Rishworth - Glaucous Shears and friends!

Came down the trap this morning (10/05/2020 (its 645am as I write this)) and looked quite busy so I anticipated delving in to the trap and I got:


Glaucous Shears x1
Pale Tussock x2
Pebble Prominent x2

• Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet x2 UPDATED...

Water Carpet x2
Common Pug x1
Red Green Carpet x1
Hebrew Character x1
Common Quaker x1
Grey Birch x1
Brindled Pug x3
Bramble Shoot Moth x1
Brown Silver Lines x1


Any comments welcome,,,,,,

                                                            Pebble Proinenent

                                                          Glaucous Shears must have come from the moors that surround here so closely and tightly, There is Anomalous over the road the moors are that close!

                                            Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet

                                                       Water Carpet

FOX Moths

So i returned to Soil Hill tonight and at 20.10 there were moths flying up around the top field , I could not catch one they were so fast ,there were about 25 + in all directions , I could not catch one for about 10 minutes...Eventually one got stuck in a spiders web, and I caught it .... Fox Moth ,excellent
Last nights moths
Foxglove Pug x 1
Rustic Shoulder Knot x 1
Small Magpie x 2
Gracillaria syringella x 1

Swales Moor

Along Ringby Lane and on the top mid morning - wow it was hot today !

Target butterfly was Wall Brown and I wasn't disappointed, though it took some searching for. Ended up with two together chasing about but getting a half decent shot when they wouldn't stay still for long was a challenge.

 Wall Brown

Also up there

Small Copper x 3

Small Heath x 1

(estimates below)

Orange-tip x 15

Green-veined White x 6

Peacock x 4

Small Tortoiseshell x 8

Large White x 1

Small White x 6

Moth - Common Heath x 2

 Small Copper

Small Heath

Stainland.

Robber Dodge this afternoon.

6 x Orange Tip
5 x Large White (unspecified).
3 x Speckled Wood
2 x Small Tortoiseshell

And a partidge in a pear tree.
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself,
I'm a bit giddy after so much fresh air.

Large Pale Clothes Moth Tinea pallescentella

Rishworth - The First for Calderdale!!

I had an interesting micro moth in the house at approximately 22:00 last night, I didn't think much of it at the time but I flicked through the Micro Moth Bible and found it looked very much like a Large Pale Clothes Moth so I sent the picture on this post to CF who said it was definitely one of the Tineidae and asked for the wing length so I replied 11.5mm and he sent back:-

'Hi Edward,

So if it is a big chap like that then it must be Tinea Pallescentella like you say. There aren't a lot of records but I think it is under-recorded. I had one in the house in 2007. It's the only one I've ever seen. There are only 13 records on the database; four for VC63. The nearest one being an ancient one from Huddersfield.

Cheers


Charlie'

AC has confirmed it is a first for Calderdael so excellent news! Any comments welcome.

                                                Large Pale Clothes Moth:- Click on the picture to enlarge.

Lee Mount - 9th May

Struggling with one of these. Thought at first Poplar Grey but possibility of a Light Knot Grass with a very small oval (?) so some help needed !

?

Also last night

Iron Prominent x 1

Heart & Dart x 1

Twenty-plume Moth x 1

Hebrew Character x 1

Light-brown Apple-moth x 1

 Iron Prominent

Heart and Dart

From yesterday at Carrs Beck near Ogden - Unfortunately they were not playing ball for a photo !

Mother Shipton x 2

Common Heath 10+

Surprisingly, not a sign of any Green Hairstreaks. The commonest butterflies were Orang-tips.

Rishworth - Micro ID and the trap.

Plenty flying around the trap last night but this morning (09/05/2020) there was only three moths being:-

            1 Pale Tussock

            1 Brown Silver Lines

            1 Swallow Prominent

Last night this micro was in the house and  I've not looked at IDs but if anyone could ID it from the terrible picture before myself that would be great...

Soil Hill

On the west side of Soil Hill this evening there were at least 10 + large moths flying around at dusk , pretty sure they were Emperors but I could not get the usual orange flashes of the males .....will go back tomorrow to see they were not Fox Moth...

Rishworth - Esperia Sulphurella.

An Esperia Sulphurella flying around this afternoon.....

Eyed Hawkmoth

A freshly emerged Eyed Hawkmoth today from Old Town , reared from larvae found in oldtown last year ,,,thanks Steven Redman...

Lee Mount - 7th May

Holly Blue briefly mid morning was a welcome sight first seen around the Honeysuckle then away over the gardens. Also a few Orange-tip, a Peacock and a Small White.

Shroggs landfill
Orange-tip x 6
Peacock x 3
Small White x 2
Small Tortoiseshell x 2

A Garden Carpet earlier in the day was well gone and being carried away by an ant. There didn't seem much left of the moth except the wings

In the evening the lamp attracted a few moths
Brindled Pug looking very worn
Hebrew Character x 1
Twenty-plume Moth x 3
Flame Carpet x 1 (very dark looking)
Bee Moth x 1
White-shouldered House-moth x 1
Brown Housemoth x 1
Common White Wave x 1

 Bee Moth

Flame Carpet

Common White Wave

This morning - nothing at all on the fence or in the trap - they had all gone. Perhaps that bright full moon as it rose late on, and a clear sky moved them all off - strange !

Stainland.

My first Light Brown Apple moth of the season, was on our fan light as we went to bed. There will have been more of them flitting about before this of course.

Quality not Quantity

Barred Hook Tip x 1

Oak tree Pug x 1 

Puss Moth x 1

Small Magpie x 1

White Ermine x 1

Brindled Pug x 1

Light Brown Apple Moth x 2

A very good night with my new bulb at last, Puss Moth was a first for the garden , Barred Hook tip my second and my 3rd Oak Tree Pug,,,,,none of them in the trap but on the wall behind.... 

