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Saturnia pavonia Emperor Moth

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
1970 Bridgenorth Road, Pensby SJ264837 Adult 1 undated, LCES 130:13, 1970's pers comm
1970 Hoylake SJ2188 Adult 1 letter to CIR 24/7/1976
1969 Prenton SJ3086 Adult 1 grid reference not provided, exhibited at LCES 15/10/1969, LCES 91-93:43
1968 Wistaston SJ685538 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_16234
1961 Irby Heath SJ2585 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01288, Irby at SJ267838
1961 SJ98 SJ98 Not recorded 1+
1961 SJ87 SJ87 Not recorded 1+
1959 West Kirby SJ2187 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 22/10/1959, LCES 82-84:24, grid reference not provided
1959 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, letter to CIR 9.4.1979
02 May 1953 Hatchmere SJ5572 Adult 1 LCES 77-78:28
22 Jun 1952 Lindow Common SJ8381 Larval 1+ grid reference not provided
04 May 1952 Caldy SJ2285 Adult 2 assembling with Norman F. Ellison. LCES 75-76:52, grid reference not provided
29 Apr 1952 Lindow Common SJ8380 Adult 2 S carpini, Wilmslow Common, grid reference not provided
26 Apr 1952 Lindow Common SJ8380 Adult 2 S carpini, Wilmslow Common, males flying, no quantity recorded, grid reference not provided
18 Apr 1952 Abbots Moss SJ5968 Adult 1 with W H T Tams, obtained by assembling at a Delamere heath, LCES 75-76:52, grid reference not provided
20 May 1951 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
19 May 1951 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
17 May 1951 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 1 some good assembling took place and one male with a pale hindwing was taken. LCES 75-76:31, grid reference not provided
22 Apr 1951 Caldy SJ2285 Adult 8 assembled to female
21 Apr 1951 Thurstaston SJ2485 Adult 3 assembled to female, grid reference not provided
01 May 1949 Thurstaston SJ2485 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
28 Apr 1949 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Adult 1 SJ245854
19 Jun 1948 Caldy Hill SJ2285 Larval 1 on bramble, emerged 9/4/1949, LCES 72:25
29 May 1948 Thurstaston Common SJ2484 Larval 1 on heather, grid reference not provided
15 May 1948 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 1 several males, also ova, grid reference not provided
08 May 1948 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 3 one female, males abundant, grid reference not provided
24 Apr 1948 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 1 several males flying, grid reference not provided
18 Apr 1948 Thurstaston SJ2485 Adult 1 assembled to female, grid reference not provided
11 Apr 1948 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 1 Goyt Valley area including Taxal & Goyt Moss, all in grid reference SK07. grid reference not provided, Fielding (1974)
