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Yponomeuta padella Orchard Ermine

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
19 Jul 2024 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1 all grey individual
05 Jun 2024 Poynton SJ9184 Larval 3 3 larval nests on hawthorn on Lower Park Road
02 Jun 2024 Mobberley SJ7780 Larval 1 nest in hawthorn hedge at Broad Oak Farm
01 Jun 2024 Sandbach field SJ759618 Larval 1 One occupied web on blackthorn, photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
20 May 2024 Peover Superior SJ7972 Larval 1 No quantity recorded. Four nests in hawthorn hedge, photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
20 Jul 2023 North Rode SJ8866 Adult 1 off hawthorn
19 Jul 2023 Paddockhill SJ8179 Adult 4 off hawthorn
19 Jul 2023 Knolls Green SJ8079 Adult 7 off hawthorn
13 Jul 2023 Whiteley Green SJ9178 Adult 3 off hawthorn
13 Jul 2023 Adlington SJ9179 Adult 4 off hawthorn
13 Jul 2023 Adlington SJ9078 Adult 1 off hawthorn
17 Jun 2023 Gowy Meadows CWT SJ4373 Larval 100 In nests on Hawthorn
16 Jun 2023 Wincle SJ9566 Larval 1 No quantity recorded. several webs on hawthorn. Photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
15 Jun 2023 Thornton-le-Moors SJ4474 Pupal 50 In nests on Hawthorn. SJ445745
15 Jun 2023 Knolls Green SJ8079 Pupal 1 No quantity recorded. several pupae and webs in hawthorn hedge
13 Jun 2023 Gowy Meadows CWT SJ4373 Larval 1
26 May 2023 Holford Drive, Winsford SJ627663 Larval 1 large web on hawthorn
21 May 2023 Holford Drive, Winsford SJ627663 Larval 20 Many more webs along hawthorn hedge
16 May 2022 Holford Drive, Winsford SJ627663 Larval 5 5 webs containing large numbers
15 May 2022 Clive SJ6765 Larval 1 Larval webs covered extensive area of hawthorn hedge, Road One, Winsford CW7 3GA, SJ67286596
09 May 2022 Holford Drive, Winsford SJ627663 Adult 1 web with many larvae, Photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
25 Aug 2021 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB (East) SJ3173 Larval 25 Larval web on Hawthorn
14 Jul 2020 Marton SJ8566 Adult 2 grey moths from isolated hawthorn hedge
14 Jul 2018 Bowring Drive, Parkgate SJ280784 Adult 1 Freshly emerged on Hawthorn
01 Aug 2015 Thornton-le-Moors SJ4474 Larval 30 Larval webbings found; much frass
02 Jun 2011 Stoak SJ4273 Larval 20 SJ425735
22 May 2011 Thornton Green SJ4473 Larval 50 SJ445735
01 Jun 1999 Hall oth' Hey, Kingsley SJ5575 Larval 1+ on Crataegus
03 Jun 1997 Farndon SJ4154 Larval 1+ several webs on hawthorn hedge
25 May 1997 Newbold Astbury SJ8659 Larval 1+ on hawthorn hedge,emerged 25.6.1997
1996 Hilbre Island SJ1887 Larval 1+ larval tent on Prunus spinosa
16 May 1992 Forge Pool SJ6676 Larval 1+ SJ662760 centroid grid reference, occasional.
25 May 1991 Bird's Wood, Aston SJ5778 Larval 1+ nest. SJ573785 centroid grid references
19 May 1990 Lapwing Lane, Moore SJ5785 Larval 1+ several, SJ574858, 3 counts of nests
12 May 1990 Hatton Lane, Hatton SJ610824 Larval 1+ abundant
1990 SJ46 SJ46 Larval 1 grid reference unknown, LCES 114:14
20 Jun 1987 Plumley Nature Reserve SJ708751 Larval 1+ locally frequent
03 Jun 1980 Whitegate Way, Winsford SJ615679 Larval 1+ Imago emerged 25/7/1980
1979 Hilbre Island SJ1887 Larval 1 larvae on sloe, Wallace and Wallace (1982)
06 Aug 1966 Irby Heath SJ2585 Adult 1 common on hawthorn, grid reference not provided, exhibited at LCES 15/10/1969, LCES 91-93:42, LCES field meeting, LCES 88-90:51, also present were E H Fielding, H N Michaelis
1962 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Not recorded 1+ occasional in hedges
1955 Bollin Valley SJ8083 Not recorded 1+ common, date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (1955).
1951 Hoylake Langfields SJ2288 Adult 1+ a series ex hawthorn, exhibited at LCES 16/10/1951, LCES 75-76:12, grid reference not provided
1940 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ very common on hawthorn hedges, Mansbridge (1940)


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Updated: 19th April 2025