Double Striped Tabby....and Box Tree Moth

 Double Striped Tabby and Box Moth  new for the garden trap this week  and only the second local record of both species , a busy week with some large numbers recorded . Scarce Silver lines x 4 ,  Poplar Grey x 3  ,  Barred Hook Tip x 1 , Beautiful Hook Tip  ,  Narrow - winged Pug x 4 , Common Lutestring , Gold Spangle  , 17 Swallowtail , 44 Marbled Beauty , Plain Wave x 3 .......

Stainland. From13th July.

 Another which cause me some problems. My best guess is A Large Twin-spot Carpet. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you.

Large Twin-spot Carpet TBC

Stainland.. From 11th July.

Sorry, I missed one;

11th July.


2 x Marbled Beauties

2 x Foxglove Pug

2 x Eudonia lacustrata

1 x Brown House moth

1 x Swallowtail

1 x Willow Beauty (First for me this year)

Rishworth Moor

6 Small Heath

 

Baitings

 5 Small Tortoiseshell

Stainland. From 12th July.

 A couple of hours or so after I photographed the 12th of July moths, my life-long health problem surfaced again. It happens without any warning, I was out of action for a few days. 

12th July

Best day this year so far.  3:30 am, we had four swallowtails, I was amazed! List first, one or two images after.

As I was coming round, I tried to ID the moths. Over three days, I spent a lot of hours going through my moth books page by page, and looking online, repeatedly, I have been unable to get an ID for the ones below, it drove me crackers. Could someone please take a look at them and tell me what they are? Thank you

4 x Swallowtails

4 x Eudonia lacustrata

1 x Brimstone

1 x Common footman

1 x Riband Wave

4 to ID yet. One or two are very poor shots and I don't expect any luck with the ginger moth. The first looked a bit like a dark Bee moth, it has two green areas. The Ginger one has off white markings

ID needed

ID needed

ID needed

ID needed

More days catch-ups to follow.

 

Luddenden 19th July 

second night of the massive heatwave, I decided to run all three traps and recorded 63 species of macro plus what seemed like thousands of micros

Scalloped Shell & Rivulet were the pick of the bunch

Scalloped Shell - 2nd record here, last in 2011

Rivulet - quiet regular here this is the 12th

Lee Mount - 18th July

 Two new ones here for me today.

Scalloped Hook-tip

Plutella porrectello

32 species and still counting from this morning with a few micros still to check through. The best of the others this morning included Poplar Grey x 2, Willow Beauty, Bright-line Brown-eye, Cabbage Moth, Shaded Broad-bar, July Highflyer, Purple Clay, Light Emerald, Coxcomb Prominent and Dark Dagger/Grey Dagger x 2.

This one below was a beauty from the end of June (30th)

Sallow Kitten (rather than Poplar Kitten I think though I did ponder it for quite a while)

 SCARLET TIGER

It's been busy here in Luddenden this last week or so with some great Moths, this Scarlet Tiger was the best of a great bunch

 

other goodies include

Dingy Footman 5  (2 last night)

Double Square-spot 4 (2 last night)

Beautiful Hooktip

Poplar Grey (3rd record here)

Poplar Grey

Slender Pug

this tiny pug was only 15mm, we think it was a Slender Pug, any ideas?

Only House Wood

Excellent weather for butterflies , with 5 White Letter Hairstreaks , 2 Purple Hairstreaks , 3 Gatekeeper , 2 Comma , 6 Small Tortoiseshell , 3 Large White , 3 Large  Skipper , 2 Small Skipper , 2 Small White , 40 + meadow brown  and 20 Ringlets..
 

Scarce Footman

 Another 3 records this week after Daves first on the 13th , 1 at Queensbury ,Colin and Denise 15th  , 1 on Norland Moor 16th (Charlie  and Antony ) and 1 in Northowram 16th (AC)

New Yorkshire Moths website is now up and running.....

https://yorkshiremoths.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1G9rAC5sIE6wf5tF-SOeqyGrs2LQhGTWQeHM5Wi27-wylWmrMv4Fy3tLw 

Emperor Moth

 

Lee Mount - 13th July

Not that many moths in the trap this morning. Started off with Common Footman x 6  (a record count for here I think). Attention drawn to another Footman showing an orange collar - this looks interesting !

Orange stripe consistent width to tip of wing and wings wrapped around the body quite unlike Common Footman.

Scarce Footman

This bottom, original un-cropped photo was the first sighting of this Scarce Footman with the orange collar standing out.

Lee Mount and Swales Moor etc.

A lot of moths this morning - still going through them (photo's). It's not easy keeping up to speed with so much happening and sunny days looking for butterflies !

Small Dusty Wave on Mint - been there all day !

31 species this morning - with the best ones being Barred Red, Green Carpet, Scalloped Oak, Willow Beauty, Light Emerald, Swallow-tailed Moth, Buff Arches x 4, Peppered Moth x 2.

Despite the lack of yesterdays sunshine it remained pretty warm, hot at times. Lots of butterfly's, especially Ringlets, Meadow Browns and Small Skippers. A few Large Skippers, Small Tortoiseshells, Green-veined Whites, Small Heaths, Red Admiral. 

