A few new moths

Had these three on Thursday night but not sure what they are. The Ermine sp. looks most like an Orchard Ermine, almost missed it it was so tiny! The Rustic was also small but can't Christen that either. Think the big one is one of the Beauty's but again can't pin it down. Can anyone help on these three please?

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar

Sowerby Bridge last night

Most interesting night so far down here with me borrowed heath trap, though curtailed by huge downpour. I have the top one (wing span just less than 20mm) down as a Small Fan-footed Wave, can anyone confirm/correct?. Others were :

5 Large Yellow Underwings

3 Marbled Beauty

2 Lesser Broad bordered YU's

2 Dark Arches

1 Sallow Kitten (pictured)

1 Small Phoenix

1 Mother of Pearl

Lime-Speck Pug

Nice little moth from last night , and a new one for us is this Lime - Speck Pug moth . Last night was probably our best night so far this year for variety.

Last night Midgley

A few more moths last night to increase our enthusiasm including Common White Wave (?) and Least Yellow Underwing, UK moths says the latter occurs mainly in the southern half of Britain so have we dropped a "moth ball"?

Others were

Small Phoenix 1
Lesser/Common Rustic 4
Large Yellow Underwing 44
Clouded Bordered Brindle 1
Marbled Beauty 3
Common Wainscot 4
Burnished Brass 1
Ruby Tiger 1

We also had the top photo which we aren't sure of, is it a micro or White Line Snout?

Moths at last!

Good couple of nights with the usual high numbers of LYU (I like them, they are easy to ID!!)but a couple of nice new ones for us including Mother of Pearl micro and Riband Wave.

4/8/09

Ruby Tiger 1

Common Rustic 1

Common Wainscot 3

Marbled Beauty 2

Dusky Brocade 1

Antler Moth 1

Middle Bar Minor 2

Riband Wave 1

Mother of Pearl ( micro ) 1

LYU 60+

Will post last nights when we have ID them all!

Many thanks to Brian for help with ID on the above.

Red Underwing

Heres the picture of last nights Red Underwing. Fabulous moth and was very photogenic for us. .

Anymore Room?

A great night was dominated by Large Yellow Underwings (246), lots of other goodies though included Tawny Speckled Pug, a new species for me, and Campion which is always a cracking Moth. I'll have to get in to Micro's and Pyralids, I had about 100 last night

Last nights trappings

Results from the trap last night

Light emerald 2
July highflyer 2
Early thorn 1
Antler moth 5
Phoenix 1
Dun0bar 1
Large yellow underwings 56

How come we get more yellow underwings to traps than anything else, I don't think I have ever seen one of their caterpillars but they always seem to be around at lights?

Red Underwing

Just had a Red Underwing to light. Its very active so we will wait till tomorrow to try and get a photo . What a cracking moth , and what a size

Unknown caterpillars

Could anyone identify these two caterpillars that I found in the garden the other day. Both are on my flag iris and the bottom one is happy chomping its way through the leaves. The other just seems to sit there and sulk. Top is about an inch long and the bottom cat is about 3/4 inch (but growing). I've seen the top one at Cromwell Bottom but have never been able to find out what it is.

Indian stick Insects

Help - 25 Carausius morosus have now emerged, good homes required! Winston

Last night in Pellon

A good night here was unfortunatley dominated by Large Yellow Underwings. Also good numbers of Early Thorn around at the mo, 8 last night was more than I've had in the last three years combined,


Garden Dart 1 first this year
Large Yellow Underwing 86
Lesser Yellowunderwing 2
Lesser Broad Bordered Y U 4
Dark Arches 22
Scalloped Oak 16
Brimstone 2
Garden Carpet 5
Common Carpet 1
Snout 3
Common Wainscot 1
Smoky Wainscot 3
Riband Wave 6
Clouded Border 1
V- Pug 1
Marbled Minor 1
Slender Brindle 2
Marbled Beauty 6
Mottled Beauty 2
Willow Beauty 3
Plain Golden Y 2
Silver Y 2
Gothic 3
Dunbar 2
Lesser / Common Rustic 7
Clay 2
Early Thorn 8

get those traps out tonight, the forecast is for a warm humid night, should be good

Martyn

cinnabar pupae

Hi, these are apparently cinnabar pupae, taken from an article about this moth in New Zealand where they were introduced to control ragwort! Noticed a few caterpillars round near my house recently, thought he ragwort appears to be doing pretty well nonetheless!

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biocons/weeds/book/documents/Ragwort_Cinnabar_Moth.pdf

Cinnabar pupa

Does anybody have a pic of one they can post ? Thanks.

Sowerby Bridge over weekend

A bit more variety in the trap down here of late. Anyone know what the 'micro' is?(not a great photo I'm afraid) If indeed it is a micro. I'm not too great at identifying the so called 'macros' either but apart from this nothing too taxing has turned up. Thought the Marbled Beauty was worth a pic, though not so nice as the recent one by Winston in a more natural setting. Total was :

9 Common/Lesser Rustic

6 Large Yellow Underwing
5 Dark Arches

2 Lesser Yellow Underwing

1 Marbled Beauty

1 Grey (dark?) Dagger

1 Dotted Clay

1 Brimstone Moth

1 Willow Beauty

Twenty-plumes

Netted this interesting one over the weekend. They actually seem to have 24 plumes. Presumably they started out with 4 wings and then evolved to this form. Any ideas why ??

ID help

I think the first one is a yellow shell, not a clue about the other two.

