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Amphipoea lucens Large Ear

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
06 Sep 2024 Swanscoe Lane, Higher Hurdsfield SJ934753 Adult 2 Genitalia checked. 2 x Robinson MV Trap (125W)
06 Sep 2024 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Gen Det F
09 Aug 2024 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Gen Det M
11 Aug 2023 Love Lane, Wildboarclough SJ998663 Adult 1 Confirmed by gen.det.
10 Aug 2022 Lower Swineshaw Quarry SK000990 Adult 3 Genitalia checked on 3 of the 4 specimens
25 Aug 2021 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB (East) SJ3173 Adult 1 Gen.Det.
09 Aug 2021 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1 gen.det.male
17 Aug 2020 Meadowside, Burwardsley SJ518566 Adult 1 Dissected
14 Aug 2020 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1 gen.det.female
14 Aug 2020 Crag Hall Lane, Wildboarclough SJ983687 Adult 2 Genitalia checked. 2 X Robinson MV Trap (125W) & 2 X Heath Trap (15W actinic). Photos on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
07 Aug 2019 Shannon Close, Willaston, Nantwich SJ676525 Adult 1 Genitalia checked.
01 Sep 2018 The Street, Goyt Valley SK001761 Adult 1 Confirmed. Gen dets by determiner. Traps run along footpath running beside road plus searching with torches after dark.
26 Jul 2016 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Adult 6 confirmed by dissection
04 Sep 2015 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Adult 2 Confirmation by dissection, photo available
20 Aug 2015 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Adult 2 Confirmation by dissection
01 Sep 2014 East Downs Road, Cheadle Hulme SJ868869 Adult 1 Genitalia checked.
26 Aug 2013 East Downs Road, Cheadle Hulme SJ868869 Adult 1 gen det female CMR
10 Aug 2013 Shannon Close, Willaston, Nantwich SJ676525 Adult 1 gen det
10 Aug 2012 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 gen det male
25 Jul 2009 Dee Estuary:Burton Point Farm:compt8 (Peers Wood) SJ305741 Adult 1 gen det male, grid reference unknown
21 Aug 2003 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1 gen det male, noted in 2004 annual report
26 Aug 1996 Hilbre Island, observatory garden SJ185878 Adult 1 gen det male, slide retained. redetermined following note on dissection website 'Uploaded as Saltern Ear, but more likely to be Large Ear (PRH)'
05 Sep 1991 Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge SJ850778 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. First record in 25 years at this site
16 Aug 1991 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Adult 1 not dissected
1990 Bellfield Avenue, Cheadle Hulme SJ875864 Adult 1 gen det
1990 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Adult 2 not dissected
1986 Abbots Moss SJ5968 Adult 1 Genitalia checked.
10 Sep 1985 Shemmy Moss SJ5968 Adult 2 Genitalia checked.
1961 SJ64 SJ64 Adult 1+ at least one specimen confirmed from this hectad during this period.
1961 SJ47 SJ47 Adult 1+ at least one specimen confirmed from this hectad during this period.
1961 SJ36 SJ36 Adult 1+ at least one specimen confirmed from this hectad during this period.
15 Aug 1958 Neston SJ2877 Adult 2 gen det. grid reference not provided, specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 24/10/1963, LCES 85-87:42
1927 Chester SJ4166 Adult 2 gen det. New Cheshire Record. Grid Reference unknown. Smith (1948), Mansbridge & Wright (1949). Accepted by CMG Panel Sept 2002
1914 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 two specimens , one genitalia checked. grid reference not provided, BRC Ref: V05_29227, date pre 1941


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Updated: 19th April 2025