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52.014 BF0382  –  Sesiidae –  Sesiinae – Bembecia ichneumoniformis – Six-belted Clearwing – (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adult Macro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –       PDF Icon – click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines
Green –  Rare / Uncommon / Scarce        day-flying – Day-flying
Taxonomy:   Macro   >>  Sesiidae  >> Sesiinae
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: There are six yellow bands around the abdomen with orange markings on the forewing which help to identify this from other clearwings.
Distribution:  (Last record: 13 July 2024 at Pleasley Pit CP )  –  A rare and notable species in Derbyshire, with scattered local populations. A probable resident, first recorded in 1986. Increase in records since, from scattered areas of the county. Pheromone lures attracted 31 individuals at West Hallam Ash Tip and a further 12 individuals at Hoe Grange Quarry on 7th July 2021. Clearwings are extremely difficult to find without the use of Pheromone lures so presumably are well overlooked.
Flight Period: June /  July /  August /  –  On the wing June- August. One generation – The moth can be obtained by sweep netting over the food plant just before dusk. Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: William Grange, Melanie Penson  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 9-12mm
 Food Plant: Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil and Kidney Vetch.
Comes readily to Pheromone Lure
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By – Jane Hewitt, Derek Whiteley
Last Recorded General Area – Pleasley Pit CP
Selected Images:  Six-belted Clearwing – Image by kind permission of Bill Grange © Melanie Penson © via Ken Orpe

52.014 BF0382 - Six-belted Clearwing - Sesiidae - Bembecia ichneumoniformis
Six-belted Clearwing – Bembecia ichneumoniformis
52.014 BF0382 - Six-belted Clearwing - Sesiidae - Bembecia ichneumoniformis
Six-belted Clearwing – Bembecia ichneumoniformis
52.014 BF0382 - Six-belted Clearwing - Sesiidae - Bembecia ichneumoniformis
52.014 BF0382 - Six-belted Clearwing - Sesiidae - Bembecia ichneumoniformis


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Six-beleted Clearwing - Allestree - Bill Grange©

 

Distribution Map for Bembecia ichneumoniformis

Found 84 records
    ↳ 3 from After 2025
    ↳ 55 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 26 from Before 2020
Flying
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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.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Bembecia ichneumoniformis

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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.

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Monthly Records By Year: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

Shading shows moth presence between dates

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Recordings By Year: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bembecia ichneumoniformis
AGR: -9.76%   |   Total % Change: -91.5%


CUSUM Analysis: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 9 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.

Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 8 (August) to provide a full-year equivalent.

ⓘ Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year) Trough (worst year) Growth periods Decline periods
Population peaked around 2001, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2020, showing a significant decline.

