VC 63 Garden Moths 25h June 2018

Monday 25th June 2018

Weather : Still Warm Dry circa 18 -20 0

Other Entomology    Orange Ladybird, Hedgehog !! aside trap

Notes  Due to the large Volume of Recording Work . Images will be added later. and will be likely Micro Moths either TBC or for ID
Moth For ID means unknown for identification
Moth TBC means The embedded image contains a plausible ID TBC

MV125 W Robinson  Urban Garden

ABH  70.100  BF1776  Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria X1

ABH  73.342  BF2107  Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba   X3
ABH  70.226  BF1906  Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata  X15

ABH  70.252  BF1931  Peppered Moth Biston betularia  X3

ABH  72.003  BF2477  The Snout Hypena proboscidalis X4

ABH  63.025  BF1376  Small Magpie Anania hortulata  X4

ABH  73.113  BF2306  Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa  X1

ABH  70.054  BF1727  Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe X1
ABH 49.039   BF998    Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana X3
ABH 72.045   BF2050  Common Footman Eilema lurideola  X2

ABH 70.016   BF1713  Riband Wave Idaea aversata
ABH 73.317   BF2089  Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
ABH 72.024   BF2064  Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa
ABH 63.067   BF1338  Eudonia lacustrata X1

ABH 70.258   BF1937  Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria x2

ABH 72.031   BF2069  The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae x1

ABH 69.016   BF1991  Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor x1 worn
ABH 73.162   BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
ABH 70.085   BF1765  Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata
ABH 63.080   BF1293  Chrysoteuchia culmella
ABH 25.001   BF450    Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella
ABH 73.017   BF2443  Plain Golden Y Autographa jota

ABH 63.067   BF1338  Eudonia lacustrata                         
ABH 73.274   BF2154   Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae TBC
ABH 73.173   BF2337  Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis
ABH 72.031   BF2069  The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae x1
ABH  70.037  BF1681  Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia



ABH 73.162   BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha



2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis.ABH 72.003



ABH 73.017   BF2443  Plain Golden Y Autographa jota








ABH 70.085 BF1765    Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata



1376  Small Magpie Anania hortulata ABH  63.025





ABH  63.067 BF1338   Eudonia lacustrata

ABH 25.001   BF450    Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella TBC










ABH 73.274 BF2154    Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae TBC



The Presence of the Curved Spur on the  front Tibia Confirms this




see  LINK

ABH  70.037  BF1681  Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia

Wheatley Valley

Shroggs landfilled grassland.
Plenty of insect activity on there this afternoon with Chris supporting a community/council/school insect hunt. Looked like lots of children were finding plenty of butterflies and other insects. Well done Chris and co...A fantastic use of the site and lots of encouragement for the youngsters.

I headed off away from the main activities but again lots of butterflies over the site. Mainly Ringlets, Meadow Browns, Small and Large Skippers and a Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet.
We also found a large caterpillar - photo below with a Ragwort and  around 15 Caterpillars.

Several Straw Dots, Timothy Tortrix and another very similar tortrix moth, much greyer, still to ID, there were several of these in the grasses

Not had much time to study this one but initial thoughts - could it be Aphelia unitana ? - though it is described as rare !  Maybe just a grey Timothy Tortrix.

A new moth for me was what I think must be a Shaded Broad-bar (2 individuals found), Plenty items of interest down there this afternoon.

 ID  - TBC

 

 Cinnabar caterpillars on Ragwort

 

Shaded Broad-bar

Lee Mount - 27th June

Two new ones for the year this morning - neither was in the trap but resting nearby

 Northern Spinach

 

Willow Beauty

 

This one is  a bit baffling, in the trap this morning headlights aglow !! - I thought at first it was a moth but I haven't found anything like it in the books so maybe it's another insect species ?
Another photo. It was around 15mm wing length

Red-necked Footman

Thanks for the ID Colin and Andy

 

Cromwell Bottom Sat night moth night...

I think there is a moth night at Cromwell this sat night , coffee and seats all night weather may be perfect,, 10 onwards  , TBC

Stainland.

Yesterday afternoon, Anne was hanging washing out and called me to bring my macro setup.  A Plume moth had landed on the lobelia.

