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Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth

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Date	Site	OS Grid Ref	Stage	Quantity	Comment
1979	Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge	SJ850778	Adult	1
14 Sep 1978	Dean Row Road, Wilmslow	SJ871817	Larval	1	letter to CIR 5/1/1979
15 Jul 1978	Chester Road, Poynton	SJ915837	Adult	1
1978	Hockenhull Platts	SJ4765	Adult	1
1978	Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge	SJ850778	Adult	1
1978	Delamere Forest	SJ542716	Adult	1
1978	Foxhill, Frodsham	SJ5075	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_14484
1978	SJ66	SJ66	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_17225, Winsford area
1977	Chester	SJ4066	Not recorded	1	rosebay, Northgate Roundabout, letter to CIR 17/9/1977
1977	Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge	SJ850778	Adult	1
1977	Twemlow Green	SJ7868	Adult	1+	BRC Ref: V05_21503, Holmes Chapel district in SJ76 per C Ian Rutherford
1977	Guilden Sutton	SJ4468	Adult	1+	grid reference unknown
1977	SJ44	SJ44	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_09755, Malpas area SJ44
1976	Bromborough	SJ3481	Not recorded	1	grid reference unknown, letter to CIR 14/12/1978
15 Jul 1976	Coddington	SJ4455	Adult	1
1976	Middlewood Way, Bollington	SJ9276	Larval	1
1976	Prestbury	SJ900768	Adult	1	only additions to SJ97, Lepidoptera record cards, Biological Records Centre, Monks Wood, via C I Rutherford
1976	Beeston Castle	SJ540585	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_13080
1975	Thurstaston	SJ2484	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_02185, Thurstaston area in SJ28
03 Jul 1974	Briardale Road, Willaston	SJ331779	Adult	5
1974	Pikemere Road, Alsager	SJ786566	Adult	1+
1974	SJ98	SJ98	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V06_00386, Stockport in SJ98
1974	Wilmslow	SJ8381	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_28996, Wilmslow in SJ88
1974	Hartford	SJ6271	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_18105
1973	Huntington	SJ4264	Larval	1	ULTP, 2005/312
1973	Shavington	SJ700511	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_20849
20 Jul 1972	Mossley	SD9803	Adult	1	found dead, specimen in Bolton Museum, grid reference SD98200354
1972	Adlington	SJ9179	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_32280, Adlington in SJ97
1972	Alderley Edge	SJ8577	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_27444, Alderley Edge in SJ87
1972	Sale	SJ798922	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_23667
1972	Knutsford	SJ7578	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_21934, grid reference SJ77
23 Jun 1971	Helsby	SJ4875	Adult	1	Specimen in recorders collection. Grid reference not provided
1971	Bramhall	SJ8984	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_27807, Bramhall in SJ88
20 Jun 1970	Briardale Road, Willaston	SJ331779	Adult	1
18 Jun 1970	29 Storeton Road, Oxton, Birkenhead	SJ306871	Adult	1	ULTP, 2005/312
11 Jun 1970	Briardale Road, Willaston	SJ331779	Adult	1
05 Jun 1970	Alvanley Road, Helsby	SJ489751	Adult	1	Specimen in recorders collection. Helsby, grid reference unknown, sparingly 1970
1970	Chester	SJ4065	Adult	1+	undated, grid reference unknown
1970	Hoylake	SJ2188	Adult	1	letter to CIR 24/7/1976
1970	Hilbre Island	SJ1887	Adult	1	Wallace and Wallace (1982)
01 Sep 1969	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Larval	2	on willowherb, emerged 15/5, 31/5/1970. Specimen in recorders collection. Grid reference not provided
13 Jul 1969	Hooton	SJ3678	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_05116, site Hooton,1m E in SJ37
01 Jul 1969	Plumley Nature Reserve	SJ7075	Adult	1	grid reference not provided
27 Jun 1969	Plumley Nature Reserve	SJ7075	Adult	1	grid reference unknown
1969	Birkenhead	SJ3088	Adult	1	grid reference not provided, exhibited at LCES 15/10/1969, LCES 91-93:43
1969	Rostherne	SJ7483	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_23241, grid reference SJ78
1969	Delamere	SJ5570	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_14704, grid reference SJ57
1969	Runcorn	SJ5082	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_15031, grid reference SJ58
1968	Wilmslow	SJ834818	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_28305
1968	Wyngate Road, Hale	SJ777858	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_22955
1968	Wistaston	SJ685538	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_16083
