Following on from Colin's post........

No luck with the Bilberry Pug a couple of nights ago but with not having a trap myself there's always chance for something "good".
Here's a couple of personal lifers we found including this rather smart Flame Shoulder.

And this White-pinion Spotted (not to be confused with the White-spotted Pinion!)

It's certainly been one of the best springs ever for me - you gotta take the luck when you can get it with moths

I'm planning a return, daytime trip to the site, maybe Sunday, to collect more larvae and see what's on the wing if anyone's interested.

Pepper Hill and Claremont

We tried for more Wall butterfly's this afternoon checking the hilltop dry stone walls on the top from the ski-slope towards Beacon Hill direction. Drew a blank, unfortunately. Not a single 'White' either. Small Heath X 3
Small Tortoiseshell x c15
Still trying to sort through last nights moth photo's !

Some Norland Moths

A couple from last  night with Andy & Charlie. A fantastic area with  few flying moths in perfect conditions. Plenty Silver Ground Carpet  and  Diamond Backed Moths . 1 White Pinion Spotted (White Spotted Pinion) , 1 Common Pug , Brown Silver Lines will give the Bilberry Pug another go next week.

                                     Map-winged Swift – male – form gallicus or Swift

3.003 BF18

Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa




http://www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk/sbam/index.php/0018-map-winged-swift-hepialidae-hepialus-fusconebulosa/

see link for comparison

73.156 BF2326

Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata

Mile Cross Road

A few recent moths at Mile Cross Road. Lime Hawk caught on 7th June. Scottish race of Pebble Hook Tip and my first White Ermine caught on 7th June.

Bilberry Pug

I am going to have a look tonight with Charlie for Bilberry Pug ,If anyone would like to join us we are going to park at the bridge at Norland Moor .and walk down the clough. Will be there at 9.15 if anyone would like a lift I have room for 1 or 2...Also Beautiful Snout and displaying Gold Swift are possible...Andy

Lee Mount

7th June - what a contrast from the last 2 evenings. Hardly anything even though I thought the muggy conditions would be ideal !
Common Swift x 2
Silver-ground Carpet x1
Twenty-plume Moth x 4
Diamond-back Moth x 2

Swales Moor

Ringby Lane late morning - below - one of at least 3 Wall Butterfly's - but I couldn't get a shot with wings open !

Also
Small Copper x 2
1 Peacock x 1
Small Tortoiseshell x 10 +

Lee Mount

Last night 6th June

 Peach Blossom

 Peppered Moth

 Elephant Hawkmoth

 Iron Prominent (I think)

Iron Prominent (I think)

A nice selection last night....
Totals
Peach Blossom x 2 (new moth)
Iron Prominent (I think) x 2
Clouded Silver x 1
Small Phoenix x 2
Light-brown Apple Moth x 2
Common Pug x 1
Twenty-plume Moth x 2
Silver-ground Carpet x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 1
Peppered Moth x 1
Brimstone x 1
Foxglove Pug x 1
Diamond-backed Moth x 2 or more
Elephant-Hawkmoth x 1
Brown House-moth x 3
and Orange Ladybirds x 10+

Bilberry Pug - 1st Yorkshire record.

Every now and then I'll pick two plants and try and rear stuff exclusively from those. This year it was the turn of Bilberry and Cowberry - things are going quite well.

First and only moth so far on Bilberry emerged this morning - it's a Bilberry Pug which has a nice greenish hue when freshly emerged. It was found as a larva in N.Dean wood on May 16th this year. It's the first record for Yorkshire with no previous, confirmed records.

Three species on Cowberry have emerged so far all from larvae found at Norland earlier this year:

Olethreutes mygindiana are generally common and easy to find.

Rhopobota ustomaculana is a new one for me despite the larvae been quite numerous this year.

Some Cowberry plants can have several Phyllonorycter junoniella mines on each sprig - adult above.

Stainland

A few from Stainland

63.025 BF1376 Small Magpie Anania hortulata

70.054 BF1727 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata

19.007 BF391 Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella

TBC Glyphipterix haworthana image to follow




Something slightly different A lily Beetle in local Garden 

Lee Mount

A nice surprise - a Painted Lady -  over the wall in next doors garden at 9:45 this morning stayed on the soil for some time though I couldn't get near enough for a decent photo.
Didn't see one at all last year locally !

