Guernsey - noted as numerous in vi.1948, but by late summer only a few individuals were seen on Buddleia and 



ivy blossoms, C.J. Shayer, 1949(14):236. 

 Guernsey - overwintering specimens seen, 26.iii.1950; migratory specimens were scarce, C.J. Shayer, 



1951(15):18. 



Guernsey - noted that populations had greatly decreased by 1952, due to clearance of nettle beds, C.J. Shayer, 

 1953(15):171. 



Guernsey - noted as very rare on Buddleia in St. Peter Port, lower Le Val des Terres, viii.1953 with only 1 

 specimens seen on 30. viii.1953; 1 specimen seen in St. Peter Port, Stanley Road, 20. xi. 1953, Mrs 

 Roussel; C.J. Shayer, 1954(15):250. 



Guernsey - noted as common in summer of 1955; some 250-300 specimens counted on Buddleia in St. Peter 

 Port, lower Le Val des Terres, 17.viii.1955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):18. 



Sark - many specimens observed, 27.viii.1955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):18. 



Guernsey - 1 overwintering specimen seen in St. Peter Port, Smith Street, 3. i. 1956, C.J. Shayer, 1957(16):126. 

 Guernsey - some overwintering specimens seen in early months of 1957, but scarce in summer; small numbers 



seen in [parish?], Pine Forest, 14.ix. 1957, C.J. Shayer, 1958(16):201. 

 Guernsey - noted as being more abundant than in recent years, many specimens seen in Castel, La Grande Mare 



on Hemp-agrimony, 2 1 . viii. 1 958, C.J. Shayer, 1959a(16):320. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in 1958, H.Amy and Le Quesne; W.J. Le Quesne, 1959(17):216. 



Guernsey - migration from the Continent observed in 1959, by July high population figures were noted, and on 

 6.ix.l959 were seen in great numbers on Hemp Agrimony in Castel, La Grande Mare, by the end of ix. 

 and early x.1959, many were seen on ivy blossom; many specimens seen in passage in St. Pierre du 

 Bois, on Lihou Island in ix. 1 959, Mr R. Arnold; 1 tattered specimen seen in Shayer' s garden, 

 7.xi. 1959; C.J. Shayer, 1960(16):396. 



Jersey - a southerly migration observed over many parts of the island, reaching a peak period about 15.x. 1959; 

 noted by Mr H. Amy as having an exceptionally good breeding year; R. Dobson, 1960(17):289. 



Sark - migration observed in x.1959; R.Dobson, 1960(17)1289. 



Guernsey - noted as relatively scarce in 1960, C.J. Shayer, 1961(17):17. 



Guernsey - noted as reasonably common in late summer and autumn 1961, C.J. Shayer, 1962(17):100. 



Alderney - 1 pupa taken, Longy Bay, adult emerged 12. viii. 1962, M. Shaffer, released, 1993(28):30. 



Guernsey - noted as more abundant than usual in 1964; there was a particularly prolific count at ivy blossom in 



St. Martin, between Saints Bay and Icart Point, 13.x. 1964, C.J. Shayer, 1965(17):532. 

 Guernsey - noted that numbers of specimens at ivy blossom was very low in early x.1965, C.J. Shayer, 



1966(17):700. 



Guernsey - noted as relatively common by end of viii. 1966; more than a dozen seen on Michaelmas daisy in 



Castel, Saumarez Park, 6.ix. 1 966; C.J. Shayer, 1967(18):26. 

 Guernsey Bailiwick - noted as common in all the islands, C.J. Shayer, 1967a(18):28 & 29. 

 Guernsey - noted as fairly common in 1969, C.J. Shayer, 1970(18):354. 



Channel Islands - noted as common, or even abundant in most years on all the islands, R. Long, 1970(21 ):246. 

 Guernsey - noted as not so abundant as usual in 1970, C.J. Shayer, 1971(18):449. 

 Alderney - presence noted all over the island in 1972, D.C. Lang, 1972 [7] September: 19. 

 Guernsey - noted as more numerous than usual, vii.& viii. 1973, C.J. Shayer, 1974(19):250. 

 Sark - reported as never having beeen so abundant, 1973; C.J. Shayer, 1974(19):250. 



Jersey - 200 specimens were estimated as present amongst mixed species observed by R. Dobson in St. Martin, 

 in the long meadow below Rozel Manor, mid-ix.1973, R. Burrow; M.L. & R. Long, 1974(21):228. 



Guernsey - noted as few in number, vii. -viii. 1975, C.J. Shayer, 1976(19):491. 



Sark - noted as few in number, vii. 1975, Mary La Trobe-Bateman; C.J. Shayer, 1976(19):491. 



Alderney - noted as the commonest migrant and present every year, stated to be single-brooded with the larva 

 solitary living between leaves silk-spun together, R.B. Freeman, 1976 [11] :8. 



Jersey - noted as a migrant, with numbers augmented by adults resulting from eggs of the first arrivals; majority 

 attempt to hibernate, but most perish if the winter is too severe, F. Le Sueur, 1976:159-160. 



Sark - specimes seen, 13-20. viii. 1977, C. Cornell; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - noted as common, 27.vii.-9.viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - large congregations seen feeding together, with up to 10 specimens at one time around sap oozing from 



an elm Trunk, ix. 1982, T.N.D. Peet, 1982(21):148. 

 Jersey - large aggregations seen in early autumn, including over 50 specimens seen on one clump of ivy in St. 



Lawrence, near Dannemarche Reservoir, with odd specimens surviving till 1 0.xi. 1 982, R. Long, 



1983(23):281. 



Sark - specimens seen, 16. vii. 1983, T.N.D. Peet & Ent. Sect., Soc. Guernesiaise; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - specimens seen near Havre Gosselin, 20. vii. 1983, recorder not listed; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 seen on Eperquerie Common, 30. vii. 1983, R. Woods; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



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