Alderney - listed, iv-vi.1897, F.A. Walker, 1897(30):223; & W.A. Luff, 1898a(3):177; 1900f(3):392 {recorded as 



Mctcroglossa stellatarum, L. }. 

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



stellatarum, L. } . 



Channel Islands - noted as generally abundant in all the islands in 1899, W.A. Luff, 19()0e(3):356 {recorded as 



Macroglossa stellatarum}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken 26.iii.1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37): 127 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum}. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken, i v.-viii. 1 904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:379 {recorded as Macroglossa 



stellatarum. L. }. 



Sark - noted as abundant, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum. L. }. 

 Jersey - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):488 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 1911, F.E. Lowe, 1912(6):264. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken, 12.viii.1912, H.G. Le Ray, 1912(45):299 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum}. 

 Jersey - noted as very common, though larvae had not been seen, adults occurred in June but was most common in 



Autumn until November, A.C. Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):307 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum} . 

 Jersey - noted as a regular migrant, A.C. Halliwell, 1936(13):5 {recorded as M[acroglossa] stellatarum} . 

 Guernsey - several specimens seen and 2 taken at Honeysuckle in Shayer's garden, viii.1942, C.J. Shayer, 



1943(13):375 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum} . 

 Guernsey - noted as common on Honeysuckle in 1944, C.J. Shayer, 1946a(13):4()0 {recorded as Macroglossa 



stellatarum}. 



Herm - specimens seen, 29.vii.1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):405. 



Guernsey - noted as seen throughout the summer and autumn; 1 larva taken in Castel, near Vazon, 9.ix.l945, adult 

 emerged 4.x. 1945 but had malformed wings on one side, Shayer put this deformity down to the fact that 

 the larva bore a small black tick when discovered, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):404 {recorded as Macroglossa 

 stellatarum}. 



Guernsey - specimens occasionally seen in 1946, C.J. Shayer. 1948(14):13 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum} . 

 Sark - noted as abundant and seen to assemble in groups of some 40-50, darting across sun-warmed rock at La 



Coupee, 29. v. 1 947, C.J. Shayer, 1948a( 14): 124. 

 Jersey - noted as common in 1947, W.J. Le Quesne, 1948(14):357 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in garden, 29. ii. 1948, Commander Roe; C.J. Shayer, 1949(14):237. 

 Guernsey - noted as unusually abundant in 1955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):19. 



Jersey - noted as being common in 1959, Mr H. Amy; 1 fully grown larva found in short grass in St. Brelade, 

 Quennevais in 1959, Mr R. Warrington, photographed by Dobson, larva later escaped; R. Dobson, 

 1960(17):289. 



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



Alderney - 1 specimen taken above Haize Cliffs, 24. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at St. Anne, 30. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - noted as a common migrant, adults are dayflying, R.B. Freeman, 1976a[ll]:4. 



Jersey - noted as common, often seen hovering at flowers on calm days or at dusk in late summer, F. Le Sueur, 

 1976:165. 



Guernsey - several specimens seen in 1976; C.J. Shayer, 1977(2()):29. 



Guernsey - specimens seen all over the island from vi.-x.1982; 2 larvae taken on Ladies' Bedstraw in Vale, 

 L'Ancresse, viii.1982 and reared through to adults, T.N.D. Peet, 1983(21):148; & R.F. Bretherton & J.M. 

 Chalmers-Hunt, 1987(99):147. 



Herm - adults seen feeding at Honeysuckle, Bramble and particularly Valerian in early vii. 1982, T.N.D. Peet, 

 1983(21 ):148. 



Jersey - specimens seen in all parts of the island throughout summer and autumn in 1982, R. Long, 1983(23):281. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen in flight above Honeysuckle near La Sablonnerie, 1 6. vii. 1 983, R. Woods; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - less common than in 1982, but still common in 1983; larvae were found; 1$ watched whilst ovipositing 

 by B. Tipping who then reared and photographed every stage in the life cycle of 7 larvae; T.N.D. Peet, 

 1984(21 ):272 & 273 {recorded as Macroglossa stellatarum}. 



Jersey - noted as even more numerous than in 1982, reports of sightings from mid- vi. -end of x.1983; R. Long, 

 1984(23):433. 



Alderney - large numbers of specimens sighted, viii.1984; M.L. Mendham, 1984a(19):15. 



Guernsey - first specimens sighted 1. vii. 1984 and then occasional sightings until 1.x. 1984; T.N.D. Peet, 

 1985(21 ):451. 



Jersey - noted as being the most prominent of the migratory moths, with observations reported from early summer, 

 becoming quite numerous well into autumn of 1984, R. Long, 1985(24):29. 



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