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Lymantria dispar Gypsy Moth

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
02 Aug 2023 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Confirmed from photo on iRecord.
17 Jul 2023 Sparks Lane, Thingwall SJ276845 Larval 1 found on pavement. photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
1968 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Adult 1 more likely to have been an escape from captive breeding than a genuine immigrant, Rutherford (1994). grid reference not provided. E H Fielding exhibited at the LCES exhibition on 17/10/1968, 14/7/1970, a male and female bred at Hale in July 1970, grid reference not provided, LCES 94-96:15- presumably captive bred and not found locally as not mentioned elsewhere, unless this is the record referred to here, although hale is in SJ78 (SHH).


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Updated: 19th April 2025