Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)
Species Summary
Record Count: 62
Moth Count: 260
Largest Moth Count in a single trap: 28
First Record Date: 01/01/1982
Last Record Date: 06/10/2025
Earliest Record Date: 1st January
Latest Record Date: 8th November
Moth Count: 260
Largest Moth Count in a single trap: 28
First Record Date: 01/01/1982
Last Record Date: 06/10/2025
Earliest Record Date: 1st January
Latest Record Date: 8th November
Individual Records
| Date | Location | Moth Count | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/10/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 2 | |
| 02/08/2025 | TECT Field | 1 | |
| 02/08/2025 | TECT Field | 3 | |
| 30/07/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 3 | |
| 27/07/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 4 | |
| 25/07/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 4 | |
| 13/07/2025 | Nursery House | 12 | |
| 04/07/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 10 | |
| 02/07/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 22 | |
| 29/06/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 4 | |
| 26/06/2025 | Bathfield | 18 | |
| 24/06/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 10 | |
| 24/06/2025 | Crossways | 1 | |
| 22/06/2025 | TECT Field | 28 | The highest number in a singlre trap that the author has encountered. |
| 22/06/2025 | TECT Field | 28 | The highest number in a singlre trap that the author has encountered. |
| 18/06/2025 | Odintune | 17 | |
| 14/06/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 3 | |
| 08/06/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 1 | |
| 03/06/2025 | Green Cross, Plumpton | 1 | |
| 05/08/2024 | Old Mill House | 3 | |
| 30/07/2024 | Crossways | 1 | |
| 26/07/2024 | Plumpton College | 2 | |
| 26/07/2024 | Plumpton College, Churchyard | 1 | |
| 26/07/2024 | Plumpton College, By Poplars | 1 | |
| 23/07/2024 | Green Cross Cottage | 6 | |
| 19/07/2024 | Bathfield | 1 | |
| 17/07/2024 | Green Cross Cottage | 3 | |
| 14/07/2024 | Green Cross Cottage | 8 | |
| 25/06/2024 | Old Mill House | 1 | |
| 22/06/2024 | Green Cross Cottage | 3 | |
| 28/07/2023 | Green Cross Plumpton | 2 | |
| 28/07/2023 | Plumpton Lane, Plumpton | 3 | |
| 20/07/2023 | Plumpton Lane, Plumpton | 1 | |
| 07/07/2023 | Plumpton Lane, Plumpton | 1 | |
| 07/07/2023 | North Plumpton | 1 | |
| 27/06/2023 | Ashurst Lane, Plumpton | 2 | |
| 24/06/2023 | Plumpton Lane, Plumpton | 1 | |
| 22/06/2023 | Green Cross Plumpton | 3 | |
| 30/07/2022 | The Rest | 2 | |
| 24/07/2022 | Old Mill House | 2 | Photographed |
| 23/07/2022 | Green Cross Plumpton | 2 | |
| 18/07/2022 | The Rest | 5 | |
| 13/07/2022 | Green Cross Plumpton | 2 | |
| 11/07/2022 | Green Cross Plumpton | 1 | |
| 09/07/2022 | The Rest | 8 | |
| 02/07/2022 | Green Cross Plumpton | 1 | |
| 26/06/2022 | Nursery House | 1 | |
| 22/06/2022 | The Rest | 1 | |
| 15/06/2022 | The Rest | 1 | |
| 07/06/2022 | Old Mill House | 1 | Photographed |
| 08/11/2021 | Old Mill House | 1 | Photographed |
| 06/08/2021 | The Rest, Plumpton Lane | 1 | |
| 25/07/2021 | The Rest, Plumpton Lane | 1 | |
| 03/06/2021 | Green Cross Plumpton | 1 | Moth not dissected but presumed to be this species. |
| 06/09/2020 | Old Mill House | 1 | Photographed |
| 14/07/2020 | The Rest, Plumpton Lane | 1 | |
| 01/07/2020 | Green Cross Plumpton | 1 | |
| 07/08/2017 | Old Mill House | 1 | Photographed |
| 15/07/2017 | Old Mill House | 1 | Photographed |
| 03/07/2017 | Plumpton | 3 | Rural garden surrounded by arable, meadows and woodland. Robinson trap with mercury vapour bulb run overnight 2/3 July for Plumpton and East Chiltington Wildlife Group. |
| 25/06/2016 | Old Mill House, Plumpton | 4 | |
| 01/01/1982 | Plumpton Agricultural College, | 1 |