Cunnery Wood

A quick toot around this morning and we had...

Speckled Wood
Large White (I think)
Comma caterpillar

lots of Bird Cherry Ermine nests
Nettle Tap
Lots of Nemophora degeerella

Lee Mount - 8th June

I wanted to check these two top ones - both in the trap on Friday morning. The nearest I could get was Ingrailed Clay - but they are certainly unlike the typical one I caught earlier in the week which is the lower one below. I gather they can be very variable !

 

Ingrailed Clay from 1st June

Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata.

One moth today, the weather seems to have kept them away from the door.

Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Moths 31st May 2017

Garden Moths  31st  May 2017

Weather

Warm , still , little or no breeze moderate humidity
MV120 W

Main Moths Common Marbled Carpets & Brimstone

Other Entomology

Orange ladybird
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Caddis



65.005 BF1648  Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria

70.226 BF1906  Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

49.039 BF998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

70.100 BF1776  Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria

70.097 BF1764  Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata

70.280 BF1958  Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata

73.156 BF2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata
73.015 BF2441  Silver Y Autographa gamma
70.252 BF1931  Peppered Moth Biston betularia
72.015 BF2028  Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda
71.012 BF2000  Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
73.329 BF2102  Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
70.054 BF1727  Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata

70.061 BF1738  Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata
72.055 BF2492  Small Fan-foot Herminia grisealis

Tortrix

Pug
Scoparia

72.055 BF2492  Small Fan-foot Herminia griseali

70.280 BF1958  Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata



70.061 BF1738  Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata




73.329 BF2102  Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta

Lee Mount - 2nd June

A quieter night but still some good moths...
Common Swift x 4
Peppered Moth x 3 together
Sallow (I think) Kitten the same moth I guess as the night previously
Common Marbled Carpet x 2
Miller x 1
Brimstone Moth x 1
Buff-tip x 1 (only the second one for here) a beauty !

 One of three Peppered Moths

 Miller

 

Buff-tip

Lee Mount - 1st June

26 species and nearly 50 moths in total but still going through the photos.

Queries first ?
First 3 photo's below (never seen one of these before) - is this Sallow Kitten (c16 mm wing length) rather than Poplar Kitten ?

 Not sure which Wave this is (a confusing bunch but don't think it's Riband Wave) wing length c14mm) - think maybe Common White Wave

Think this must be an Ingrailed Cley


And 3 different Pugs below all about the same Brindled Pug size. Wonder if the lower one of the three could be Mottled Pug with the distinct marks beyond the central spot.

 

Lee Mount - 31st May

23 species total 47 moths.
Too many to list just now !
Query with this one - think maybe Rustic Shoulder-knot ?

Some more queries to follow from the next few days - thanks for any help !

Lee Mount - 27th May

Common Marbled Carpet x 1
Dark Dagger/Grey Dagger x 1
Garden Carpet x 1
Elephant Hawkmoth x 1
Cinnabar x 1
Clouded Bordered Brindle (I think) x 1
Scalloped Hazel x 1
Peppered Moth x 1
Common Swift x 1
Tachystola acroxantha x 3

 Just need to check this one out (above and below - it is the same moth probably different exposure) which I think is the darker form of Clouded-bordered Brindle ?

 Cinnabar

 

Elephant Hawkmoth

Garden Moths 28th May 2017

 28th May 2017

Weather: Warm , Breeze Intermittent , with good yield. Moderately Humid Rain early AM

Lots of Brimstone and Ruby Tigers appearing

MV120 W 

69.001 BF1979   Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae

70.226 BF1906   Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x5
72.024 BF2064   Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa x7

62.001 BF1428   Bee Moth Aphomia sociella

70.049 BF1728   Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata

49.039 BF998     Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana  x3
70.097 BF1764   Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata

70.100 BF1776   Green Carpet Colostygia pectinatari

28.010 BF647     Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
70.240 BF1920   Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata
71.012 BF2000   Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
12.033 BF247     Tinea trinotella
73.173 BF233     Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis




70.240 BF1920   Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata




69.001 BF1979   Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae




72.024 BF2064   Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa x7







70.100 BF1776   Green Carpet Colostygia pectinatari




49.039 BF998     Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana




62.001 BF1428   Bee Moth Aphomia sociella





71.012 BF2000   Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius

73.156 [B&F: 2326] Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 

12.033 BF247      Tinea trinotella









73.173 BF2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis

Red Admiral

3 /4 Red Admirals in and around the garden on Saturday 28th May

Lee Mount - 25th May

A busy few hours after 10 pm with 47 moths identified from 19 species - including some 'gems' which I later found in the trap this morning.
Please, as ever, correct any errors with identification !

 Green Silver-lines

 

 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

 

 Cabbage Moth

 

 Shuttle-shaped Dart ?

I did struggle with this one with wings open as they look more obvious with the wings closed !

 

 Spectacle

 

 

The big surprise for here ! This was one moth I definitely was not expecting having only seen one before on Norland Moor with Andy, Colin and Glen last summer. At first I thought maybe a Phoenix type, it wouldn't keep still though I managed a few shots before it was off. It was only later, on checking the books, I realised what it was.  

 

 Beautiful Snout

Lee Mount - 24th May

This moth was, as far as I can recall, a new one for here. It was so white with the 2 obvious black spots on the edge of the forewing. It just gave me time to get a couple of shots before it was off..

 White-pinion Spotted

 

Swales Moor 25th May

It's a struggle keeping up with 'blogging' when the weather has been so good. Who want's to be on the computer inside when it's fine. (or even when it's wet for that matter)!!

Wall Brown - Ringby Lane seems to be  a spot for them, though they are still scarce even there and take some finding. Yesterday turned up trumps with three found including a pair 'in cop' and also a single Silver Y Moth on the top.

Wall Brown

 

We also checked the area around the top of Claremount and Pepper Hill today (26th) but without success though we have seen them in that area in recent years. Think the fresh >SE wind was  a factor today as even though the weather was 'scorching' we did not see many butterflies as they were probably keeping low down in the, as yet, unmown meadows.