– click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines
– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
– Migrant 
– Day-flying
– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
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Distribution Map for Acherontia atropos
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 3 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 13 from Before 2020
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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.
Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.
NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Acherontia atropos
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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however,
the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.
Monthly Records By Year:
Acherontia atropos
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year: Acherontia atropos
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Acherontia atropos
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Acherontia atropos
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Acherontia atropos
AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%
Acherontia atropos
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Acherontia atropos
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Acherontia atropos
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Acherontia atropos
Acherontia atropos
( data includes Adult Stage only )
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Acherontia atropos – 16 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acherontia atropos | Peak District National Park, Hope Valley, England, GB | SK18M | 2024 | 21/09/2024 | 1 | Adult | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Acherontia atropos | Croft House Way, Chesterfield, England, GB | SK47Q | 2023 | 02/09/2023 | 1 | Larva | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Acherontia atropos | Allestree, Derby | SK34K | 2022 | 05/09/2022 | 1 | larva | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Acherontia atropos | Whaley Bridge (road nr school) | SK08A | 1990 | 11/07/1990 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Raynesway, Derby (BT Computer Centre) | SK33X | 1990 | 17/05/1990 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Storrs Rd, Chesterfield | SK37K | 1980 | 25/09/1980 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Troway, Dronfield | SK37Z | 1979 | 01/09/1979 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Gleadless Townend, Sheffield | SK38W | 1969 | 17/09/1969 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Hilton, Burton on Trent (site not precise) | SK23K | 1958 | 01/09/1958 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Belper (site not precise) | SK34M | 1956 | 01/10/1956 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Mapleton, Ashbourne (site not precise) | SK14T | 1956 | 01/09/1956 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Castleton (site not precise) | SK18L | 1956 | 14/09/1956 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Holmewood (site not precise) | SK46H | 1956 | 14/09/1956 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Chesterfield | SK37W | 1952 | 11/09/1952 | 2 | Larvae | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Bakewell (site not precise) | SK26E | 1949 | 01/01/1949 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Acherontia atropos | Weston on Trent | SK42E | 1941 | 16/08/1941 | 1 | Larvae | vc57_danes_bc_data |