death's-head moth in belfast
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Death's-Head Moth in BelfastAuthor(s): J. A. Sidney StendallSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Sep., 1943), p. 113Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25533198 .
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Sept., 1043.] The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 113
to Rhododendron blooms in the cage. These were roughly dissected ; the first to die had apparently laid nearly all its eggs before capture,
while the ovaries of the second contained eggs at all stages of maturity and ripe eggs had passed down into the oviducts ; unfortunately it was not possible to dissect properly through lack of equipment, and so it cannot be stated whether pairing had occurred before capture or
not. The time of flight was between 11.15 and 11.50 p.m., after which Bad light made observation difficult. No moths were seen on those nights when none had appeared at the white Rhododendron by 11.30 ; eight of the twelve known for certain to be this species were over the same white Rhododendron bush at various dates and times. A careful search of the neighbourhood for wild ova has so far been unsuccessful, but they are doubtless hard to. find.
A. F. OFARRELL, B.Sc, A.R.C.S, F.R.E.S.
Tordeevra, Helen's Bay, nr. Belfast. 13th June, 1943.
STRIPED HAWK-MOTH IN BELFAST
A female Striped Hawk-moth was taken on a Privet hedge at 74 Ravenhill Park, Belfast, on 7th June, 1943, by Mr. Win. J. Holden
who sent it to Belfast Municipal Museum for identification and later
presented the specimen.
Belfast. J. A. SIDNEY STENDALL.
STRIPED HAWK-MOTH IN DUBLIN.
It may interest your readers to know that on 4th June I took in my garden at 39 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Dublin, a Striped
HawkiMoth, Celerio lineata livornica Esp.
Dublin. T. H. MASON.
CLOUDED YELLOW IN CO. DUBLIN.
On 11th August, at 12.30 p.m., I saw a Clouded Yellow butterfly, Colias croceus Four, at Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin, flying strongly from
east to west over exact place and in same direction as one I observed
in September, 1941.
Dublin. T. H. MASON.
DEATHS-HEAD MOTH IN BELFAST.
A fine female Death's-Head Hawk-moth, Acherontia atropos L., was
caught on the slopes of Cave Hill, Belfast, 30th May, 1943, and presented to the Municipal Museum.
Belfast. J. A. SIDNEY STENDALL.
CONVOLVULUS HAWK-MOTH IN BELFAST.
Two female Convolvulus Hawk-moths, Sphinx convolvuli L., were
taken within the same .Belfast area in August, 1943, one on a wall
in Broomhill Park on 17th by Master Michael Harrison, the second
in Edinburgh Street on 20th by the Masters Eric M'Gowan and Cecil
Murray. I have verified both specimens.
Belfast. J. A. SIDNEY STENDALL.
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