I'm having some trouble working out which it is, I wondered about the Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla perhaps?

Beautiful Plume TBC

Survey Day - Cold Edge

Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey in the Cold Edge/Ovenden Moor area today doing Transects.
I was a bit surprised there were fewer butterflies about than I expected on such a hot, sunny and calm day.
15 Small Heaths were the most common species
6 Meadow Brown
1 Large Skipper
1 Small White

A few moths in among
3 Silver-ground Carpet
1 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
9+ Garden Grass-veneer

1 Broad-bodied Chaser - a very obliging individual seen by the pond at the western end of Skirden Clough - also 5 Large Red Damselfly there as well

Broad-bodied Chaser

Srainland.

Yesterday evening, (25th June) several Light Brown Apple moths.

At 3:30 am today, I was unable to sleep for pain. A quick look round our door showed the following:

1 x Riband Wave - non banded.
1 x Small Dusty Wave.
2 x Blastobasis lacticolella.
1 x Marbled Beauty - grey, black, white form.

The Marbled Beauty was quite a big one. The grey form are always the first  to show up here. Flight time supposedly starts July. It's almost that now, but perhaps the warm weather spurred them along a little?

All the moths had gone by 7 am except the Marbled Beauty.

Wheatley Valley

About an hour and a half this afternoon on the grassland area of the former landfill site adjacent to Shroggs Road. Rewarded with a good few butterflies and moths with guestimates on numbers as I could have found a lot more, if I'd been there all afternoon !.

Loads of Ringlets - too many to count they were all over the place. Surprising how difficult these were to photograph today. They wouldn't stay still for long then when they did they generally disappeared into the base of the long grass. Perhaps with the grass being so dry is maybe the reason for that (??)
30+ Meadow Browns
30+ Large Skipper
30+ Small Skipper
1 Small White
1 Speckled Wood

A few day flying moths as well including Grass-veneer types flitting about through the long grasses but I had to let them go.
4+ Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moths
6+ Timothy Tortrix
20+ Straw Dots

 Straw Dot

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet

 

Well done to Calderdale Countryside for the recent improvements there for pedestrians and the progress made to deter scramblers !

Lee Mount - 25th June

This morning in the trap, a new species for here...

Figure of Eighty

Ogden butterflies

A quick trip this morning to empty the bins (oh the glamour!!!) saw a fair few butterflies around,

Red Admiral
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Green-veined White
Large White

Northowram sunny monday morning 7.30

Large Skipper x 3
Meadow Brown x6
Speckled Wood x 1
Ringlet x 2
Large White x 1

Stainland.

Three moths by the door this morning. No photos due to my condition, shame really. Still, a nice selection.

1 x Common Footman.
1 Riband wave - ab. remutata form.
1 x Phoenix.

Lee Mount - 23rd June

Not a lot recently but 2 nice ones from Saturday and 2 shots of a micro to ID.

 Knot Grass

 

 True Lover's Knot

 

 wonder if this one might be Phycitodes binaevella? c10mm

MId Summer Widdop Reservoir Fri 22 June 2018

Weather Daytime Warm 18 - 20o with rapid drop in temp after sunset coupled with North Westerly breeze blowing down the Valley cool to chilly later in the evening Open Skies and Mid Summer Long Day. 3 Present AC CD CS

Habitat   Widdop Reservoir is less than 10 miles to the north west of Hebden Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. Nestled in Widdop Valley and surrounded by dramatic rocky crags and exposed open moorland

Counts

As always Andy endeavoured to quantify the nights counts and has added the numbers as follows

Snout x 2
Clouded bordered brindle x 6
Flame Shoulder x 10
Green Carpet x 3
Buff Ermine x 2
Middle barred Minor x 2
True lover knot x 3
Angle Shades x 2
Lempkes / gold Spot x1
Silver Y x 1
Beautiful Golden Y x 2
Ghost Moth x 1 (female)
Silver ground Carpet x 1
Purple Bar x 1
Dusky brocade x 3

