Fly Flatts

This morning - I found 2 Fox Moth caterpillars at the northern end - this one was eating grass stalk (purple moor grass ? ) near an area of sparse heather with the other one nearby.

If anyone can help with these dragonflies I found around the new ponds that would be a help.
I am thinking Black Darter maybe - but it's a new one to me ! or more likely I have not noticed them before !!
Front one (male?) is dark and the other (female?) - yellowish with a slightly larger body.
They were not as large as Common Hawker (maybe half the size) but buzzed around pretty quickly so it was difficult to get any really good shots.

Lee Mount (more from last night 10th Sep)

 Copper Underwing agg

 

 

 Lesser Yellow Underwing

 

 

 Shuttle-shaped Dart

 

 

Not worked this one out - yet ?

 Brown-spot Pinion - thanks Andy (another lifer!)

Corrections welcomed !

Lee Mount 10th Sept

Last night

Wonder if all these are different Common Marbled Carpet ??

Ghost Moths on the BBC

Well done to Steve Cummings last night one of the stars of the One show  .You can skip to the Ghost Moth bit about half way through...






http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b068z9xs/the-one-show-10092015

National Moth Night

Tonight we will be at Hardcastle Craggs  car park from 7,30 running the trap till late...All welcome.....Target will be Devon Carpet

Lee Mount

From last night 9th Sepember....with a few queries....
It was quite windy and cold but I managed to get just a few.

These 2 below are the same moth I think (it had a raised abdomen) I wondered if it was a 'strange ' Small Phoenix ?? as I can't find anything like it in the books - Correction - Common Marbled Carpet

 Above - thought last night it was a Dun-bar but it was slightly bigger ? Correction - Dun-bar

Six-striped Rustic ?? Correction Square-spot Rustic

Lesser Yellow Underwing ??

 

Also (I think)!

10+ Large Yellow Underwing

1 Garden Carpet

1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Several Eudonia micros

1 Mother of Pearl

 

Ghost Moths on BBC 1 One SHow tonight

Our very own Steve Cummings is on the one show tonight with footage of ghost moths filmed in Halifax and Bradford. Will put a link up when it comes on I player....

Autumn Moths

An excellent night last night with a record September count of 74 LY Underwings and my first September record of Clouded Border also Sallow x 2 , Pink barred Sallow x 2 , Black Rustic x 1, Small Square Spot x 2 , Square Spot Rustic x 5 , Heath rustic x 1 , Chevron  x 1 , Antler Moth x 1 and Grey Chi...and a good micro Lobesia littoralis.

Lee Mount



 

2 from last weekend but not sure which Copper Underwing this is?

 Copper Underwing sp

 

 

This looks a bit worn but maybe Shuttle Shaped Dart ?

Brown Spot Pinion

Had a Brown Spot Pinion emerge from a larvae I found on heather  yesterday and also had 2 in the trap last night. Not much else in the trap recently a couple of Sallows and a Svennsons Copper Underwing.

Ogden

Fox moth larvea starting to show near the lower end of the golf course this afternoon.
It was starting to thunder and rain so didn't have time to get one at full stretch.

Lee Mount

Prompted by Chris's post last night I went out with a torch.....
and found this Green-veined White Butterfly on Erysimum. It was still there this morning but disappeared around 08:30 !

Hipperholme

A quick walk round the garden with the torch produced 1 Old Lady feeding on butterfly bush. Also 1 beautiful golden Y.

Tortrix

Habitat  Garden (Scabby)

Actinic

31/ Aug?2015

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata ABH 70.049  x1
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata  ABH 70.062  x1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba  ABH 73.342   x1

03/sept/15

2107 Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba  ABH 73.342   x11
2318 The Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina ABH 73,216  x1
2134 Square Spot Rustic Diarsia rubi ABH 73.357 x2

04/sept/15

2107 Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba  ABH 73.342   x 3

1048 Garden Rose Tortrix, Acleris variegana, ABH 49.077    x1        
0728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata ABH 70.049  x1
2293 Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica ABH 73.084  x1
2299  Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis ABH 73,062  x1

10/ Sept/15

2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba ABH 73.342 x5
0728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata ABH 70.049  x2
1405 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis ABH 63.038 x3
2134 Square Spot Rustic Diarsia rubi ABH 73.357 x1

2293 Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica ABH 73.084

1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata ABH 70.049  x1

TBC

Hot of the press 10 pm this pm Any suggestions ? Apple Tree nearby Possibly a specimen of  not so well 

marked

Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana ??

Caterpillar ?

Can anyone identify this prey item which the Cuckoos at Bradshaw are eating from the nettle patches and also the Black Redstart at Green Withens was eating one today from the nettles after a tussle !
Not brilliant photos unfortunately !

Cunnery Wood 29th August 2015

Habitat Pond Side Cunnery Wood Mixed Trees inc Bird Cherry

Weather. Eviening 12 deg Overcast Moon Full

Comments - No advancement on species since visit from last week . Notable as the main moth of the evening was Blastocella figures being conservative estimates, still prevalent where the Bird Cherry Ermine and one Flame Shoulder present . The Eudonias are a tricky call to species and are a moss feeder at larval stage One Caterpillar believed to be an Angle Shades was seen feeding on nearby nettle at night .Cooler evening temperatures may have resulted in reduced catches as opposed to a few weeks previous

Other Entomology Included a number of tree Wasp Dolichovespula and a  Caddis one of which sent a clear message to the Calderdale Caddis Club about night time disturbance. The Caddis in question certainly Potamophylax sp likely  Potamophylax latipennis

0873 Blastobasis adustella  ABH 41.0002                                      x 120+
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella ABH  16.001    x50
2107  Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba  ABH 73.342      x20
1405 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis ABH 63.038                      x4
1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata ABH 70.053                   x1
2306 Angle Shades Final Instar TBC   ABH 73.113                         x1
         Eudonia sp TBC

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1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata ABH 70.053 

1340 Eudonia *truncicolella or merculla TBC

Query TBC Came in with a Riband Smal Fan Foot Wave ??????

28th August 2015

East Riddlesden Hall (Aire Valley)

I was asked to run my moth trap at the apiary adjacent to East Riddlesden Hall.
As it's only 200m away from my garden I quite happily obliged.

At least three lifers were caught among the usual suspects.

 August Thorn

 Acleris Laterana

Acleris Emargana

Lee Mount moths from 28th August

Any help with these appreciated !

Think this is Small Phoenix - but it seems bigger than the book (describes it as 15mm) as this one is 20mm. Don't think it's a Phoenix ?

 

Think Willow Beauty ?

Not sure - Square-spot type ?

Lee Mount moths from 27th August

 

Struggling with these !

 

 

 

 

Square-spot Rustic ?

 

 

 

Fly Flatts

 

I was surprised to find this moth clinging on to Ragwort this afternoon in the strong blustery wind at the northern end of Fly Flatts.

About 25 to 30mm long but don't know what it is - and there's not a lot to go on !?