ID help please

This Tort emerged today from the folded leaf of hawthorn.Any ideas.??

Hi All

Sorry to go off topic rather (Again). Several Carausius morosus have emerged this week, The indian stick insect! These fascinating insects have a very interesting self sustaining life cycle, live about a year and are easy to care for. They eat the leaves of Oak, privit, rose, hawthorn and ivy. They grow to about 10cm. all you need is a sweet jar, small fish tank (minus water). I am expecting more to emerge in the next weeks and if anyone would like some, let me know.

Win

Cromwell Bottom

Took a walk down at Cromwell Bottom today. Below is a list of what we saw and found.

Meadow brown
Gate keeper
Large white
Small copper
Comma
Speckled wood

Common blue damselfly
Common hawker
Brown hawker

Common wainscot

Withens Clough Car park

Highlights from last night included 2 Scarce Silver Y,50 + Antler Moths,10 Northern Spinach,40 Common wainscot ,2 Barred straw,15 Dotted Clay,3 Small Dotted Buff,True Lovers Knot,Purple Thorn and Purple Bar.

Large Emerald in the greenhouse

Found this in the greenhouse this morning which was a nice suprise,Cunnery wood had the usual large numbers of Brimstone,Bird Cherry Ermine,Single dotted wave,Common Lustering,Snout and a very fresh July Highflyer,Common Carpet,Lesser swallow Prominent and Peach Blossom.Also one 1155 Epinotia brunnichana)(nice one Carol) which seems to be a very underecorded moth in Yorkshire.?

A couple more !!

Not quite sure what we've got here ??

Last nights moths/Northowram

873 Blastobasis adustella 2
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1388 Udea lutealis 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 2
1919 Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2136 Naenia typica Gothic 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2205 Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 12
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 7

762 Athrips mouffetella emerges

This emerged today from a cat found on Honeysuckle on the 3rd May in Northowram .

Green Arches

Friday and saturday

With the weather up to its usual July downpours,Im planning to go to Cunnery wood on friday night and Withens Clough Car park(for most of night)on saturday.All welcome...bring a brolly.

Hipperholme last night

I set the MV going last night for a few hours, and had a good return of species (see below). The two photos above are ones I'nm not sure about, top could be a burnished brass but it was smaller than the other I caught and had a greeny tinge to the normally brassy areas - any ideas)

1 Orange swift

2 Riband wave

10 Large yellow underwing

7 Clouded border

10 Common wainscot

1 Brimstone

1 Purple thorn

4 Early thorn (1x 1st gen, 3 x 2nd gen)

2 Buff arches

2 Common footman

1 (1376) Small magpie

2 Common lutestring

1 July highflyer

1 Gothic

1 Lesser yellow underwing

1 Light emerald

1 Scalloped oak

1 Burnished brass

1 Plain golden Y

Recent butterflies

I thought I would post a few butterfly sightings from the past few days

Saturday - in the garden

Comma, GV White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Heath, Large White

Monday - walk from Luddenden, up river to Jerusalem Farm

Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Comma, GV White, Large White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral

Also 2 dragonflies (1 in Luddenden and 1 at Jerusalem Farm).

I also found the above pupa at Goitside below Booth, anyone got any ideas what it will turn into - really I should have collected it and let it emerge at home shouldn't I?

News from Todmorden,19 07 09

Hi all,found this argyresthia albistria and a stigmella aurella yesterday on a nice stand of blackthorn,also 2 n b five spot burnet nectaring on rosebay willowherb,2 yellow shell,2 common carpets,and today 20 07 09my 1st gate keeper in tod area at meadows edge and a female common blue on birds foot trefoil we planted up specially to attract this species.all the best Bri.

Scarce Silver Y

Can anyone tell me if this is the Scarce Silver Y .

Last Night in Hebden Bridge

Sunday 19th July - Looking good until about 3.30am when the hammering rain woke me up. A very soggy Skinner trap revealed the following usual visitors. The Mottled Beauty was my highlight. Really like these moths and managed to get this one on a good background I think. Winston

Dotted Clay 2
Northern Spinach 1
Clouded Border 1
Common Wave 1
Mottled Beauty 1
Brimstone 1
Bird-Cherry Ermine 1
Green Carpet 2
Common Rustic agg 1

Totlal - 11

Weekend Moths

These were the best pics. We also got 21 large yellow underwing, a swallow tail, an antler moth and a clouded border that we could ID.

Last nights trapping

I thought I might get away with a break in the weather last night, so the trap went out, the towel went across at 5am but when I got up the whole thing was soaked with the rain. Nevertheless I did manage a good number of moths and if anyone can identify the few that I cannot I would appreciate it.

8 Common Footman

6 Light Emerald

1 Clouded Border

1 Buff Arches

1 Common Swift

15 Large Yellow Underwing

2 Gothic

1 Yellow Shell

1 Lesser Yellow Underwing

1 July Highflyer

1 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

1 Purple Thorn

Also lots of micro moths, but I'm not ging down that path yet.

Ramsden Wood Clough,18 07 09

Hi all,tried with heath trap,unfortunately it packed in again,quite a few species before it did,4 barred straw pic,3 small dotted buff,5 burnished brass,20 smoky wainscot,plain golden y,small square spot among them,what was interesting how many were feeding on soft rush after dark, especially before dawn,mainly smoky wainscot,straw dot,lesser y underwing,ps anyone know if you can overcharge dry lead acid batteries,the charger just lights up green and thats it,nothing to say its charged or anything,id appreciate any info ,all the best Bri.

News from Todmorden,18 07 09

Hi all,on my way to morrisons again,when i happened on this stunning 410 argyresthia brockeella near some birch,getting some good deals lately !! common but superb.all the best Bri.

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