Shibden Valley

 Unidentified moth

Lee Mount - 27th May

 Still quiet on the moth front here. Just 2 moths this morning.

Garden Carpet x 1

Alder Moth x 1

Alder Moth (only 3rd record for here)

Lee Mount - 20th May

 

Sycamore (at 22mm) on the pebble dashing still there this morning 21st 

Also this Diamond-back Moth

Pale Tussock is still on the fence from the 18th.

At least 20+ Twenty-plume Moths on the flowering honeysuckle in recent evenings

Lee Mount - 19th May

 Orange Footman was a first for here.......

Also one each of a Bee Moth, Common Marbled Carpet, Brindled Pug and a Shuttle-shaped Dart.

Hebden Bridge

Comma 1 

Lee Mount - 18th May

Slight improvement from recent weeks......

Brimstone Moth x 1

Clouded Silver x 1

Oak Hook-tip x 1 (2nd record for here)

Pale Tussock x 1

Tachystola acroxantha x 8

Brown House-moth x 1

Light-brown Apple-moth x 1

Oak Hook-tip

Pale Tussock

Hag Lane - off Bradford Old Road

The 9th May 2020  was my earliest Wall Brown so today's, 12th May was not far behind. I target this area for them each year as they always seem to be very special, to me anyway, in Calderdale. The hilltops in this area seem to be a reliable spot though they are never plentiful and sometimes take a bit of searching for, usually along the dusty tracks and dry stone walls.

Lee Mount - this last week.

Not a lot. !! It's been really slow.... just a few to share but most mornings - an empty trap..

Lots of Twenty-plume Moths have been showing at dusk with 20+ around the honeysuckle. A couple of Brindled Pugs, Satellite, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker and Dyseriocrania subpurpurella.

Clouded-bordered Brindle (12th May)

Flame Carpet (10th May)

Gracillaria syringella (10th May)

Tachystola acroxantha (3 this morning 12th May)

Cold Edge

 ? Latticed Heath. There were about 5 of these moths in a small area of heather.

Stainland.

 1 x Bee Moth (male)

1 x Moth fly (no photo)   

I've tried for 3 years or more to get a photo of one. I manage one shot two years ago, it was ok, not great. Being so small is one problem - 1.5 to 4mm. I'd consider a 4mm one as a giant. The other difficulty is that they don't sit still very long.

Bee Moth - male

Stainland.

1x Garden Carpet.

Garden Carpet.

Cold Edge

Small tortoiseshell 1, Orange Tip male 1. Searched bilberries for Green Hairstreak without success. 

Wainstalls

1 male Orange Tip