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Saturnia pavonia Emperor Moth

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
05 Aug 2024 Macclesfield Forest SJ9771 Larval 1 SJ97687151
29 Jul 2024 Macclesfield Forest SJ9771 Larval 1 SJ97257165
19 Jul 2024 Hoo Moor Plantation SK0077 Larval 1 Reservoir Fire Track. SK009776.
14 Jul 2024 Holme Moss SE0903 Larval 1
08 Jun 2024 Macclesfield Road, Whaley Bridge SK008806 Larval 1 Near bramble on back border
30 May 2024 Withinleach Moor SJ9976 Adult 1 SJ99517606
25 May 2024 Lower Swineshaw, Stalybridge SK001991 Adult 1 15W synergetic Skinner, 8W actinic Heath trap.
12 May 2024 Turf Pits, Stalybridge SD997001 Adult 1 To an EMP lure.
12 May 2024 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1
09 May 2024 Irontongue Hill, Swineshaw Moor SE011001 Adult 2 To an EMP lure. Irontongue, Stalybridge
05 May 2024 Pym chair SJ9976 Adult 1 SJ99617673. Male arrived after 7 minutes, flew around and left quite quickly
05 May 2024 The Tors SJ9974 Adult 3 SJ99697438. Two males arrived as I was opening the pot containing the lure! Another came quite quickly. put lure away and carried on with our walk. For the whole ridge walk from previous site to this and beyond, we were frequently 'buzzed' by single moths, some certainly Emperors, others presumably the same. Picking up scent remnants in our clothing and the fur of our dogs??
05 May 2024 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 1 SJ49475277
05 May 2024 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 1 SJ49475277
05 May 2024 Stake Side, Goyt Valley SK0073 Adult 1 SK00217344, male arrived after about 12 min. fly around, then touched net bag holding lure and left
21 Apr 2024 Brushes, Stalybridge SJ985985 Adult 3 Attracted to EMP lure. Wild Bank Hill, Stalybridge
20 Apr 2024 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 3 SJ49975275
20 Apr 2024 Bickerton Hill SJ5052 Adult 1 SJ498528
20 Apr 2024 Tintwistle Low Moor SK0298 Adult 1 SK025986, at least one male (20 minutes apart) to pheromone
20 Apr 2024 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 3 SJ49975275
16 Apr 2024 Crowden Meadows SE0702 Adult 2 to Emperor lure EMP, SE07370221
16 Apr 2024 Crowden Little Moor SE0701 Adult 4 to Emperor lure EMP, SE07120184, SE07540142 (2), SE07560115
24 May 2023 Higher Swineshaw, Stalybridge SK001995 Adult 2 Flying over the moor before dark
17 May 2023 Swineshaw Moor SK0099 Adult 1 Flying over the moor before dark.
13 May 2023 Harridge Moor, Stalybridge SJ9999 Adult 1 To an EMP lure, SJ996994
11 May 2023 Broadbottom Road, Mottram SJ993953 Adult 1 New for garden
06 May 2023 Swineshaw Moor SE0100 Adult 2 Attracted to an EMP lure, 9.30 am. Irontongue.
03 May 2023 Whaley Moor SJ9881 Adult 1
02 May 2023 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 1
01 May 2023 Pym chair SJ9976 Adult 1 SJ993766
30 Apr 2023 Wood Moss SJ9969 Adult 1
29 Apr 2023 Danebower VC58 SK0069 Adult 1 SK00106987
29 Apr 2023 Danes Moss SJ9070 Adult 1 SJ90567053
21 Apr 2023 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Adult 20 SJ243853
20 Apr 2023 Higher Swineshaw, Stalybridge SK001995 Adult 1 Attracted to an EMP lure.
20 Apr 2023 Thurstaston Common SJ2484 Adult 20 20+ to pheromone, may have double counted. SJ245847
10 Apr 2023 Higher Swineshaw, Stalybridge SK008999 Adult 1 Attracted to an EMP lure, 10.30am
08 Apr 2023 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 To EMP lure (ALS)
14 Jul 2022 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Larval 1
06 Jul 2022 Cleaver Heath, Heswall SJ2582 Larval 1 on heather, SJ256826, photo on North West Invertabrates Facebook Group
26 Jun 2022 Cleaver Heath, Heswall SJ2582 Larval 1 on birch sapling, SJ25608256. photo on iRecord
17 May 2022 Cluse Hay, Lyme Handley SJ9581 Adult 1 Lure used for 20 minutes, SJ957814
10 May 2022 Tooleyshaw Moor SE0803 Adult 1 SE08010368
28 Apr 2022 West Kirby Sand Dunes SJ2087 Adult 1 Hilbre Gate, Pinfold Lane, SJ207875. Photo available
23 Apr 2022 Thurstaston Common SJ2484 Adult 16 6 to lure at SJ24468481, 10 at SJ2438313
20 Apr 2022 Whaley Moor SJ9881 Adult 3 Lure used for 10 minutes, SJ989819
19 Apr 2022 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Adult 1
18 Apr 2022 Swineshaw Moor SK0099 Adult 1 SK00849992
18 Apr 2022 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Adult 1 SJ245851. Second male observed in flight and at rest.
