Despite being a regular migrant to the UK and reaching inland counties
on numerous occasions, this stunning moth had never been recorded in Nottinghamshire
until 2021, when a single was recorded in a West Bridgford garden
(Freestone, R.). A second record duly
followed on May 13th 2023, from Rampton
(Watkin, C.), but Nottinghamshire missed out on the very large
arrival of Striped Hawk-moths into the UK of Spring 2022, which resulted
in a number of records from neighbouring counties.
Nottinghamshire's third ever record, turned
up at Elkesley in May 2025
(Coombes, P.)
during another influx of Striped Hawk-moth into the UK at the
time, and following another big influx in late May 2026, another
(Nottinghamshire's 4th) was recorded from Newark on May 30th
(Gilbert, E.), but there appear to be
no other records until singles at Nuthall in August
(Hill, M.) and at Langford Lowfields on August 14th 2026
(Morton, D. and Ashley, A.). |
