Lee Mount - Monday 1st August

13c, light cloud and no wind and 2 new ones to confirm
Single-dotted Wave x 1
White Satin Moth x 1
Common Rustic agg - photo to check
Knot Grass x 1 - photo to check
Phoenix x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 14
Swallowtail x 1
Dark Arches x 2
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Willow Beauty x 3
Dunbar x 4
Brimstone Moth x 1
Least Yellow Underwing x 1
Mother of Pearl x 1
Riband Wave x 3
Shuttle-shaped Dart x 1
Bird-cherry Ermine x 2
unidentified Pug x 1
Marbled Minor agg x 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix x 4

 unidentified Pug

 

 Common Rustic agg ?? - maybe

 

 

 Knot Grass ?? thought at first Marbled Beauty but it was larger

 

 

 Phoenix

 

 

 Single-dotted Wave (I think - a new one !)

 

 

 White Satin

White Satin

Thought at first I was looking at a Ghost Moth as never seen one of these before - a fantastic looking moth which was a real surprise !

Brackenbeds/Shroggs Tip

Our public butterfly hunt was a bit of a wash out today. However we did manage 1 Gatekeeper.

Fingers crossed for Cunnery Wood on Thursday as we are holding another family event there.

Lee Mount - Saturday 30th July

Very calm evening 13c
Dunbar x 3
Brimstone Moth x 2
Scarce Silver-lines x 1
Flame Carpet x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 8
Swallowtail Moth x 2
Buff Arches x 1
Small Fan-footed Wave x 1
Plain Golden Y x 1
Willow Beauty x 1
Common Footman x 1
Dark Dagger/Grey Dagger x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Snout x 1

 Dunbar (just started appearing here)

Flame Carpet (through perspex)

Garden Moths 1st August 2016

Weather Cool 15 o C  Light Breeze Dry

MV  120 W

70.016 BF1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata x1
70.226 BF1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x1
73.162 BF2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha x4

73.342BF2107  Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x8

72.045 BF2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola  x1
70.243 BF1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria x1
70.252 BF1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia x2
73.017 BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota x1
49.062 BF1036 Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana x1
73.163 BF2322 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea x2
41.002 BF873   Blastobasis adustella  x2

73.169 BF2343 Common Rustic (Agg)  Mesapamea secalis x3
73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x3
20.012 BF0411 Argyresthia goedartella x3
63.067 BF1338  Eudonia lacustrata  Query

70.074 BF1777 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Query Worn
MICRO QUERY Grapholita ??

63.067 BF1338 Eudonia lacustrata

49.062 BF1036 Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana




70.252 BF1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia 




73.163 BF2322 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea


73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

73.169 BF2343 Common Rustic (Agg)  Mesapamea secalis



73.017 BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota 



41.002 BF873  Blastobasis adustella 

72.045 BF2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola

Bristle-legged Moth

I found this Schrekensteinia festaliella on the allotment on Saturday. Appropriately enough it was by the Blackberry and Raspberry patches which is what the larvae feed on. I almost didn't bother with it as it was very fly-like in flight and pretty small which probably explains why it's not recorded that often in Yorkshire.

Lee Mount - Thursday 28th July

Pretty quiet last night, though it was cooler than recent evenings 13c with rain threatening.
This moth below was interesting and fortunately I managed to get an underwing shot which suggests (I think) a Dark Marbled Carpet rather than Common Marbled Carpet.
Also the time of year would seem to support this !

Dark Marbled Carpet

 

Other moths included

Willow Beauty x 1

Dark Arches x 1

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1

Light Emerald x 1

Swallowtail x 2

Marbled Beauty x 2

Small Fan-footed Wave x 1

Large Yellow Underwing x 3

Brimstone Moth x 2

Green Oak Tortrix x 1

Light Brown Apple Moth x 1

 

Swales Moor

Along Ringby Lane this afternoon
1 Wall Butterfly 100m up the lane opposite the ski-slope. Perfect afternoon with hot sunshine but the wind was pretty strong. Instead of landing on the wall it kept hiding away in the grass and eventually headed off over the fields towards Swales Moor Road.

Also up Ringby Lane and on the top-:
4 Small Tortoiseshell
5 Meadow Brown
1 Small Heath
2 Ringlet
3+ Burnet type moths in flight
1 Large Skipper
1 unidentified White

Lee Mount - Tuesday 26th July

Fairly quiet though conditions seemed ideal. Amongst the usual suspects came 3 very nice moths.

 July Highflyer

 

 

 Phoenix

 

 

  Slender Brindle (a new one for here)

In the Dark........

Here is a interesting article as to why some of  our local LNR's and unlit natural environments are sucessful and prolific for Moths

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13371/full

Lee Mount Pugs (?)

2 recent pugs....

Top - 2, not brilliant photos, from 24th July of the same moth with just over 10mm forewing length. Wonder if the detail on the photos is good enough to confirm or suggest id - thinking maybe Bordered Pug

This is a better photo of a pug from 20th July and thinking possibly Slender Pug (wing length just about 10mm) with the shape of the dark spot leaning me towards Slender Pug.

