I was thinking about butterflies and how much I liked to see them flitting around in the sun. Butterfly season will be a long time coming. I decided to create one for my amusement. Then, as it's a quiet time on this blog, I thought I'd post it, to brighten the day.
Winter Moth 28 males , 2 females and 2 Brick tonight..
6th Dec
Winter Moth x 94 males and 5 females , 1 Brick and 1 Yellow Line Quaker which seems a bit late now.....
7th Dec
Winter Moth x 33 and 1 Yellow Line Quaker...
11th Dec
47 Winter moths and 1 female (calm and clear skies)
12th
21 Winter Moth 1 female ( heavy rain and strong wind)
13th
9 Winter Moth ( heavy rain and strong wind)
14th
7 Winter Moth/....(cold with slight breeze)
Yep, as hoped from my post last night - 7 moths this morning - they all turned up after 11 o'clock interestingly. Unfortunately, no Northern Winter Moths after one of 2 records in Yorkshire coming from the garden here.
Moth Trap 29th November 2020
Satellite x2 [NFY] - 1x Orange dot, 1x white dot
Mottled Umber x2 [NFY]
Winter Moth x2 [NFY]
Chestnut x1
After an extensive period of not running the trap here in the garden I flicked it on tonight. Various factors like bad weather and stuff to do have stopped me moffing for about a month but I have 2 weeks of home and garden confinement now so I may get some more trapping in after tonight's efforts. The weather is quite warm so after all the amazing moths that I have recorded I'm hoping for something tonight.
Anyway the point is, I'm back. So if I get anything in my efforts a post will come in the morning.
Limited return from overnight but interesting all the same and better than nothing !
Silver Y x 1
Mottled Umber x 2
Winter Moth x 1 gone up to 3 this evening !
Tachystola acroxantha x 1
Shut the trap off last night in the wet and windy conditions. Surprised this morning to find a Scarce Umber on the outside door. I thought it was dead, with the wind blowing it's wings, so potted it up and put it in a more sheltered position. It moved so I was pleased it was still alive.
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Four moths so far today but still hoping for some tonight.
First Winter Moth here. I kept disturbing a moth I couldn't get to grips with earlier this evening. Final check outside before lights out I found it on the side door.
Some amazing records come up down south.
A Common Quaker in Stevenage, Hertfordshire
A Radford Flame Shoulder in Bodenham, Herefordshire
Hello everybody.
A very mild night with thick fog.....
Light Brown Apple Moth x 3
Red Green Carpet x 1
Blairs Shoulder Knot x 1
Spruce Carpet x 2
Garden Rose Tortrix x 1
White Shouldered House Moth x 1
Tachystola acroxantha x1
Angle Shades x 1
Mottled Umber x 2 - both still here from 5th Nov
Last week or so, nothing doing. One moth last night and still here this morning.
Mottled Umber x 2
Also Light-brown Apple-moth disturbed in garden vegetation
There was a nice surprise for me this morning. It may well prove to be my last Angle Shades moth of the season. It's showing slight signs of wear, but is still a very handsome moth.
Not a lot since the last post on 18th Oct
A great night, with 2 NFGs. Sorry this post is belated, TalkTalk decided to shut the whole Ryburn Ward's internet down yesterday.
Moth Trap 21st October:
Ypsolopha sequella x1 [NFG]
Autumn Green Carpet x1 [NFG]
Feathered Thorn x1 [NFY]
Angle Shades x2 [NFY]
November Moth Agg. x6
Yellow Line Quaker x4
Red Green Carpet x1
Chestnut x1
Sorry about the poor pictures, they were taken bleary-eyed at 5:30am on a Monday
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| Autumn Green Carpet, Rishworth, 19th October |
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| Feathered Thorn, Rishworth, 19th October |
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| Ypsolopha sequella, Rishworth, 19th October |
A Red Admiral and Small White yesterday , in the trap Yellow Line Quaker , Blairs shoulder Knot x 2 ,LBAM and a Blastobasis ardustella....Also of note from Ian Hargreaves at Keighley Moor a December Moth last night...so not too far away......
It was a much warmer evening last night as a result, at 11:00 p.m. last night, three more moths arrived. (The November Moth Agg. already reported, was discovered earlier today, at at 4:00 p.m.).