09 Sep 1967	Delamere	SJ5570	Larval	1+	LCES 91-93:26, grid reference not provided
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_27526, Alderley Edge in SJ87
15 Jun 1965	Birkenhead	SJ2986	Adult	1
08 Jun 1965	Thurstaston	SJ2484	Adult	1
07 Jun 1965	Thurstaston	SJ2484	Adult	1
06 Jun 1965	Thurstaston	SJ2383	Adult	1	SJ235835
1964	Rostherne Mere	SJ7484	Larval	1+	Mere Covert on Chamaenerion. Following the rapid spread of Chamaenerion in the past forty years, this moth has increased in numbers in Lancs & Ches over the same period
1963	Abney Hall	SJ8689	Not recorded	1+	SJ861893
1961	Barnton	SJ6375	Adult	1+	grid reference & date unknown, letter CIR 13/1/1987
1961	Bridgenorth Road, Pensby	SJ264837	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_01170, Irby at SJ267838
1961	Mouldsworth	SJ5271	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_14427
1961	SJ38	SJ38	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_06563, Birkenhead and area
1961	Birkenhead School	SJ299881	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_01376, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1961	SJ68	SJ68	Not recorded	1+	Included in Rutherford (1994), yet the site may be in VC59
1961	29 Storeton Road, Oxton, Birkenhead	SJ306871	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_06940
17 Sep 1960	Abbey Arms Wood, Delamere	SJ5668	Larval	1+	LCES field meeting, LCES 82-84:39, grid reference not provided, BRC Ref: V05_13516, ULTP, 2005/312
1960	Wilmslow	SJ8381	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_28653, Wilmslow in SJ88
1960	Timperley	SJ782900	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_23491
22 Oct 1959	Abbey Arms Wood, Delamere	SJ5668	Larval	1+	presumably larva on this date (CMR)
30 Aug 1958	Dukinfield	SJ9396	Pupal	1	bred, emerging 11/6/1959, grid reference not provided
02 Jul 1958	Mouldsworth	SJ5271	Adult	1	right antennae missing, recorder and grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1958	Delamere	SJ5572	Adult	1	specimen reared and exhibited at LCES 22/10/1959 by G Wotherspoon, LCES 82-84:23-24, grid reference not provided
1957	Chester	SJ4066	Adult	3	bred ex larvae, grid reference not provided
24 Jun 1956	Rowton	SJ4464	Adult	1	grid reference not provided, check date on data label as 24/7/1956 in LCES 79-81:39
1954	Flaxmere	SJ5572	Adult	1	bred ex larvae on willowherb, LCES 77-78:36
1954	Ness	SJ3075	Adult	2	bred ex larvae, grid reference not provided, LCES 77-78:36
1952	Hoylake Langfields	SJ2288	Adult	1
1952	Altrincham	SJ7789	Adult	1	Timperley. specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 21/10/1952, LCES 75-76:20, grid reference not provided
1951	Hoylake	SJ2188	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_02142, site North Wirral in SJ28
1951	Witton Flashes	SJ6575	Not recorded	1+	undated. Grid Reference unknown. Boyd (1951)
1949	Tabley	SJ7177	Adult	1+	grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)
1949	Stanton Road, Poulton	SJ326836	Adult	1	Exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc 17/1/1950 LCES 73:16, grid reference and date of capture not provided. Mansbridge & Wright (1950)
25 Sep 1948	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Larval	1	grid reference not provided, LCES 72:25
1948	Wybunbury Moss	SJ6950	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_16304
14 Jul 1946	Spital	SJ3383	Adult	1
03 Jul 1946	Redesmere	SJ8471	Adult	1	grid reference not provided
1946	Wilmslow	SJ8381	Larval	1+	fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946	Cheadle Hulme	SJ8686	Adult	1+	common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946	Helsby	SJ4875	Adult	1+	grid reference unknown, undated, occasional, Smith (1948)
1946	Chester	SJ4065	Adult	1	grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1946	Alderley Edge	SJ8577	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_26962, grid reference SJ87
1946	Gatley	SJ8488	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_28833, Gatley/Cheadle in SJ88
1946	Brushes Valley	SJ9999	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V06_00912, Stalybridge, Staley Brushes in SJ99
16 Jul 1945	Bebington	SJ3285	Adult	1
1945	Irby	SJ2584	Larval	1	grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1945	Nantwich	SJ6451	Adult	1	grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1944	Higher Bebington	SJ3185	Larval	1+	common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)

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Updated: 19th April 2025