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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
1947 Hoylake Langfields SJ2288 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1947 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1946 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1 exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 18/3/1947, LCES 68-71:27, grid reference not provided
1946 Cheadle Hulme SJ8686 Adult 1+ uncommon, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Nantwich SJ6451 Adult 1+ rare, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946 Pulford SJ3758 Adult 1 exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 18/3/1947, LCES 68-71:27, grid reference not provided, Smith (1948)
1946 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1946 Gatley SJ8488 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28899, Gatley/Cheadle in SJ88
1945 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1944 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1943 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1942 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1941 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1940 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1940 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01616, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1939 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1938 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1937 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1936 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1935 29 Storeton Road, Oxton, Birkenhead SJ306871 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1935 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1934 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
19 Jul 1933 Cheadle SJ8588 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/3/1934, Man Ent Soc 32:19, grid reference and date not provided
1933 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1932 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1931 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
17 Aug 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 an undated specimen, (1948?) exhibited at LCES exhibition 19/10/1948, LCES 72:10 by BBS
02 Aug 1930 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
1930 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
11 Sep 1929 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 at night
1929 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
30 Aug 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
27 Aug 1928 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1
1928 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
23 Aug 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2 one female In good condition, one male boxed, very worn
21 Aug 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Caught on the window on the landing. Very torn.
17 Aug 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 In good condition. Border at edge of hind-wings very clearly defined with white.
12 Aug 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Found flying about the dining room when the lights were on after dark. Almost perfect specimen.
1927 Altrincham SJ7788 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, Smith (1948)
1927 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1927 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Not recorded 1+ Smith (1948), Boyd (1951)
26 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Very torn.
25 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Very torn.
23 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Worn.
21 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 4 1 Male, 3 female
20 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 3 All worn and torn. At least 2 males.
19 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Caught on an Oak tree near the gate. In good condition.
18 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Arrived at 9-00 p.m., before the Sun was properly set. Slightly torn.
17 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2
16 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Rather worn.
15 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Taken at sugar on a Poplar tree. Slight slit in right hind-wing, otherwise in good condition. A large amount of copper colouring at the tips of the forewings, and also on both sides of the black central band on the fore-wings. Hind wings normal except for the outside of hind wings, which have more of a coppery colour on them than on most specimens.
13 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2 One taken at sugar on a post was in poor condition. The other taken on an Oak tree near the pond was in good condition.
12 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Taken at sugar on a Poplar tree. In good condition.
09 Aug 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 taken on window pane on the landing at dusk.
24 Jul 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 2 1 Male, 1 female
22 Jul 1926 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 In excellent condition. First specimen caught in the garden.
1926 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1925 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
04 Aug 1924 Bromborough SJ3480 Adult 1 Bad specimen.
1924 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1923 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1922 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1921 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, a few, Smith (1948)
1921 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1920 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, a few, Smith (1948)
1920 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1+ Present
1920 Delamere SJ5572 Not recorded 1 grid reference not provided other than SJ57. Refers to Delamere, including Flaxmere & Hatchmere
08 Aug 1919 Tarvin SJ4866 Adult 3 One on the window, two on a gooseberry bush.
1919 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, a few, Smith (1948)
1915 Wythenshawe Park SJ8289 Not recorded 1 Mania maura. Wythenshawe Wood, Northenden site unknown, SJ88 or SJ89, possibly Wythenshawe Park.
1909 Brooklands SJ7891 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, occasional, Smith (1948)
1908 Sale SJ7991 Adult 1+ common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1908 Carrington SJ7492 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, occasional, Smith (1948)
1908 Mere SJ7382 Not recorded 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/10/1908, Man Ent Soc 5:12, grid reference not provided
1906 Brooklands SJ7891 Adult 1 grid reference not provided.
1904 Marple SJ9688 Adult 1 Mania maura The Entom. 38:70, BRC Ref: V06_00808, date pre 1941, grid reference not provided
1903 Stockport SJ8989 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, very common, Smith (1948)
1900 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1 Bollin Valley SJ78, Cotterill Clough SJ88, Morley Green SJ88, or Styal Woods SJ88
1899 Chester SJ4066 Adult 6 taken at electric street lights, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1898 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1+ local but plentiful, grid reference unknown
1885 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ undated rather common, Walker (1885), occurs throughout the county, Day (1903), widely distributed but never plentiful, Michaelis, in Smith (1948), common and widely distributed, Smith (1948)
1879 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1+ not uncommon, August. year and grid reference not provided. Young Nat. 1:204-207.
1876 Pettypool Wood SJ6069 Adult 1 grid reference unknown. The Entomologist, Vol. X, August 1877, p92-96 (Cooke)
1854 Tranmere SJ3287 Not recorded 1+ undated. Common. Byerley (1854)
1854 Claughton SJ3088 Not recorded 1+ undated. Common. Byerley (1854)
1800 SJ56 SJ56 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_13354, pre 1941


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