Sark - specimens seen at Cae de Mat, 27. & 29. vi. 2000 and on Little Sark, above Silver Mines, 2.vii.2000, R. & 



M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 17.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Jersey - many specimens seen around the island, 1 0. viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Herm - specimen photographed, 19.x. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Jersey - numerous in 2000, particularly on ivy bloosom; R. Long, 28(28):43. 



Guernsey - small numbers seen, 28. iv. -5.x. 2001; 1 in iv., 6 in v., 2 in vi., 16 in vii., 9 in viii., 16 in ix., 3 in x. & 



2 in xi.2001; R.A. Austin, 2002(15):47; & 2002a(l):40. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen on Chasse-Marais by churchyard, 3.iv.2001 and 1 at Greve de la Ville, 4.iv.2001; 1 in 



field near La Coupee, 26. vii. 2001; 2 in fields near Petit Champ and 1 at Port a la Jument garden, 



31. vii. 2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Jersey - specimens seen feeding from a variety of flowers, ix.2001 ; R. & M.L. Long, 2002(28):181. 

 Guernsey - isolated records from 18.v.-4.xi.2002 with 18 in v., 41 in vi., 24 in vii., 87 in viii., 52 in ix., 26 in x., 



and 1 in xi.2002; 2 in light traps in St. Sampson, Clos des Pecqueries, 17.vi.2002, M.P. Lawlor, and in 



St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 18.viii.2002, P.D.M. Costen; R.A. Austin, 2003(18):44; & 



2003a(25):260. 



Jersey - specimens seen in Grouville, ix.2002, D.J. Wedd, 2003(18):31. 

 Jersey - reported regularly in 2002; R. & M.L. Long, 2003(28):312. 



AGLAIS Dalman, 1816 



VANESSA; sensu auct. 



urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) Small Tortoiseshell 



urtica; misspelling 



Guernsey - specimens seen, observations on adult feeding behaviour, pre 1833, F.C. Lukis, 1833(6):223 



{recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Jersey - noted as exceedingly common, viii. -x. 1833, E. Blyth, 1834(7):475 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Guernsey - listed by F. Lukis & Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226 {recorded 



as Vanessa urticae}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):486 {recorded as Vanessa urticae, L. }. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen seen, 23-30.vi.1873, W.A. Luff, 1874(7): 10; & 1898a(3):176; 1900f(3):392 {recorded 



as Vanessa urticae}. 



Guernsey - noted as exu-emely abundant, W.A. Luff, 1873(6):325; & paper read in 1882, 1889a(l):67 larval 

 foodplant noted as Common Stinging Nettle, double-brooded {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 



Sark - noted as extremely abundant, W.A. Luff, 1873(6):325; & paper read in 1882, 1889a(l):67 {recorded as 

 Vanessa urticae}. 



Guernsey - noted as less frequent than V. atalanta, E.D. Marquand, 1874(9):204 {recorded as V[anessa] 

 uricae } . 



Island not given - specimens seen, 27. ix. -10.x. 1882, A.Sich, 1883(16):42 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Sark - occurrence listed, W.A. Luff, 1889(22):76 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 



Jersey - specimens taken, noted as constantly frequenting a specific bush of Red Valerian, 21-28. viii. 1886, 



R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):49 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken 3.iii.l893, Mr G. Derrick; a week later several were observed about the cliffs in St. 



Martin, near Saints Bay, W.A. Luff, 1894d(2):261 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 24.ii.1894, W.A. Luff, 1895(2):316. 



Alderney - 2 specimens seen, iv.-vi.1897, F.A. Walker, 1897(30):223; & W.A. Luff, 1898a(3):176; 



1900f(3):392 {recorded as Vanessa urticae, L.}. 

 Alderney - several specimens in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):392 {recorded as Vanessa 



urticae, L. }. 



Herm - listed as frequent, iv.-viii. 1 904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:378 {recorded as Vanessa urticae, 

 L.}. 



Sark - noted as very common, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Vanessa urticae, L.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as exceptionally abundant, earliest sighting on ll.i.1907, W.A. Luff, 1908a(5):275 {recorded 

 as Vanessa urticae } . 



Jersey - noted as abundant in 1908, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):486; & AC. Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):114 {recorded as 

 Vanessa urticae, L. } . 



Jersey - an aberration taken in 1914, G.E.J. Crallan, 1915(40):53 {recorded as Vanessa urticae}. 

 Guernsey - noted as plentiful early on among fields of lucerne, but killed off by gale and heavy rains on 

 27. viii. 1917, F.E. Lowe, 1918(8):15. " 



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