What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Bembecia ichneumoniformis
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bembecia ichneumoniformis
( 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 - Bembecia ichneumoniformis – 84 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Calver Sough, Derbyshire, UKSK27H08/07/20251Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gang Mine, CromfordSK25X17/06/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Land near Newfield SchoolSK38L20/06/20252adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit Country ParkSK46X13/07/20241adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit Country ParkSK46X13/07/20241Not recordedvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit Country ParkSK46X13/07/20241adultvc57_irecords_extract
GodkinSK44I04/08/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
Forbes Hole LNRSK43W07/08/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
GlapwellSK46T10/08/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
GlapwellSK46T10/08/20232adultvc57_irecords_extract
GlapwellSK46T10/08/20239adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit, near cafeSK46X10/08/202310adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit Orchid MeadowSK46X10/08/20232adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit, track to pit topSK46X10/08/20239adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Pit Top near lakeSK46X10/08/202311adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hoe Grange QuarrySK25I02/07/20232adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L11/07/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L11/07/20236adultvc57_irecords_extract
Wirksworth Stone CentreSK25H23/07/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
Wirksworth Stone CentreSK25X23/07/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
Wirksworth Stone CentreSK25X23/07/20235adultvc57_irecords_extract
CrichSK35M09/07/20233adultvc57_irecords_extract
Arkwright Colliery SiteSK47F29/07/20235adultvc57_irecords_extract
Arkwright Waste GroundSK47J29/07/202359adultvc57_irecords_extract
Ambaston Gravel PitsSK43F05/07/20235adultvc57_irecords_extract
Aston-on-Trent Gravel PitsSK42J06/07/202311adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hay DaleSK17R07/07/202312adultvc57_irecords_extract
Stanton Gate LNRSK43Z30/06/20231adultvc57_irecords_extract
Bolsovermoor QuarrySK47V25/06/20233adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hay DaleSK17R09/08/20226adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hoe Grange Quarry, DerbysSK25I03/07/20226adultvc57_irecords_extract
Aston Brickyards NR, DerbyshireSK43A10/07/20224adultvc57_irecords_extract
Derbyshire, UKSK43A10/07/20221Adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20222adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20228adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20221adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20221adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20229adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20225adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20223adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20222adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam Ash TipSK44L26/07/20221adultvc57_irecords_extract
Stanton Lagoon, IlkestonSK43U26/07/20221adultvc57_irecords_extract
Derbyshire, UKSK07X16/07/20221Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Derbyshire, UKSK26I20/07/20221Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Colliery SiteSK46X25/07/20226adultvc57_irecords_extract
Blackwell Trail:BlackwellSK45I20/08/20211adultvc57_irecords_extract
West Hallam formet Ash Tip, DerbyshireSK44G07/07/202114adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hoe Grange Quarry, DerbyshireSK25I07/07/202112adultvc57_irecords_extract
Blackwell Trail, DerbyshireSK45I30/07/20212adultvc57_irecords_extract
Blackwell Trail, DerbyshireSK45I30/07/20212adultvc57_irecords_extract
Heanor and Loscoe, UKSK44I30/07/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Norton Lees, Sheffield, UKSK38L12/07/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Saint-Gobain Pipeworks, Staveley [centroid]SK47C29/07/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47H29/07/20204Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47H29/07/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47H30/06/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Staveley Chemical Works, Staveley [centroid]SK47H22/06/20203Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hucknall Disused Railway LWS, nr. HuthwaiteSK45T22/07/20191Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Norton Lees, Sheffield, UKSK38L29/06/20191Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Black Plantation LongstoneSK17W07/07/20171Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hoe Grange QuarrySK25I25/07/20171Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hartshead Quarry DWT reserveSK16K05/07/20161Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Former Friargate railway station siteSK33N31/07/20152adultvc57_irecords_extract
Hartshead Quarry, nr HartingtonSK16K26/06/20151Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Millennium Meadow NR, DuffieldSK34L11/07/20131Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Shipley Park (Flat Meadow), IlkestonSK44H08/07/20121Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Rowthorne Trail Meadow, PleasleySK46W19/07/20121Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Avenue Washlands DWT reserveSK36Y19/07/20111Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Halldale Quarry,MatlockSK26V04/06/20111Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Pleasley Pit (Building)SK46X21/06/20101Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Hassop Common,CalverSK27G07/07/20072Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Black Plantation,Great LongstoneSK17W09/07/20071Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Pleasley Pit NR (Pit Buildings)SK46X21/06/20071Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Chellaston Brick Pits LNR (slope), DerbySK33V12/08/20051Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Chellaston Brick Pits LNR (slope), DerbySK33V12/08/20051Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Hall Dale Quarry,MatlockSK26V20/07/200121Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Clough Wood,Darley DaleSK26K22/06/20015Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Clough Wood,Darley DaleSK26K28/06/200121Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Clough Wood,Darley DaleSK26K05/07/199911Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Shipley Park (Shipley West Invert Survey), IlkestonSK44M15/07/19981Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Clough Wood,Darley Dale (site not precise)SK26K09/07/19971Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Hilton Gravel Pits NR, Hilton, Burton on TrentSK23K26/07/19901Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Hilton Gravel Pits NR, Hilton, Burton on TrentSK23K26/07/19901Adultvc57_danes_bc_data

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