Sunset 22 June 2018

Other Entomology Hoverfly Larvae on Nettle Epistrophe sp



Ammend suggestion by RB Hebrew Character /  Grey Chi

Predominant species Flame Shoulder . Images to follow

2442 Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina ABH 73.016






0014 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli ABH 3.005

1294 Inlaid Grass Veneer  Crambus pascuella ABH 63.081

 TBC  1338 Eudonia ( lacustria)   ABH 63.067 below




Snout x 2
Clouded bordered brindle x 6
Flame Shoulder x 10
Green Carpet x 3
Buff Ermine x 2
Middle barred Minor x 2
True lover knot x 3
Angle Shades x 2
Lempkes / gold Spot x1
Silver Y x 1
Beautiful Golden Y x 2
Ghost Moth x 1 (female)
Silver ground Carpet x 1
Purple Bar x 1
Dusky brocade x 3

Widdop Moor, June 22nd

It was a surprisingly cold night with a persistently chilling breeze and a clear, moonlit sky. Even the moths thought better of it after the first hour or so of darkness. Even so, I was happy to see three new macros species (see below) and there were a few micros to keep us guessing.

Purple Bar

True Lover's Knot

Dusky Brocade - I'm fairly confident of this one? FW 18mm

The first moth of the night was what I assume is a  Bryotropha terrella.  FW 7mm

Swales Moor

Ringby Lane and on the top field this afternoon in hot sunshine with very little breeze - perfect !
Butterflies......
Wall x 2
Large Skipper 10+
Meadow Brown 25+
Ringlet x 2
Small Heath 25+

Wall Butterfly - very flighty and the light always the wrong way !

Also  a few moths in the top field
Latticed Heath x 2
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet x 6 (mostly on red clover but chasing about a fair bit.)
Several Chrysoteuchia culmella in the long grass areas

 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (tricky to get any decent shots these are the best I could do)

Cunnery Wood meadow

Had a walk through the meadow above the pond at Cunnery Wood this morning.

Speckled Wood
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Ringlet
Meadow brown
Chimney sweeper

Also bird cherry ermine in abundance on the path down to the pond.

Mixenden Res’r and Stodfold area

Sunny and breezy.
A short walk from the reservoir on towards the lower end of Ogden golf course this morning turned up a few butterfly's and 1 day flying moth -
1 Yellow Shell.

1 Common Blue
1 Small Copper (on clover)
2 Meadow Brown
10+ Small Heath
1 Speckled Wood

Lee Mount -20th June

Struggling with this one from yesterday morning in the trap...…..thinking either Dark or Dusky Brocade -perhaps leaning towards the latter but there seem to be a few other possibilities -(including - Confused) ?

Stainland, ID needed.

Hello

I had a nice surprise this morning. There is a nicely shaped moth on a picture frame, inside our hall. I've not seen this one before, so I was very pleased. WS: 1.6 - 1.7cm.

Later in the day. it moved position. I got a better photo, so have replaced the first one. 

My stamina and concentration have not fully returned. By the time I'd photographed it and spent a little time in the moth books, I was shaking and muddled. Could someone ID it please? I thought it may be a small Wave but...

ID Needed

For good measure, Anne found a Buff Ermine on the path yesterday.  She bravely brought it to me. It was deceased, I think, a victim of our cat. I took some photos anyway. I love the colour of the Buffs.

Buff Ermine

Buff Ermine

Lee mount - 19th June

A nice moth in the trap this morning which puzzled me for a while as haven't had hardly any of these before, well maybe just one.

 Coxcomb Prominent along with 2 Greenfly hosts on the top shot -  

very obliging of it to display the underwing

 

I'm not getting  a lot of moths at the moment but there seems to be something new every morning.
This morning.
Peppered Moth x 1
Small Magpie x 1
Garden Carpet x 1
Silver-ground Carpet x 1
Ingrailed Clay x 1
Tachystola acroxantha x 1
Middle-barred Minor x 1
unidentified very worn Pug x 1

Also just to check I have these correct below

 Beautiful Golden Y - 18th June

 

Gothic - 15th June

Noctuid for ID

Annie Honjo sent me this for ID - no size given, thanks.

Friday Widdop

I am going to run the trap at Widdop for a few hours on Friday night. Meeting Bri at 10.00 ish...........Colin hows the genny going...or have i GOT IT