Miller

Sat on the wall outside this morning. A tad earlier than the usual appearance round here.

Rishworth - Numbers Low, Varies High!

A very humid and muggy warm night here in Rishworth with light rain in mild outbursts on occasions up until 00:00. This morning (08/05/2020) I came to find...


Pebble Hook-Tip x1
Small Elephant Hawk Moth x1
Foxglove Pug x1
Common Pug x1
Grey Birch x1
Hebrew Character x1

                                                       Pebble Hook Tip above

                                            Foxglove Pug above and below

                                                     Small Elephant Hawk Moth, A different individual to the one caught previously, this one being smaller and pinker....

Rishworth - Excitement!!

Just a taster of (hopefully) a nice diversity of moths that should come on this humid muggy night. A Pebble Hook tip and Common Pug! Full catch report will come In between 5:30 and 7:00 am.
comments welcome..

Small elephant hawkmoth / Small copper

A stunning duo of small elephant hawkmoth and small copper from my daily walk today

Small Copper

Had the first Small Copper of the year today at Cromwell Bottom , also lots of Orange Tips , Small Tortoiseshells and Peacocks. Also my first Large Red Damselfly on Tag Loop at least 3 ...Very cold last night again with White Ermine , Spruce Carpet , Brindled Pug and  Double striped Pug..
Also this monster was found today in Todmorden by Angilina Styklianou  ...Puss Moth..many thanks Angilina.....

Rishworth - Tussocks of Birch!

Had an absolutely freezing night with a fare bit of frost. This morning (07/05/2020) I came to find...…
Grey Birch x1
Pale Tussock x1

One could understand why a Pale Tussock would come on a night such as this with all of his winter furs as insulation. As for the Grey Birch in Geometridae of which have no insulation I don't know what it is doing in this cold night. Tonight (Thu) and Tommorow Night (Fri) are looking rather warm so the trap will be run and hopefully we get some nice moths. Any comments v welcome...

Rishworth. Holly Blue

A female Holly Blue here in Rishworth today making 2 this year...

Lee Mount -6th May

At last !! - a moth..... not had anything at all since 28th April so this one this morning was very welcome. Nothing else.

Herald

Stainland.

There was a single Common Pug by the door this morning. Better than nothing.

Common Pug.

Northowram last night

White Ermine x 1
Rustic Shoulder Knot x 1
Spruce Carpet x 1
Agonopterix arnella x 1

Rishworth - Hawk!

A much better night here in Rishworth with the first hawk of the year putting in an appearance. I came to the trap this morning (04/05/2020) to find...….I think this is quite an early record so any comments v welcome.,.,

Early Tooth Striped x2
Red Chestnut x1

Twin Spotted Quaker x2

Lesser Swallow Prominent x1

Small Elephant Hawk Moth x1

Common Quaker x2

Brindled Pug x1

Rishworth - One Moth!

Just had one moth last night, a Lesser Swallow Prominent, see my earlier post for separation between the two Swallow Prominents. Any comments welcome...

Green - veined , Large White and Orange Tip

Prominents help.....

Rishworth Moor

Had a walk up to Dog Hill on Rishworth moor today , not much about but did see a very smart male Emperor flying around ,the odd Common Heath and a couple of Green veined Whites. Lots of small ponds , moss and  and standing water along the outflow of Green Withens which looks very good for Dragonflies ...  This cat was at 435m but looks like LYU ....On my return home the greenhouse held 1 Green veined White , 1Orange tip and 1 Large White......

Stainland.

I walked down to Fall Spring Woods today, I saw:

3 x Small Tortoiseshells.
2 x Speckled Woods. (The first I've seen this year. They were sunbathing side by side.)
1 x Orange Tip, (In our garden).
1 x Large White of some descrition. (It would be nice if they sat still for photos, now and then.)

Also, I heard grouse calling, possibly two of them. A little further in to the wood, I came across two wrens on the floor. I was about six feet from them when we became aware of each other. I don't know who was more surprised. Them I suppose, they got over the wall faster than I could. There were several chaffinches, magpies, hedge sparrows and jackdaws down there too.

Luddenden past few days

very quite here the last few days with two nights with single Brindled Pugs,
last night was a little better with

Shuttle-shaped Dart
Brindled Pug
and this Pale Pinion, only my second record here the first being in 2018

May Butterflies

April was the best April on record for butterfly's with 13 species recorded.  Peacock , Orange Tip and Green Hairstreak had a very good month with large numbers recorded throughout the area and Brimstone records get more widespread each year. Large and Green veined Whites came out early in the great weather ..Red Admiral and Painted lady were both recorded on the 27th so we may be in for an influx in May.
   Other species to look out for are Wall Brown , Small Copper  and Small Heath all should make an appearance by mid month and Common Blue by late May if the fine weather holds ..Green Hairstreak may carry on all month or fizzle out soon ,  will interesting to see what happens ?? . Average number of species recorded in May is 15....many thanks for all information sent in ......

Beetles

Here are a couple of beetles from out local moors that can be seen at the moment..top one is Goldsmiths Beetle C.nitens and bottom one is Green Tiger Beetle ,,Photos from Chris Jepson Brown , BL has recorded them recently in WHiteholme area....thanks

Lee Mount

Pretty dead this week after overnight rain and cool temperatures. 

No moths at all last two nights but a Black Sexton Beetle was a first for me here on 26th April  (Nicrophorus humator ). A pretty big beetle to 30mm could make you jump if it flew by you. That's about the best I can do. !