Status
.....A rare migrant to Nottinghamshire,
with scattered records across the south of the county.
There were
five Nottinghamshire records in 2003, which was notable nationally for
the best-ever influx of Convolvulus Hawk-moth, but 2022 proved to be an
even better year for this impressively large moth, with a number of
Nottinghamshire records involving adults recorded either at MV light, or
nectaring at Nicotiana sylvestris.
Recent records are from Ravenshead on
August 20th 2020 and
September 13th 2019 (McGeever, D. and McGeever, V.) West Bridgford on September 12th 2015 (Hurst, A.)
and Misterton in August 21st 2022
(Lee, P), but there were a number of other records from 2022
including Radcliffe-on-Trent, Wollaton, East Bridgford,
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Caythorpe and Bulcote (two larvae). There were two records
from 2023, of two larva
found at the side of the River Trent at Collingham on July 30th,
followed by an adult by day, at Retford on October 12th
(Watkin, C.).
The latest records include singles at Broadholme on August 28th and
September 6th (Gray, M.), at
Newthorpe on September 2nd and 7th 2024 (per Viles,
I.) and Underwood September 6th 2024
(Hector Brown, K.). |