Garden Moths 25th July 2016

Weather Cool circa 15 o C

73.160 BF2335  Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina

73.342 BF2107  Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

73.267 BF2160  Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea

72.045 BF2050  Common Footman Eilema lurideola

70.243 BF1922  Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria

73.317 BF2089  Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

63.018 BF1378  Elder Pearl Anania coronata

73.169 BF2343  Common Rustic (agg) Mesapamea secalis

73.162 BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha

73.163 BF2322  Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea

63.064 BF1334  Scoparia ambigualis
63.074 BF1344  Eudonia mercurella

73.160 BF2335  Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina

73.163 BF2322  Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea




73.162 BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha

1378  Elder Pearl Anania coronata ABH 63.018




73.169 BF2343  Common Rustic (agg) Mesapamea secalis

Formerly a single species, this has now been split into a complex of three, giving Lesser Common Rustic (M. didyma) and Remm's Rustic (M. remmi) with specific status.

The White Stigma forms tend to be  M. didyma

Lee Mount - Monday 25th July

Quieter last night compared with previous ones though the evening seemed perfect.
1 large grey looking Hawkmoth early on which I suspect was a Poplar Hawkmoth but just didn't get enough on it before it was off - it looked to have some orangey patches on the hindwing but only saw it in flight - it would not come to rest !
Swallowtail x 4
Riband Wave x 7 (but not a sign of any Plain Wave)
Least Yellow Underwing x 1
Snout x 2
Brimstone x 1
Flame Shoulder x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 1
Dark Arches x 1
Buff Arches x 1
Clouded Border x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Unidentified - first photo below

Micro - Carcina quercana (I think) - small - same as on the front of Micro Moths  Field Guide illustrated by Lewington. Colour was hardly showing on the moth other than on the photo !

 Unidentified - wing length c17mm

 

 Clouded Border

 

 

 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

 

Carcina quercana

Lee Mount - Sunday 24th July

Another interesting couple of hours till midnight in calm and warm conditions and some cloud.
Silver Y x 1
Brimstone x 3
Small Fan-footed Wave x 1
Swallowtail x 5
Large Yellow Underwing x 12
Marbled Beauty x 5
Buff Arches x 1
Ingrailed Clay x 1 (worn looking to check - might have to forget!)
Riband Wave x 1
Common Footman x 1
Small Rivulet x 2
Marbled Minor agg x 3
Scalloped Oak x 2 (new ones for here)
Peppered Moth x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Snout x 1
Light Emerald x 1
Green Oak Tortrix x 1
Spectacle x 1
Smoky Wainscott x 1
July Highflyer x 1
Bird-cherry Ermine x 2
Twenty-plume Moth x 1
Twin-spot Plume (still to check out)

 Peppered Moth

 

 

2 different Scalloped Oak (new ones for here)

Lee Mount - Saturday 23rd July...

Been struggling with this one. It looks like it should be pretty simple to id but we haven't found so!!
Now wondering - perhaps July High-flyer. Also had a similar/different (that sounds silly)! one this morning, Monday 25th,  photo below.

 

Totals for Saturday

Dark Arches x 2

Swallowtail x 2

Bee Moth x 2

Small Fan-footed Wave x 2

Brimstone x 2

Riband Wave x 1

Large Yellow Underwing x 9

Buff Arches x 1

True Lover's Knot x 1

Marbled Minor agg x 2

Flame Shoulder x 1

Small Emerald x 1

Smoky Wainscott x 1

Willow Beauty x 1

July - Highflyer x 1 (to confirm)

Light Brown Apple Moth x 1

Eudonia types - numerous + a few other micros !

3 unidentified Pugs still to look at.

 

True Lover's Knot

 



Keep an eye out for Plain Wave

Riband Above Plain below.............................

Lee Mount - 22nd July 2016

W light breeze but sheltered in the garden, cloudy 15c with the moon appearing later on towards midnight.
Seemed like  a lot of moths for here+ a large beetle - all kept me busy till midnight.

Siver Y x 1 - nectering on Bergenia cordata before dusk
Brimstone Moth x 1
Small Fan-footed Wave x 4
Swallowtail Moth x 5
Large Yellow Underwing x 17
Marbled Beauty x 4
Buff Arches x 1 - very pale - see photo ! - well I think it must be ?
Ingrailed Clay x 1
Riband Wave x 2
Common Footman x 1
Euodonia types x 20+
Straw Dot x 3
Garden Pebble x 1
Bird-cherry Ermine x 2
Least Yellow Underwing - photo below to check - it was yellow and dark underwing briefly
Plain Golden Y x 1
Rivulet type x 1- photo to check - Small Rivulet
Common Carpet x 1
Fan-foot x 1
Small Angle Shades x 1
Unidentified as yet - photo below - think - Square Spot Rustic
A few micros I didn't get around to !

 Beetle - Nicrophorus investigator we think - and covered in mites - no wonder it was wriggling about !! Black and Orange burying beetles if we are on the right track.

 Marbled Beauty in camouflage - nearly trod on it on the paving

 Think this must be just a pale Buff Arches

 Not identified this one yet - think Square Spot Rustic

Rivulet maybe but not sure which one. It looked Garden Carpet size but couldn't get to measure it as it disappeared - Small Rivulet (update)

Think this must be a Least Yellow Underwing