1948 Hoylake Langfields SJ2288 Larval 1+ emerged 10/4, 21/4/1948, grid reference not provided.
13 May 1947 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 3 grid reference unknown, fairly common, Smith (1948)
11 May 1947 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 No quantity recorded.
1947 Bidston Hill SJ2889 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)
19 Apr 1946 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 a few, grid reference not provided
1946 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1+ locally common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Whitegate SJ6269 Adult 1+ Whitegate Heath, common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948), LCES 72:22
1946 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, fairly common, Smith (1948)
1946 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 no date on data label, grid reference not provided. BRC Ref: V05_28010, Wilmslow in SJ88
1946 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27064, grid reference SJ87
1945 Abbots Moss SJ5868 Adult 1 dated 11/8/1945, so probably bred, grid reference not provided
1944 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1+ fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1940 SJ55 SJ55 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_12849
1940 SJ38 SJ38 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_06520
1940 Thurstaston Common SJ2484 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01652, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1940 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ generally distributed on heaths and moorland in the county. the male can be taken freely by assembling with a virgin female in a suitable locality, Mansbridge (1940)
1938 Rudheath Woods SJ7470 Adult 4 grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
19 May 1936 Piper's Ash SJ4367 Adult 1 found at rest on onion plant, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
31 Jul 1933 Lindow Common SJ8381 Larval 1 grrid reference not provided, date on specimen is presumably when larva found (CMR)
1933 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 4/10/1933, Man Ent Soc 31:46, grid reference not provided
1932 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 5/10/1932, Man Ent Soc 30:30, grid reference not provided
1930 Alderley Edge SJ8478 Adult 2 grid reference not provided
14 May 1929 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
13 May 1929 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
12 May 1929 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
10 May 1929 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
15 May 1927 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
09 May 1927 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 4 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
07 May 1927 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 12 grid reference not provided
1926 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1+ grid reference not provided. LCFC 1926:1
1919 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 1/12/1920, Man Ent Soc 18:48, grid reference not provided
1919 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 1/12/1920, Man Ent Soc 18:48, grid reference not provided
1918 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 2/10/1918, Man Ent Soc 16:14, taken within a radius of five miles of his Wilmslow residence, grid reference not provided. larvae at Lindow Man Ent Soc 32:7-9
1916 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 S. carpini exhibited at the Manchester Entomological Society 1/11/1916, The Entom. 50:22
15 May 1915 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
09 May 1915 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1915 Thurstaston SJ2484 Larval 1+ occasional, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1914 Delamere SJ5572 Larval 3 S. carpina/S. carpini, emerged 9, 11 & 15/5/1915, voucher specimens now at Man. Museum, exibited at the Man Ent Soc 6/10/1915, Man Ent Soc 13:14. The Entom. 48:296, grid reference not provided
22 May 1911 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 exhibited at the Man. Ent. Soc. 4/10/1911. Entom. 45:46.. grid reference not provided
1911 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 Saturnia pavonia - a variety exhibited at the Man. Ent. Soc. 6/12/1911, Entom. 45:47, grid reference not provided
1910 SJ68 SJ68 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18498
11 Sep 1909 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 7:9, grid reference not provided
20 Jun 1908 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 5:10, grid reference not provided
05 May 1908 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
03 May 1908 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 bred, grid reference not provided
02 May 1908 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1908 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 recorder NHD, grid reference not provided
28 Apr 1908 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
30 Apr 1905 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
28 Apr 1904 Abbots Moss SJ5868 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1900 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 1 date & grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum. BRC Ref: V05_14011
1898 SJ98 SJ98 Not recorded 1 Date and grid reference not provided
1897 Wilmslow SJ8381 Larval 1+ a large strawberry bed in a private garden in Wilmslow was eaten almost bare by the larvae of this species. Found on most heaths throughout Cheshire, Day (1903)
1896 Bidston Hill SJ2888 Adult 1 right antennae missing grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1895 Danes Moss SJ9070 Adult 6 only six attracted to two females, which had been bred from larvae off the moss the previous autumn
06 Jun 1892 Oakmere SJ5768 Adult 1 'Abundant.' Grid ref not provided. Entom. 25:169
1887 Hatchmere SJ5572 Adult 1 Entom: 21:2-5
1885 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ undated heaths throughout the district, Walker (1885)
1883 Brushes Valley SJ9999 Adult 1+ date and grid reference not provided, Young Nat. 4:78-80.
1879 Prenton SJ2985 Adult 1+ in April, undated, grid reference not provided, Young Nat. 1:187-189
1879 Bidston SJ2790 Adult 1+ in April, undated, grid reference not provided, Young Nat. 1:187-189
1879 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1+ in April, undated, grid reference not provided, Young Nat. 1:187-189
12 Apr 1873 Abbots Moss SJ5868 Adult 1 S carpini. females sitting, males fluttering about all over the heath. directions suggest this the most likely part of Delamere (CMR), grid reference not provided. Newman's Entomologist 6:452-453. BRC Ref: V05_13414, pre 1941
1800 SJ67 SJ67 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_17950, date pre 1941


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