Winter Moths 2

At least 25 Winter Moths tonight in the local wood and it was cold and raining hard  and my first female Northern Winter Moth.(forgot to take camera dammm)
Wednesday
At least 50 Winter Moths tonight and 1 Mottled Umber

Winter Moths

Had a look down the woods tonight  and managed 4 Winter Moths and a Scarce Umber,,This next week or so should produce plenty of these winter species....Also went to Bare Head Tunnel and found 9 Heralds and 1 Peacock butterfly....

Angle Shades , Lee Mount Garden 18.11.15

A nice Angle Shades as I was sweeping up leaves on 18th Nov
Showing quite pink in some areas

Lee Mount

Last night 15th Nov
Still no computer so can't post the photos but pretty sure of a Mottled Umber on the conservatory window with the light on inside.
November Moth agg x 4
Light- brown Apple Moth x 1

And tonight so far 16th Nov
Angle Shades x 1

Lee Mount

A Scarce Umber today on the door frame - well that's what I think it was after first thinking it was a different looking Feathered Thorn. ! I will post some photos as soon as I can to double check but my computer screen  has gone down and it's now in for repair.

Lee Mount and Shibden Head 10th and 11th November

An interesting couple of days...
Yesterday (10th Nov) there was a Beautiful Plume first thing on some Lobelia which is still flowering in the outside planters .
Then Andy tipped me off about a site at Shibden Head where it was possible to find wintering/hibernating Herald Moths. I had never seen them before so this morning I decided to head up there and was thrilled to find 6 (including 3 together) on the roof of a tunnel.
These were the best photo's I could get in the circumstances - but I was well satisfied.

Also in this lower photo - a wintering Peacock Butterfly, a Herald and 2 spiders - it's a wonder the moths and butterflies don't fall victim to these small predators !! - or maybe they do (??)

And this evening with the light on in the house I found 1 November Moth agg and 2 Light Brown Apple Moths on the windows. I understand this latter species was originally from Australia and first recorded in Britain in 1936.!

More Grizzly Goings On Onth Moor !! 2015

Its been a great Year for Fox Moth Caterpillars.Having never found any over the Years at Langfield only Emperor/Northern Eggar Caterpillars,i found lots this Year in Sept/Oct.I noticed this one quite active and not feeding which looked typical for a Caterpillar searching for a spot to Pupate,but as i looked more closely i noticed at least three tiny Grubs/Maggots possibly from a Parasitic Fly or Wasp !! Dont think any Fox Moth will be emerging from this Caterpillar next Year ! Nature Eh.

Lee Mount

Yesterday evening 2nd Nov this micro was in the house. Just about 10 mm long I am still trying to i d but not getting very far.... ! I thought the white head and collar would be  a give-away !!!

Northowram 30.10.15

A very mild night not dropping below 10 degrees

Common Marbled Carpet      x 3
Red Green Carpet   x  6
Juniper Carpet        x  2
Spruce Carpet         x 2
Silver Y                x  1
Blairs Shoulder Knot  x 3
Feathered Thorn         x 1
Angle Shades           x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth   x 16
Exapate Congelatella x 1
Acleris Sparsana x 2

Northowram 29th October 2015

Brick x 1
Blair's Shoulder knot x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth x 1
Angle Shades   x 1

October Dragonflies

 Female Black Darter at Fly Flatts

Common Hawker Northowram

Northowram 21.10.2015

Angle Shades x 2
Silver Y          x 1
Common Marbled |Carpet x 3
Red Green Carpet x 3
Light Brown Apple Moth x 4
First hour after dark only.

Lee Mount

From last night 20th October
Feathered Thorn x 1
Red-green Carpet x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 3
Light Brown Apple Moth x 1
November Moth agg x 1
Beautiful Plume x 1 on the last Buddleia flowers
Plus one unidentified worn individual x 1

 Feathered Thorn

 

 

 Unidentified ?(looks worn with not  a lot to go on)

 

 

Think this is a Common Marbled Carpet (but I couldn't check the upper side with this one) !

Northowram 19.10.15

Autumn green Carpet x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 4
Red |Greet Carpet  x 6
Light brown apple Moth x 7
Angle Shades  x 1
Satellite        x 1
Feathered Thorn x 1
November Moth agg x 5
Blairs shoulder knot x 2

Fly Flats

Haworth's Minor - I thought they were well finished but found 6 on ragwort again this morning at the northern end. Some bees too were clinging on to the last remnants of summer at 9c and a NW windchill. 1 Silver Y and 2 Small Tortoiseshell as well on the ragwort was unexpected in the conditions though the sun was shining !

Lee Mount

From last night's trap 19th October
Light Brown Apple Moth x 4
Red-green Carpet x 1
Beautiful Plume x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 4 ?
November Moth agg x 4
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 1
Micro possibly Ypsolopha sequella (but it's not as clean as tne other ones recently so mabe not)?
Plus another unidentified macro as yet ! x 1
Any corrections welcome !!!

 Beautiful Plume

 

4 below are these all Common Marbled Carpet ?

 Lesser Yellow Underwing

 

 Not sure of this one ?

 

 

 November Moth agg

 

Ypsolopha sequella ?

Garden Actinics

20th October 2015

Actinic 10W

1923 Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria ABH 70.244    x1
1760  Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata 70.095     x1

1923 Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria ABH 70.244 

1760  Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata 70.095  

Lee Mount 18th October

Nothing at all in the trap in the morning - but these were round and about the trap mid evening - they just didn't want to go in !
Common Marbled Carpet x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth x 1
Red-green Carpet x 1
Brick x 1 (this was a different individual from the one the other night)

Northowram 18.oct.2015

Red Green Carpet x 4
Yellow Line Quaker x 1
Silver Y x 1
Dark Sword Grass x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth x 2
Blairs Shoulder Knot x 2
Common Marbled Carpet x 2
Mottled Umber x 1

Fly Flats

Earlier this week on 15th Oct there was still just 1 Haworth's Minor clinging on to ragwort flowers at the northern end, along with a few bees.