Best for me was a Gatekeeper along Ringby Lane (don't seem to get that many up this end

Gatekeeper

Also a few day flying moths with 35+ of these in the top field of Ringby Lane.

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moths

MOTH MORNING

HALIFAX SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY EVENT THIS SATURDAY

A reminder that there will be a moth morning at Peachy Steve's Mirey Wall farm, Boulder Clough, at 8.00am this Saturday (16th).
Hopefully there will be two traps to sort through and if the weather holds we should surpass the 70 or so species seen on each of the two previous events.
Novices and experts welcome, the event should last 2 or 3 hours so no need to bring snacks

Stainland. Updated from 12th July.

 A couple of hours or so after I photographed the 12th of July moths, my life-long health problem surfaced again. It happens without any warning, I was out of action for a few days. 

12th July

Best day this year so far.  3:30 am, we had four swallowtails, I was amazed! List first, one or two images after.

As I was coming round, I tried to ID the moths. Over three days, I spent a lot of hours going through my moth books page by page, and looking online, repeatedly, I have been unable to get an ID for the ones below, it drove me crackers. Could someone please take a look at them and tell me what they are? Thank you

4 x Swallowtails

4 x Eudonia lacustrata

1 x Brimstone

1 x Common footman

1 x Riband Wave

4 to ID yet. One or two are very poor shots and I don't expect any luck with the ginger moth. The first looked a bit like a dark Bee moth, it has two green areas. The Ginger one has off white markings

ID needed

ID needed

ID needed

ID needed

 

Shroggs Road - reclaimed landfill

Alive with butterflies, and a few moths, in the very hot sunshine this morning. Only had time to go through a small area of this large grassland site.

Ringlets, Meadow Browns and Small Skippers abundant throughout (double checked numerous Small Skippers) !!. Only 2 Large Skippers identified, Speckled Wood x 1, Small Tortoiseshell x 2, Comma x 1, Large White x 2. Red Admiral x 2.

Moths included Shaded Broad-bar x 20, Udea lutealis x 1, Smoky Wainscot x 1 and lots of Garden Grass Veneers. Impossible to photograph as they all hid away in the tall grasses.

Lee Mount - queries !!

 A  couple here a check on i d ...?

Pretty sure this first one from 8th July is Double Square-spot - I didn't manage a photo of under-wing to double check against possibility of Triple-spotted Clay. 

Double Square-spot

(Also I can't find reference to Triple-spotted Clay in Andy's booklet so wonder if it's ever been recorded in Calderdale)??

This one from 6th July I have down for Pine Carpet - but I'm not 100% sure what else it might be ?

Ta for any help.

Sun 10/072022....Butterflys

 

My first  Purple Hairstreaks today with at least 4 seen in display flight , 3 White letter Hairstreak , 2 Large Skipper , 1 Small Kipper   30 Meadow Brown , 6 Ringlet , 2 Small Tortoiseshell , 3 Speckled Wood , 1 Comma , 2 Red Admiral , Large and Small Whites at Northowram , Hollas Bridge on Saturday  held 4 Small Skipper , 1 Small Heath , 3 Gatekeeper , 4 Ringlet , 20 Meadow Brown , 2 Large White , 2 Small Tortoiseshell , 2 Speckled Wood  and 1 Large Skipper 

Stainland. Catch up from 7th, 8th and 9th July.

 8 moths in total.  There are 2 new to me, both quite striking. Also, one I would like somebody to confirm, or correct my ID please.

Late arrival this afternoon 9th July (below)

7th July.

1 x Brown House Moth (Best photo I've ever manged with this one)

1 x Currant Pug (Badly worn, about 50% of it's scales have gone)

1 x Eudonia lacustrata (First this year for me)

1 x Garden Grass Veneer TBC (Poor photo with digital noise)

1 x Marbled Beauty. (The first of many this year, I hope)

Brown House Moth

Currant Pug

Eudonia lacustrata

Garden Grass Veneer TBC

Marbled Beauty

8th July

Best of the bunch and new to me.

1 x Carcina quercana  (Nice looking, a colourful little thing)

1 x  Vapourer moth caterpillar (Found in our hall, early morning. New to me, I've yet to see the moth)

Carcina quercana

Vapourer moth caterpillar

9th July

1 x Riband Wave - Non banded. (It was in a tricky place, not a great photo)

Riband Wave

Bee Moth

Cold Edge / Ovenden Moor

Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey today. 10 x 200 m sections. Weather started off well with it being hot with full sun but it clouded over and the butterflies tailed off. Probably went to hide in the long dry grasses as the wind increased  too.

Not a bad return though - 81 individuals of only six species.

7 Small Skipper

13 Large Skipper

11 Small Tortoiseshell

20 Meadow Brown

20 Ringlet

10 Small Heath

Large Skipper on bramble

 

Also found a few moths including Brown Silver-lines, Beautiful Golden Y and this True Lover's Knot below nectering on brambles.

One Broad-bodied Chaser on the pond at Skirden Clough

Stainland.

 1 x Common Footman