Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)

Species Summary

Record Count: 53
Moth Count: 93
Largest Moth Count in a single trap: 6
First Record Date: 01/01/1982
Last Record Date: 10/06/2025
Earliest Record Date: 1st January
Latest Record Date: 28th September
Photo of Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)

Individual Records

Date Location Moth Count Comment
10/06/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 1
03/06/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 1
01/06/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 3
01/05/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 3
12/04/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 1 Flagged by NBN as outside normal flight period and certainly my first record of this species in April
06/03/2025 Green Cross, Plumpton 1
03/06/2024 Green Cross Cottage 2
02/06/2024 Green Cross Cottage 1
27/05/2024 Chapel Lane, Lewes BN7 3AY, UK 1
26/05/2024 Green Cross Cottage 1
12/05/2024 Old Mill House 1
07/05/2024 Green Cross Cottage 1
05/05/2024 Green Cross Cottage 1
12/06/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 2
09/06/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 6
09/06/2023 Crossways, Plumpton 1
30/05/2023 Green Cross Plumpton 5
28/05/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 2
28/05/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 2
28/05/2023 Green Cross, Plumpton 2
24/05/2023 North Plumpton Farm 2
21/05/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 1
20/05/2023 Green Cross, Plumpton 2
17/05/2023 Green Cross, Plumpton 1
16/05/2023 Plumpton Lane, Plumpton 3
28/05/2022 Green Cross Plumpton 2
26/05/2022 The Rest 3
19/05/2022 The Plough, Plumpton 1
13/05/2022 The Rest 3
13/05/2022 Old Mill House 2 Photographed
09/05/2022 The Rest 2
07/05/2022 The Rest 2
03/05/2022 The Rest 2
03/05/2022 Green Cross Plumpton 3
06/08/2021 Old Mill House 2 Photographed
10/06/2021 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 4
04/06/2021 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 2
29/05/2021 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 1
28/05/2021 Old Mill House 1 Photographed
09/05/2021 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 1
06/03/2021 Old Mill House 2 Photographed
05/08/2020 Old Mill House 1 Photographed
29/06/2020 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 1
14/06/2020 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 1
14/06/2020 Old Mill House 1 Photographed
02/06/2020 The Rest, Plumpton Lane 1
31/05/2020 Old Mill House 2 Photographed
25/05/2020 Old Mill House 1 Photographed - Clear orange antennae
22/05/2020 Old Mill House 1 Photographed - Only one orange antennae
06/02/2018 Old Mill House 1 Photo embedded in pdf; cannot find original - (Verified by Bob Foreman)
13/05/2017 Plumpton Green 1 Robinson trap with mercury vapour bulb run overnight 12/13 May for Plumpton and East Chiltington Wildllife Group.
28/09/2013 Sensitive and/or private site within The Parish of Plumpton 1 Caterpillar spotted while doing annual feedback report on the state of hopefully disease resistant elm tree.
01/01/1982 Plumpton Agricultural College, 1