18 Apr 2022 Thurstaston Common SJ2485 Adult 2 SJ245851. male observed mating with pristine female.
17 Apr 2022 Brushes Valley SJ9999 Adult 2 SJ992993
17 Apr 2022 Whaley Bridge SJ9981 Adult 1 Fall Hey Farm area, Start Lane,
16 Apr 2022 Swineshaw Moor SE0000 Adult 1 Turf Pits, SE00070064
16 Apr 2022 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 2 Pheromone lure
16 Apr 2022 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1
15 Apr 2022 Lower Swineshaw SK0099 Adult 2 SK00099907 & SK00169967. photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
27 Mar 2022 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 2 ALS lure used for 20 mins at 3:00pm, two males attrached. One settled and was photo'd.
26 Mar 2022 Woodhead SK1199 Adult 1 SK114998, side of track from A628 to Longdendale Trail
25 Mar 2022 Upton Road, Moreton SJ263895 Adult 1 photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
05 May 2021 Park Moor, Lyme Park SJ9680 Adult 1 SJ964805
02 May 2021 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 1 Emperor moth male flying by road at Kerr's Field. grid reference not provided. No lure used, but having handled caterpillars of species this morning I wonder if there was something about me that attracted him.
25 Apr 2021 Taxal Moor SK0078 Adult 2 far end beech, SK001786
24 Apr 2021 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 3 SJ497528, Photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
23 Apr 2021 Whaley Moor SJ9882 Adult 3 SJ989821
16 Apr 2021 Leasowe SJ2691 Adult 2 Four sightings - at least two possibly four males to pheromone lure, grid reference not provided
04 Apr 2021 Taxal Moor SK0079 Adult 2
04 Apr 2021 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 1
08 Aug 2020 Danes Moss SJ9070 Larval 1 SJ90527043
29 Jul 2020 Moreton SJ2489 Larval 1
24 Jun 2020 Three Shire Head SK0068 Larval 1 SK007688
17 Jun 2020 Cat & Fiddle SJ9972 Larval 1 SJ999721, larva on willow
04 Jun 2020 Leasowe Lighthouse SJ2591 Adult 1 ex photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
29 May 2020 Pym chair SJ9976 Adult 1 On roadside verge between Pym Chair Car Park & Pym Chair Farm
06 May 2020 Moreton SJ2490 Adult 1 grid reference not provided, ex photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
23 Apr 2020 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 5
15 Apr 2020 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 3
11 Apr 2020 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 8
11 Apr 2020 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Photo on Cheshire Moth Forum
08 Apr 2020 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 2
05 Apr 2020 Bickerton Hill SJ5052 Adult 1 grid reference not provided, ex post on Cheshire moths Facebook Group
24 Mar 2020 Upton Road, Moreton SJ263895 Adult 1 SJ26328956, photo on iRecord
2020 Bridgenorth Road, Pensby SJ264837 Adult 1
28 Apr 2019 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 3 Taxal moor stile path
20 Apr 2019 Taxal Moor SK0080 Adult 3 Taxal Moor WB square
20 Apr 2019 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 1 Taxal Moor gap
19 Apr 2019 Bickerton Hill SJ5053 Adult 4 SJ500530
17 Apr 2019 Cat and Fiddle SK0071 Adult 1 SK004717
06 Apr 2019 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 1
29 Mar 2019 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 1
23 May 2018 High Moor SJ9769 Adult 1
21 May 2018 Errwood Hall SK0074 Adult 2
20 May 2018 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Adult 3
18 May 2018 Buxton Old Road, Disley SJ980840 Adult 1
09 May 2018 Bidston Hill SJ2889 Adult 2 SJ288891
08 May 2018 Whaley Bridge SJ9981 Adult 1 Old Golf House Area SJ998819
07 May 2018 Holme Moss SE0903 Adult 3
07 May 2018 Heyden Moor SE0902 Adult 2
07 May 2018 Withens Brook SE0901 Adult 1
07 May 2018 Holme Moss SE0804 Adult 1
07 May 2018 Black Hill SE0704 Adult 2


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Updated: 19th April 2025