Management plans

I am currently updating and writing the management plans for a number of sites around central, north & eastern Calderdale. As part of this I need to put the species lists in. If anyone has any lists of species seen in any of the following sites then I would really appreciate them emailing to me. chris.sutcliffe@calderdale.gov.uk Site I need records for are:- Ogden Water Cunnary Wood/Beacon Hill Shelf Hall Woods/Sun Woods Beechwood Park Scarr & Long Woods Brackenbeds/Snake Hill Cheers Chris

Scarlet Caterpillarclub

Cordyceps militaris from the Calderdale Fungi blog. I found it at Saville Park in a private garden this week and Michael Sykes of Halifax Scientific Society identified it.

          It grows on the body of a dead larva or pupa, the mycelium replacing the insides of the insect.

Heralds

Had a look in Bare Head Tunnel today and found 7 roosting Heralds,camera and torch were out of power as soon as I got there(dohh)so this is an old photo.Could have been more so will be going back with a decent light again soon,had 4 Spruce Carpets around the outside light last week .Anyone fancy a look give me a bell....

North Yorkshire

My appologies for posting something outside Calderdale here but took a trip to Stape over the weekend on the North Yorkshire Moors. Friday night brought the following to a kitchen window 2 x December Moth (see pic) 1 x Agonopterix arenella 2 x Winter Moth 1 x Mottled Umber (see pic of moth with v dark cross bands) Winston

Sexton Beetle

Hi All, Found this Nicrophorus investigator up on a reservoir wall up above Haworth yesterday. Winston

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......