Vapourer

I was pleased to finally pin one of these down on the moor , I have seen a few in recent years but just fly by's and was never confident to claim them in flight..????!!!!!! I am now sure they are quite regular on the moors edge in Calderdale..Love the small antennae of this moth

Shroggs landfill etc

8+ Speckled Wood butterfly's along the tree lines this morning along with a Silver Y.

Flounced Rustic in the trap this morning along with the usuals.

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Stainland.

It was a warm, still night last night, it brought several moths. There must be a lot more flying about in the garden that I never see.

4 x Blastobasis adustella.
1 x  Agriphila tristella.
1 x Double Striped Pug.
1 x Small Phoenix (TBC).

The last in the list above is very worn, I belive it to be a Small Phoenix. As always, I shall be delighted to be disabused on that.

My thanks to Charlie and Andy for correcting my IDs below. I've updated the name of the moths.

Blastobasis adustella.

Agriphila tristella.

Double Striped Pug.

Common Marbled Carpet.

VC63 Garden Moths 01 & 02 September 2018

Sat 01 September 2018

Weather Warm 16-17 o  Humidity Low . Still Preceding days warm with sunshine

MV120

Other Entomology  Large numbers of Het , Caddis and Cranefly


73.325 BF2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta  x3

73.107 BF2300    Old Lady Mormo maura     x5

49.039 BF0998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

41.002 BF0873    Blastobasis adustella

73.342 BF2107    Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba  x15
49.062 BF1036    Maple Nutton Acleris forsskaleana

63.018 BF1378    Elder Pearl Anania coronata
73.015 BF2441    Silver Y Autographa gamma

73.107 BF2300    Old Lady Mormo maur





73.325 BF2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta





49.039 BF0998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana





Sun  02 September 2018

73.107 BF2300    Old Lady Mormo maura     x3
73.342 BF2107    Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba  x26
73.113 BF2306    Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa  x1

49.039 BF0998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x28

September Butterflies

Had a few Red Admirals , Speckled Woods , Small and Large Whites today , any more September records please leave a message below....

Stainland.

Two moths today. The first one, I'm not 100% sure of, but think it is a Dark Arches. If so, it's another first for me.

 Dark Arches. TBC.

The second one is, as far as I can tell, a Common Plume. I've photographed several of these over the last four years. None of them have had the red/brown patches on legs and wings. I know they can vary in marking or colouration, so I've settled on that. 

Common Plume. TBC

Common Plume. (TBC) Detail

showing the red patches.

Lee Mount - 1st September

Centre-barred Sallow this morning but not a lot else the last few nights other than Large Yellow and Lesser Yellow Underwings, Copper Underwing aggs, and Square-spot Rustics.

Painted Lady and Red Admiral yesterday on the Buddleia but the bush is fading now though the Sedum is coming into flower.

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Moth trapping

Moth trapping tonight at Cromwell bottom ....light on from 9.30..............all welcome

Stainland, Center Barred Sallow.

Just before 11 pm, Anne spotted a moth outside on the fanlight. It's not the best shot I've taken, but I could hardly get ladders out to reach it at this time of night.

Center-Barred Sallow.

Stainland.

First, a new moth for me, a Double Striped Pug. It's always nice to find new ones.

Double Striped Pug.

Yet another Agriphila tristella today as well. It's strange, I've seen a few this year, but never seen them before, to my knowledge.

I still have the Canary-Shouldered Thorn too. It must have been too cold for it  fly last night.

Lee Mount - 27th and 28th august

Cant get any photo's on at the moment but managed a nice looking Yellow Shell on the side door the last 2 days
1 Ypsolopha sequella
1 Flounced Rustic
1 Garden Carpet
Still a few Square-spot Rustic and Copper Underwing agg
4 yellow underwing types last night with 15 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow U/w and a Broad-bordered Yellow U/w

Managed to get the photo's sorted

 Yellow Shell

 

This Pug appeared tonight and after some deliberation I think it must be a White-spotted Pug. The white spots on the forewing and hindwing seem to be in the right place as do the two white spots on each side of the abdomen, though the suspected spot on the thorax doesn't seem to hardly show.

 White-spotted Pug (TBC)

 

Willow Beauty

Stainland.

I found a Light Brown Apple moth in the hall not long after posting the Canary-Shouldered Thorn.

Light Brown Apple.

Stainland, Canary-Shouldered Thorn.

A Canary-Shouldered Thorn was waiting for me this morning.  Such a lovely moth.

Canary-Shouldered Thorn.

Canary-Shouldered Thorn.

Stainland, ID Needed.

I think I have another Agriphila tristella, I'm not 100% certain. The last one I showed here was very worn, this is a much fresher moth. If' I'm wrong with my ID, please correct me.

Agriphila tristella. TBC.

Stainland.

A worn Lesser Yellow Underwing - Noctua comes, was sheltering from the rain today. To misquote a well known saying, "If Summer comes, can Winter be far behind?" It certainly feels that way today.

Lesser Yellow Underwing.

Bloodvein

Another Bloodvein in Luddenden foot last week , a very good year for this species..(thanks Martyn)

Map Mate

Mapmate - The Following link Contains a 2017/ 2018 Patch Fixed edition if any one is installing Map Mate from XP to Window 7 Map Mate

If you are installing from an earlier platform  remember to enable Compatability and tick administrator as indicated in the above link

FEET hold a substantive database which I am in the process of licencing for records held from the North of England . Map Mate allows a range of reporting functions including species specific site maps POST WILL UPDATE

The data we hold on Cromwell Bottom extends over an 19+ year longitudinal study and we will shortly commenting on the plans to "excavate Lagoon 1 "  The comment may be read

HERE  Deep Excavation of Gravel Pit Cromwell Bottom LNR

(link) shortly in due course and has due regard for the invertebrate assemblages including various lepidoptera within the specific   Habitat Mosaics and  linkages as well as other factors . Our data is not a 3 month window on an isolated part of the reserve in an exceptional year and is not restricted to ground sampling alone or limitted vegetative layer (s). Neither has such a view been commissioned with a client brief

We have not yet got round to culminating this data in species atlases maps  but will at some point coordinate this at survey sites of importance  -  Cromwell Bottom LNR being one such Phase 1 recording site , The Invertebrate diversity within CB LNR has provided more than ample taxonomical data in the major groups Syrphiddae, Coleoptera Caddis , Harvestmen , Heteroptera Diptera and Hymenoptera Lepidoptera to provide an informed opinion

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Lee Mount -24th August

A different Flounced Rustic from the recent ones. This time I caught a view of it with the forewings open and showing the clean white underwing-  though as soon as I got near to get a photo it closed it's wings - well just about - so I only got a glimpse of it on this photo.

Flounced Rustic

 

Also this afternoon (25th) a Comma butterfly in the garden and a single Small White.

Stainland, Large Cabbage White Butterfly Caterpillar.

Back from a busy week performing at Whitby Folk Festival. It gave my legs a severe workout. I ached for the first four days. Good fun however.

Found two Large White Butterfly Caterpillars on our badly eaten Nasturtium. The cats are nicely marked, so I forgave them and left them alone. I like the small brown ringed circles on them, near the bottom of their bodies.

Large White Butterfly Caterpillar.

Head, (obviously!).

Detail of markings.

Lee Mount - 23rd August

A new one for here in the trap this morning which I think must be a Heath Rustic? I have never seen one before and  thought at first I had  a strange looking True Lover's Knot. A really nice looking moth with it's wings slightly folded on the photo's.

 Heath Rustic (TBC)