ref: V05_27903, Wilmslow in SJ88
1946 Pulford SJ3758 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_26976, grid reference SJ87
1946 Gatley SJ8488 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28846, Gatley/Cheadle in SJ88
1946 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Not recorded 1+ Smith (1948), Boyd (1951)
14 Jun 1941 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Larval 1 on hawthorn, emerged 9/10/1941, grid reference not provided
1941 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Larval 1+ fairly common, Smith (1948)
1940 SJ37 SJ37 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_05207
1940 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ generally distributed, locally abundant. the larvae may be found freely in old thorn hedges bordering quiet lanes, the imago usually occurring at light, Mansbridge (1940)
1938 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1937 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 3/11/1937, Man Ent Soc 35:18, grid reference not provided
22 Oct 1936 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, location Northwich. Boyd (1946)
1936 Wilmslow SJ8381 Larval 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
26 Oct 1935 Halebarns SJ7985 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 5/2/1936, Man Ent Soc 34:62, grid reference and date not provided
30 Sep 1935 Poulton SJ3859 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1931 Alderley Edge SJ8478 Adult 1 series exhibited at Man Ent Soc 4/11/1931, Man Ent Soc 29:11, grid reference not provided
18 Oct 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2
17 Oct 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
16 Oct 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2
13 Oct 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
22 Oct 1929 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
24 Oct 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
22 Oct 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
21 Oct 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
17 Oct 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
26 Oct 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 In good condition. Typical specimen.
19 Sep 1923 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
28 May 1922 Tarvin SJ4866 Larval 6
09 Sep 1921 Tarvin SJ4866 Larval 1+
1919 Alderley Edge SJ8477 Adult 1+ near Alderley Edge, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1917 Alvanley SJ4974 Larval 1 not abundant, sometimes to be found on the thorn hedges and the pear trees, LCES 45-46:49
1915 Wythenshawe Park SJ8289 Not recorded 1 Wythenshawe Wood, Northenden site unknown, SJ88 or SJ89, possibly Wythenshawe Park.
20 Oct 1913 Delamere SJ5570 Adult 1 Dilobia [sic] coeruleocephala, exhibited at the Man Ent Soc 5/11/1913, Man Ent Soc 11:17 & 21. The Entom. 47:111, grid reference not provided
07 Jun 1913 Rostherne Mere SJ7484 Larval 1 Gale Bog, presumably larva on this date (CMR)
1912 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 11:21, grid reference not provided
20 Jun 1908 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 5:11, grid reference not provided
21 Oct 1907 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 preserved in conjunction with men employed by the corporation electric lighting company, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1903 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1+ undated, several, Day (1903)
1903 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ undated, seldom met with, Day (1903)
1903 Ashley SJ7584 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 White Hall, Tarporley SJ5966 Not recorded 2 undated, Day (1903)
1903 Delamere SJ5570 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1902 Knutsford SJ7479 Larval 1 Day (1903)
1902 Knutsford SJ7479 Adult 2 Day (1903)
1893 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum, common, Day (1903), Entom. 23:61-65
1892 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum. Entom. 23:61-65
02 Nov 1891 Chester SJ4065 Adult 2 Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:286-290
1888 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum, common, Day (1903)
1887 Knutsford SJ7476 Adult 1 Man Ent Soc 11:21, grid reference not provided
1885 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ undated East Cheshire, Walker (1885)
1885 Puddington SJ3273 Not recorded 1+ scarce - undated, Walker (1885)
1885 Bidston SJ2889 Not recorded 1+ undated, Walker (1885)
1884 Upton, Chester SJ4068 Adult 1 Liverpool Road, undated, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1854 Tranmere SJ3287 Adult 1+ undated taken at lamps. Byerley (1854)
1854 Bidston SJ2891 Adult 1+ undated several taken at Bidston Lighthouse. Byerley (1854)
1854 Bidston SJ2891 Adult 1+ undated several taken at Bidston Lighthouse. Byerley (1854)
1800 SJ68 SJ68 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18337, date pre 1941
1800 Wilmslow SJ8481 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_29088, date pre 1941, Wilmslow in SJ88


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