Lee Mount

Last night 4th June -another reasonable night though 2 moths are giving me problems.!

This top one is perhaps a Wave ? - with some pale yellow cross lines I can't get to grips with and couldn't get the size measurement as it was just under the Perspex.

This second one would not keep still - so I had to try get shots on the move. Quite a largish dark moth maybe similar size/different shape to a Peppered Moth which it sparred with briefly but it didn't look like 'Peppered'. Hard to see much detail on the wing though with a pale underwing ! Any thoughts welcome. !

Below, a nice Peppered Moth

Last nights totals in addition to the two not identified
Flame Shoulder x 1
Common Pug x 1
Diamond-back Moth x 1
Small Magpie x 1
Common Swift x 1
Brimstone x 1
Small Phoenix x 1
Clouded Silver x 1
Peppered Moth x 1
L B Apple Moth x 1

Lee Mount

From last night 3rd June - a much better evening with  a good number of moths about.
With one or two queries from moths I have never had before !

Silver-ground Carpet x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 2
Peppered Moth x 1
Clouded Silver x 1
V Pug x 1
Diamond-backed Moths 6+
Green Carpet x 1
Twenty-plume Moth x 4
Small Phoenix x 2
Common Pug x 2
Foxglove Pug x 1
Bee Moth x 4
Common Swift ?? x 1
Clouded-bordered Brindle ?? x 1

 Green Carpet

 

 

 Clouded-bordered Brindle ?

Common Swift ?


And another 2 below I'm not sure at all about or whether to just let them go - both Bee Moth size ! ?

 

Recent Moths

A few of Recent

72.001 BF2469  The Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix    x1 Worn

70.049 BF1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata  x6

Common Pug (Query) x3

 1764  Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata ABH 70.097 

 064 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella ABH 18.001 x10

White Shouldered House Moth x1

Lee Mount

From last night with the trap on - though I only caught one (the Spectacle) in the trap the others were on the outside including 2 Small Phoenix
Hope identification is correct.....

 Common Pug

 Small Phoenix

 Spectacle

Spectacle

One to look out for.

There's been a large influx of Diamond-back Moths in the last few days, it seems like they are everywhere - I saw one on my allotment this afternoon so keep your eyes peeled.

Sloe Pug (Pasiphila chloerata)

Hi Phillip , Richard all , very interesting as there were no records in the whole of Yorkshire last year .!! But it looks very good for this species and the Yorkshire recorder is happy with the id. Also it has not been recorded in our area before so well done and many thanks to you both for your time. Andy ... Its fantastic how the WWW helps in so many ways...

Lee Mount 28th May

From last night 28th May - another challenge of one of those pugs - think this top one might be Foxglove Pug (?) but looks quite a bit paler than I expected from the books  !

 

Small Phoenix (I think)

Lee Mount

Not  a lot doing last night when I put the trap on - it was quite windy then it  settled down again about 11:00 so left the light on until midnight but not a lot else turned up.

The one below was a new one for us and suspect it's a Clouded Silver ?

Also
Brimstone Moth x 1
Twenty-plume Moths x 7 - mainly on the Honeysuckle

Micro Moth of Heather 35.017 BF797 Neofaculta ericetella

An interesting day scoping for new sites potentially of interest for recording  on the way stopping off elsewhere on the way back this moth was found flying over Heather and Bilberry a small skittish moth moving form heather to heather and merging inconspicuously. Pennistone Hill   Unfortunately my camera is duffed and could only react quick enough to get these .Thanks to Richard for confirmation

0797  Neofaculta ericetella ABH  35.017 

Also notable in passing at this location to all Yorkshire Folk is a miraculous village that suddenly appeared from nowhere !!!! Made of Wood . Its there for about a week or 10 days if you are up that way Pennsitone Hill Filming

Slightly of the theme of Moths this Tephritid Fruit Fly about 4- 5 mm was seen displaying on Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre

Holly Blue

A Holly Blue flying round the garden this afternoon , Small White , Small Tortoiseshell , Peacock , Large White and Orange Tip seen also.

This moth just landed on our window pane, it has 20mm wingspan and happily let me measure it. I wonder what species it is; possibly a pug? The sunlight has made the iridescence bluer on one of the wings.