Garden Moths 23rd June 2016

Weather

Periodic breezes blowing in catches in burst. Warm 15 o

Habitat

Basic Grassed Garden in a corridor of back  facing semis

73.329 BF2102  Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta  x 2

70.226 BF1906  Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x 1

49.039 BF998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana  x 1

70.183 BF1834  Common Pug Eupithecia vulga x 1
70.100 BF1776  Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria  x 1

72.003 BF2477  The Snout Hypena proboscidalis x 3

73.046 BF2278  Poplar Grey Subacronicta megacephal  x 1
69.003 BF1981  Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi   x 1

73.156 BF2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata  x 1

49.166 BF1076  Common Marbled Celypha lacunana  x 1

70.054 BF1727  Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata  x 1

49.156 BF1083   Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana x 1

63.080 BF1293  Grass Veneeer Chrysoteuchia culmella x 1

72.019 BF2061   Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea  x 1
72.024 BF2064   Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa x 5
70.133 BF1803  Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata   x 1
8.009    BF648   White-shouldered Housemoth Endrosis sarcitrella x 2

73.368 BF2136  The Gothic Naenia typic x 1

73.267 BF2160  Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea
Opens in new windowx 1

70.100 BF1776   Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria  x 1

73.317 BF2089    Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis  x 1

70.037 BF1681   Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia   x 1
73.001 BF2450   The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita x 1
49.156 BF1083   Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana  x 3
70.252 BF1931   Peppered Moth Biston betularia  x 3

63.025 BF1376   Small Magpie Anania hortulata  x 2

73.342 BF2107   Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba  x 5
73.333 BF2120   Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendic  x 1
63.064 BF1334   Scoparia ambigualis x 2   (Tenuous id )

Tortrix TBC

The List is not quite completed some Pugs and Micros to Add  circa 35 species

Comments ?  on These and last Unknown - Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata
















Unknown 1

Unknown 2

Ogden & Cunnery Wood

Ogden - 21.6.16
Came across a swarm of bordered white (approx 8) near Skirden Clough.

Cunnery Wood - 22.6.16
An hour with a sweep net and a big stick near the entrance.
Cinnabar
Nemophora degeerella
Small Skipper
Clouded Border
Nettle Tap
Snout
Silver Ground Carpet
Ringlet
Speckled Wood
Common White Wave
Peacock caterpillar

Lee Mount 23rd June

An interesting night - I chose to moth rather than watch the Referendum results !
With one or two just need checking below.

 Dark Arches

 

 Figure of Eighty

 

 Figure of Eighty

 

 Map-winged Swift

 

Minor agg ? (very small moth) amended to Middle-barred Minor

 

 Riband Wave

 

Total

Peach Blossom x 1

Heart and Dart x 1

Unidentified Pug x 1

Flame Shoulder x 3

Small Fan-foot x 1

Minor agg ? x 1

Map-winged Swift ? x 1

Dark/Grey Dagger x 1

Spectacle x 1

Dark Arches ? x 1

Clouded Border x 1

Figure of Eighty x 1 (new one)

Riband Wave x 1

Peppered Moth x 2

Bright-line Brown-eye x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 2

Small Magpie x 1

L B Apple Moth x 1

Brown Housemoth x 1

Eudonia x 1

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix x 3

Severeal micro's I didn't get around to !

Lee Mount

In the garden yesterday - another Painted Lady on Erysimum 'Boules Mauve'

Painted Lady

Ringby Lane 23rd June

Late afternoon on the track opposite the ski-slope
Large Skipper x 8
Silver-ground Carpet x 2
Small Heath x 8 + all on the hill top
Yellow Shell x 2 both on the underside leaves of Willow Herb

 Large Skippers in cop

 

 Large Skipper female

 

Yellow Shell

A couple of Hawks

Bilberry Tortix..

One from last night , think it may well be Bilberry Tortrix....

Norland Moor Mid Summer

Count

True Lovers Knot .....................52 (at least)
Flame Shoulder .........................6
Map - Winged Swift ...............14
Ingrailed Clay...........................3
Ruby Tiger...............................1
Small Elephant Hawkmoth .....2
Beautiful Snout........................1
Broom Moth............................3
Iron Prominent........................1(northern form)
Clouded Bordered Brindle ....4
Dusky Brocade........................1
Knot grass.................................1
Shoulder Striped Wainscot........1
Diamond Backed moth.............2
Narrow Winged Pug................2

Thanks to AC for organising  evening

Weather

The weather was still and warm with occ breeze temperature circa 15 -17 o C. Lots of Midges . and it soon became obvious why the Mountain Rescue Team who where training nearby had nets on their heads A slow start but with an interesting and steady input.

Habitat

Andy had spotted a decent section of mixed Bilberry Heather with surrounding Birch Fern and other vegetation which paid off with one of the first incomings being a Beautiful Snout 

4 where in attendance on Norland Moor AC GW DS and CD. Two species of Caddis arrived but these where not recorded due to dwingdling membership of the Caddis Club

Further Images to Follow


73.301 BF2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Leucania comma

73.333 BF212 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica





73.338 BF2118   True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea

    73.271 BF2163   Broom Moth Ceramica pisi

    72.024 BF2064 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa

   73.045 BF2289   Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis

   69.017 BF1992  Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

71.012 BF2000  Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius

72.007 BF2476 Beautiful Snout Hypena crassali

Lee Mount - 21st June

After Norland Moor's surprises I came home to a few more with 5 to check to see if my i d is correct - or not !? I am pretty sure the first is Ingrailed Clay fresh in  my mind from Norland Moor !

 Ingrailed Clay

 

 

 Cabbage Moth ?

 

 

 Bright-line Brown-eye ?

 

 

Marbled Beauty ?

(Correction)
Bordered White  (wouldn't open the wings)!

 

In addition to the above

Heart and Dart x 3

Small Magpie x 1

Miller x 1

Large Yellow Underwing x 2

Marbled Minor agg x 1

Peppered Moth x 1

Beautiful Golden Y x 3

Marbled Minor agg maybe - 10mm wing length

 

What a Beautiful Snout ( Norland Moor 21.June.2016)

Swales Moor

This afternoon along Ringby Lane opposite the ski-slope. The clouds came over as soon as I got up there but some nice rewards all the same. No sign of the recent Wall Butterfly's.
2 Painted Lady
3 Large Skippers

 Large Skipper

Painted Lady

Lee Mount - 20th June

Fairly quiet last night but it improves the later it gets !!
Buff Arches x 1
Silver-ground Carpet x 2
Bee Moth x 1
Brimstone x 2
Small Fan-foot x 1
Heart and Dart x 1
unidentified Pug x 1 - looked well washed out !
Clouded-bordered Brindle x 1
Silver Y x 1
Eudonia type x 2 unidentified

Clouded-bordered Brindle