call for records

Any records for this year will be put into mapmate and sent to the YNU etc.
Thanks Andy

On the allotment.

 

At barely 4mm long this Firethorn Leaf Miner just fitted in to my camera’s field of view as used with the microscope at 20x. It was a awaiting its fate in a spider's web and resembled a small grass seed husk to the naked eye. 

Friday ,19,Oct.2012

A male Common Darter was a good find for up here today along with 3 Small tortoiseshell nectaring on lavendar and a Winter moth type flying in the sunshine .In the trap last night 1 Mottled Umber ,3 Blairs Shoulder Knot,2 Common Marbled Carpet,1 Black rustic,1 November Moth agg,Light Brown Apple Moth,White shouldered House Moth , Spruce and Red green Carpet.

last of the Butterflies

This may well be the last of the butterflies this year, 2 red Admiral,2 small Tortosieshell and a Specled wood in the garden on Sunday,the moths have been hard to find but 2 silver Y's nectaring on lavendar,1 Red Green carpet behind the greenhouse,1 Blairs shoulder Knot to the back light and 2 White shouldered House moth in the garage.The last of the Large yellow Underwings,Lunar Underwing and Light Brown Apple moth in the trap.

Mouth watering stuff!

http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=3460

How the other half live!

Epermenia chaerophyllella.

I had a couple of these emerge today from larvae found feeding on the underside of a Hogweed leaf in North Dean last month. Nice to see a leaf miner from a different family once in a while.

Broom Moth Larva on Hard Fern

Found this Broom Moth Larva feeding on Hard Fern Blechnum spicant. and though a common Moth species, and its Larva are found feeding on various plants,this ones  the first i have seen feeding on Hard Fern.

Rain

It started raining in Northowram on Sunday 23rd at 18.30 GMT on Wednesday 26th at 18.00 GMT its still raining ,it has'nt stopped at all in  that time.For the last 5 years Ive run my trap every night in september so this rain was'nt going to stop me so I have put it in the greenhouse with all the doors and windaws open for the last 3 nights.(pic above)
amazingly there have been moths out there...
Pink Barred sallow  5
Light Brown apple Moth  1
Black rustic   5
Silver Y  1
Large Yellow Underwing  1
Angle Shades     1
Common Marbled Marpet  3
The Silver Y was most unexpected....,,....

Spider prey

Sunday Night Craggs

Meeting on sunday night at 7 ish top car park.Weather permitting,all welcome..Bri and Andy

Phyllonorycter platanoidella Mines 20 09 2012

Found 3 Phyllonorycter platanoidella Mines on a smallish Norway Maple Tree at Todmorden station,underside of mine top, upperside lower pics,same trees ive noticed them before and where previously this Adult emerged from the above Mine,regards Bri.

More Caterpillars

Noticed this Green Silver-lines  Larva ,top,on a Elder Tree it wasnt feeding probably looking for a place to Pupate,while this Elephant Hawk Larva was feeding in earnest on Rosebay Willowherb nearby.

More Copper Underwing agg

Hardcastle Craggs

Meeting tonight at 8ish all welcome......
Great to see Marion and Cheryl and the weather was not bad for us.
Common marbled Carpetr  17
Dark Marbled Carpet            2
Dark arches                           2
Copper underwing agg          2
Spruce carpet                         2
Large YU                              7
Common Carpet                    1
Autumnal   Rustic                 3
Dunbar                                   3
Pine Carpet                             3
Devon carpet                           1
Straw Dot                                1
Lesser YU..                              3
BBYunderwing                       1
Eudonia   mer                         15
The Highlights were 3 Pine Carpets and a freshly emerged Devon Carpet.also not seen Dunbar this late before,next time we should be getting some November aggs to sort through.
Bri and andy

Copper Underwing agg ??

Still struggle with these two......

Pine carpet

Another cracking night last night,with this pine Carpet the pic of the bunch.Only the 4 th local record and the first away from its stronghold in hardcastle Craggs.A beautiful Red underwing also.

Early September

A real start to September with sun and a couple of cloudy nights.Has produced 50 species in the garden,Nettle Tap , Udea lutealis,brown and White shouldered house moth,Garden carpet,agriphila tristella,marbled Beauty and Acleris literana have been netted around the house.
 ,Orange Sallow,Orange Swift, Centre Barred Sallow(pics above) Sallow, Canary Shouldered Thorn,Black Rustic,Autumnal Rustic and Rosy Rustic  have given the week an autumnal feeling .Yellow shell,Campion, Small Phoneix, Brimstone and riband waves are the last of the summer moths.
  The new micro book has been an excellent aid in identifying the micros especially  Epinotia nisella ,ramella and  Gracillaria syringella. (caloptilia).

Well worth a look......

http://charlielepidopteraofcalderdale.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/adult-micros.html

White-letter Hairstreak

A quite ragged looking White-letter Hairstreak spotted on the canal towpath in Hebden Bridge Today, Never seen one in Hebden before. Alas no camera. Win

Iron Prominent Pupating

Found this Iron Prominent Larva, making its silken cocoon on the underside of an Alder leaf,quite a spectacular Caterpillar,the swirling gale force wind made it difficult to get a decent image,regards Bri.