soil hill caterpillars

yesterday whilst walking up to soil hill i found about four of these wolly bear caterpillars climbing on the road. i find this quite worrying becuase, will they survive the winter and crysalis in time??

large white predation,10 10 09

Working near allotments tuther day,5 out of 8 cabbage whites were parasitised by apanteles wasps,with 1 unfortunate cat had 20 sulpher yellow cocoons attached to it,not for the faint hearted this lepidoptera ist it !!! ,ps im glad i didnt have camera with me !

Whiteholme drain,10 10 09

Hi all,no sign of fox cats ,but saw this late haworths minor,and northern eggar cocoon,Bri.

Another foxy pic ...

Here's another pic of fox moth cat - I'm pretty sure that's what they are. They're as long as Elephant Hawks, but not as broad - the scat is similar sized though !!

Last nights moths/Northowram

Still plenty of moths about last night and my second Dark sword Grass of the year.
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 2
1761 Chloroclysta miata Autumn Green Carpet 1
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1
2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 4
1795 Epirrita dilutata November Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1

Cunnery wood ..sugar

Had my first try of the year at sugar this evening in Cunnery wood.... produced 1 Chestnut and 2 Brick.

Fox Moth cats

Been seeing lots of these over the last few days on the tops. They don't seem at all shy !!

Last Night in Hebden Bridge

Hi All

A clear cool but dry night resulted in 1 Mottled Umber and 3 Epiritta sp. To try and confirm or otherwise a November Moth I have tried to get a pic of the abdominal detail (with poor results im afraid) doesnt seem to relate to the pics in W &T however? Could this be a female therefore?

Last nights moths/Northowram

Its was raining hard when I put the lamp on last night and as I went to bed the sky was clear and there were plenty stars to be seen.I was amazed to find this lot in the trap this morning... 40 moths ,12 species
12 light brown apple moth
9 Blairs shoulder knot
4 Common Marbled carpet
4 November Moths
2 Angle Shades
2 Silver Y
1 Black rustic
1 Barred sallow
1 Green Brindled cresent
1 Copper Underwing
1 Grey pine Carpet
1 Rosy Rustic
1 Acleris sparsarana
Also in the field today -
5 Small tortoiseshell
1 painted lady
3 red admiral
1 comma
1 speckled wood
No Clouded yellow but there must be one in calderdale somewhere.????

October butterflies and Moths

2 Red Admiral,1 Painted lady and a speckled wood in the garden today.In the trap the last few days were Mottled umber,black rustic,angle shades,Grey Pine,spruce ,Autumn green,Red Green snd common marbled carpets,Rosy rustic silver y,Brick and Blairs Shoulder Knot.

Short Moth Film

Hi All, Brian has inspired me to get all artistic and I have put together a trial film of this Silver Y which arrived the other night in the Skinner trap. I know this is a common species but now I have the technology I just need something more exciting to come along.

Hope you like the results

Win

News From Hebden Bridge

Last night -

2 unidentifyable Carpets
1 Red-green Carpet
1 Brick

Despite being common Brick is a new one for me, (See pic) ;-)

News From Hebden Bridge

Hi All

I have had the trap out for the last 3 nights down here in Hebden Bridge in the hope of either 1) Canary-shouldered Thorn 2) Frosted Orange or 3) Sallow sp. with the following results

26 Sept - 2 Caddis flies :-(

27 Sept -
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1 :-(

28 Sept -
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Ypsolopha sequella 1
Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 :-)

Winston

August / September Thorn

I think this is a September Thorn or is it an August Thorn, any ideas?

Knott Wood,27 09 09

Hi all,tried a 3 hour session with mv,in mainly birch,12 sp macro 4 sp micros,flounced chestnut 9,autumn green carpet,2 green ,7 red green,19 banded form and 17 dark form of common marbled,9 chestnut,straw dot,2 square spot rustic,2 pink barred sallow,pale/nov moth agg,3 autumnal rustic,large y underwing,905 blastodacna hellerella,2 465 plutella porrectella and eudonia mercurella type ?

Time lapse film of Sallow Kitten pupating by Bri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBEHMzdOAhs

This film was originally 3 hours long but taken with time lapse it is now aprox 3 mins great bit of film and well done to Brian leesey for this excellent bit of film.

Hi All Been on Holiday, Camping in Bristol. The following list were attracted to the campsite lights.
18-24 Sep
Woodhouse Park, Bristol
ST616855
VC34

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2199 Common Wainscot
2477 The Snout
1961 Light Emerald
2270 Lunar Underwing
2107 Large Yellow Underwing
1906 Brimstone Moth
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1042 Rhomboid Tortrix
2310 Angle Shades
1937 Willow Beauty

Midgley GMS

Two moths! Yep, just two individuals a Large Yellow Underwing and a Black Rustic.

Barred Sallow

Another good night in Northowram which was a bit of a suprise as it was GMS night which is generally the worst night of the week.??Barred Sallow,Red Line Quaker ,Autumn Green(1),Red Green(3)Common Marbled(4)Spruce(1) and Garden(1) carpets
Black rustic(5)Silver Y(1)Garden Rose Tortrix(4) and Light Brown Apple Moth(1).

Frosted orange

An excellent year for Frosted orange and last night was my 10th of the year including 3 on the 17th .17 Black rustics so far and also good numbers this week of Silver Y,Autumnal and Rosy rustics ,Lunar Underwing,Red Green and Common Marbled carpets.1 Brown Spot Pinion and a lot of Garden rose tortix/Light Brown apple Moth.