Donacaula forficella

Nice little micro from last night

Two new Ones from Last Night

Scalloped Hook Tip and Orange Swift are two new ones for our Garden from last nights catch. (or at least thats what I hope they are ) .

Sallow Kitten larva,30 07 09

Hi all,heres a pic of larva at 9mm ,its interesting to note quite a few preferred birch leaves rather than goat willow,when given the choice,its fascinating to see how they feed at this stage ,just eating small sections off the leaf surface rather than bite right through it,saw some amazing moths in guernsey,ie orache,marbled green,coronet,jersey tiger,privet hawk,rosy footman,among the pick.all the best Bri

Midgley GMS

Still getting very poor results up here, last nights GMS produced

Large Yellow Underwing 7
Dark Arches 2
Common/Lsr Common Rustic 2

and thats it!

Off to visit friends near North York Moors tonight so taking Actinic with us.

White-letter Hairstreak

How common are these round these parts ??

Other recent moths include a Burnished Brass, Silver Y, Snout, Swallow-tailed x3, Garden Carpet, Clouded Border, Large Emerald and Scalloped Oak x3, Buff Arches x2 and Dark Arches x4.

Ryburn valley moths

Some recently caught moths down the Ryburn valley.

Last Night in Hebden Bridge

Hi all,

A regular and small catch last night, but at least it was dry.

common footman 1
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Scoparia Ambigualis 1
Dark Arches 1
Flame Shoulder 1

Winston

Last Nights Moths Sowerby Bridge

An unexciting first haul but many thanks for lending me the trap Andy C and here is what came along last night to my place on Wakefield Road overlooking the canal.

15 + large yellow underwing
7 common rustic
2 dark arches
1 lesser broad bordered yellow underwing

Last nights moths/Northowram

420 Argyresthia pruniella Cherry Fruit Moth 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 5
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 22
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 7
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 12
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
Its pretty grim weather(or is it typical) for July but managed a few moths last night list above .If any one would like to borrow a Robinson125 w trap for the next couple of weeks leave a comment below .Im of to Ireland .

Yesterday in Mytholmroyd

I was sat in the car in the rain facing the large expanse of wall that is the end of the launderette on George Street Mytholmroyd and spotted two 2293 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica nestled into the mortar gaps between stones close together with no other moths on the wall. Maybe they had been mating. Happy hunting. Winston

ID help please

This Tort emerged today from the folded leaf of hawthorn.Any ideas.??

Hi All

Sorry to go off topic rather (Again). Several Carausius morosus have emerged this week, The indian stick insect! These fascinating insects have a very interesting self sustaining life cycle, live about a year and are easy to care for. They eat the leaves of Oak, privit, rose, hawthorn and ivy. They grow to about 10cm. all you need is a sweet jar, small fish tank (minus water). I am expecting more to emerge in the next weeks and if anyone would like some, let me know.

Win

Cromwell Bottom

Took a walk down at Cromwell Bottom today. Below is a list of what we saw and found.

Meadow brown
Gate keeper
Large white
Small copper
Comma
Speckled wood

Common blue damselfly
Common hawker
Brown hawker

Common wainscot

Withens Clough Car park

Highlights from last night included 2 Scarce Silver Y,50 + Antler Moths,10 Northern Spinach,40 Common wainscot ,2 Barred straw,15 Dotted Clay,3 Small Dotted Buff,True Lovers Knot,Purple Thorn and Purple Bar.

Large Emerald in the greenhouse

Found this in the greenhouse this morning which was a nice suprise,Cunnery wood had the usual large numbers of Brimstone,Bird Cherry Ermine,Single dotted wave,Common Lustering,Snout and a very fresh July Highflyer,Common Carpet,Lesser swallow Prominent and Peach Blossom.Also one 1155 Epinotia brunnichana)(nice one Carol) which seems to be a very underecorded moth in Yorkshire.?

A couple more !!

Not quite sure what we've got here ??

Last nights moths/Northowram

873 Blastobasis adustella 2
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1388 Udea lutealis 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 2
1919 Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2136 Naenia typica Gothic 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2205 Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 12
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 7

762 Athrips mouffetella emerges

This emerged today from a cat found on Honeysuckle on the 3rd May in Northowram .

Green Arches

Friday and saturday

With the weather up to its usual July downpours,Im planning to go to Cunnery wood on friday night and Withens Clough Car park(for most of night)on saturday.All welcome...bring a brolly.

Hipperholme last night

I set the MV going last night for a few hours, and had a good return of species (see below). The two photos above are ones I'nm not sure about, top could be a burnished brass but it was smaller than the other I caught and had a greeny tinge to the normally brassy areas - any ideas)

1 Orange swift

2 Riband wave

10 Large yellow underwing

7 Clouded border

10 Common wainscot

1 Brimstone

1 Purple thorn

4 Early thorn (1x 1st gen, 3 x 2nd gen)

2 Buff arches

2 Common footman

1 (1376) Small magpie

2 Common lutestring

1 July highflyer

1 Gothic

1 Lesser yellow underwing

1 Light emerald

1 Scalloped oak

1 Burnished brass

1 Plain golden Y

Recent butterflies

I thought I would post a few butterfly sightings from the past few days

Saturday - in the garden

Comma, GV White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Heath, Large White

Monday - walk from Luddenden, up river to Jerusalem Farm

Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Comma, GV White, Large White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral

Also 2 dragonflies (1 in Luddenden and 1 at Jerusalem Farm).

I also found the above pupa at Goitside below Booth, anyone got any ideas what it will turn into - really I should have collected it and let it emerge at home shouldn't I?