1 x Siver Y
1 x Light Brown Apple
1 x Common Marbled Gardem (Brown variety)
I 've been tripped up twice with moths in the last couple of weeks, so I'm asking two quesions;
1) Is the moth below, a Winter Moth? If so, it's another first for me.
2) How the devil do moths know what they look like, to enable the to chose the best camouflage surface near them? After all, they don't have little mirrors. Er... they don't, do they?
My thanks to Edward, for correcting my misidentified moth. See below.
I had a nice surprise this morning. A Red-Green Carpet, (worn) and two Angle Shades caterpillars, brown form.
I've never seen two of the latter at the same time before. They gave me a little trouble at first. The markings on the ones below, are different to the other brown forms I've seen. Both are such a very dark brown, as to look almost a dull black. The photos showed otherwise. Caterpillar number 2, has quite a lot of green markings, as the images show.
Not bad last night here in Rishworth, good to get some NFYs and of couse, a beautiful Merveille du Jour.
Moth Trap 17th October:
Acleris sparsana x1 [NFY]
Red Line Quaker x1 [NFY]
Spruce Carpet x1 [NFY]
Merveille du Jour x1
November Moth Agg. x2
Common Marbled Carpet x1
Red Green Carpet x1
Yellow Line Quaker x3
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| Spruce Carpet, Rishworth, 17th October |
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| Red Line Quaker, Rishworth, 17th October |
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| Acleris sparsana, Rishworth, 17th October |
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| Merveille du Jour, Rishworth, 17th October |
Just popped out to the trap because I saw a triangle on the lamps rain cover and thought it was a Feathered Thorn but was delighted to find it was a Merveille du Jour, my second this year and third ever here in two years
Still here from yesterday - Common Marbled Carpet, Red-green Carpet, November Moth agg x 7 and Mottled Umber all hiding away on the fence near the trap.
One new one for the autumn this morning
Another very wet overnight but managed a single Satellite in the trap and a November Moth agg on the fence as well as the resident Silver Y still doing the rounds on the garden pot plants.
4 Heralds in Bare Head Tunnel , Silver Y and Red Admiral on Ivy in garden....and on next doors heather , Small Tortoiseshell , Red Admiral and a pristine Comma...!!!
I am now working on the update to the moth report I published earlier this year..If anybody has anything they would like to contribute or take out of the last one, seen any massive mistakes,,please email me or leave a comment below..I am planning the next edition in March 2021,,cheers
Better than expected overnight
1 x Garden Rose Tortix today.
It was cold and windy last night, I didn't think I'd see anything.
Blairs Shoulder Knot x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth x 1
Garden Rose Tortrix x 1
Not great but still not had a blank, so satisfactory.
Yellow Line Quaker X2
November Moth Agg. X1
This poest has been amended on the 11th Oct. 2020, after David and Edward corrected my mistake. Thank you both. I've adjusted my original post. The following is now correct.
A nice surprise for me this morning, an Autumn Green Carpet moth.
Red Admiral on Verbena Bonariensis/Japanese Anenome. Also one on Nasturtium 'Alpine Mixed'.
From last night
I don't know about anyone else, but Autumn here in Rishworth has been very poor. I have had no Sallows apart from 1 Centre Barred Sallow and Orange Sallow in August. I have added a right truckload of species to my list, e.g Small Autumnal Moth, but species from last year, other than Rosy Rustic and Common Marbled Carpet, have been quite patchy. I don't know if it is general decrease in trapping nights due to busier days combined with bad weather. Any thoughts comments are welcome.
Another poor quality 3 am photo, a Strawberry Tortrix. A little worse for wear. Nothing else I'm aftaid.
Not the best night but it was alright.
Moth Trap 5th October:
November Moth Agg. X6
Copper Underwing Agg. X1
Red Green Carpet x1
Common Marbled Carpet X2 (Orange blaze)
Red Admiral today on the Verbena and a Speckled Wood showed along the tree line several times.
For what it's worth, there was one Large White in Halifax town cenrtre today. It seems reasnable to assume there must be others.
Butterflies:
1 x Large White 30th Sept.
Moths on our door lastnight.
1 x Twenty Plume.
1 x Light Brown Apple.
