Barred Red, a new moth for us!

Dark Spectacle?

Swallow or Lesser Swallow?

Barred Red

Knott Wood tonight

meeting at 10ish tonight...bring a brolly...If any one has any pics of Burnished brass from Calderdale over the last 10 years could they send them to me or post them on the blogg...many thanks

Fox Moth Update

The top picture is of the cat shedding old skin,which can be seen discarded on the right in the second picture.Third pic of 1st instar cat about 34mm and growing well and feeding on heather and bramble.

Food For Fritz

This is the Dog Violet, larval food plant of Dark Green Fritillaries to look out for. Flowers from April to July, so I'm surprised I didn't notice any at Sheddon.

Burnished Brass (update)

Stenochrysis ' Cryptic Brass '

Intermediate (needs gen det to determin species)

Chrysitis 'Burnished Brass'

Ghost Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZpVDBbYmOo
Just finished the Ghost Moth video. I'll probably re-work this at a later date. It was quite a challenge and could do with some additional material, but this will suffice for the time-being. Follow the link. Enjoy.

Dark green fritillary and a hummingbird hawkmoth

Brian Cain saw the butterfly in Withens Clough on Sat. 10th July. It was flight-worn and probably a female, feeding from thistle flowers.

He says he has had, at a guess, 5 sightings over 20 years in Calderdale. He's not on the internet, and hasn't been so active in recent years due to ill health, but remains recorder with Halifax Scientific Society.

The hummingbird hawkmoth was feeding from jasmine in a garden in Hebden Bridge on Sunday 11th. Reported by Kerry McQuade and Helen Blackwell.

Marvellous Micro

Good numbers of these 1073 olethreutes schulziana about on Whiteholme Drain,well, before this monsoon came in !! saw 7 in a small area.

Burnished Brass Pellon / Halifax

Northowram this year

Manor Heath this year

Burnished Brass last night.

Burnished Brass 2004 Pellon. Are these both races and are they being split.

Beautiful Snout/Welsh Wave

Heres 2 good local records from Knottwood nr Hebden Bridge,regards Bri.

11th July Pellon

Moths from the weekend at Manor Heath

A couple of new ones for me, Pebble Hook-tip and Small Yellow Wave.

Numerous Swallow Tailed, Dun-bar, 4 Poplar Hawkmoths, Buff Arches, Yellow Shell, Clouded Silver, Antler Moth and Dark Spectacle amongst more abundant species.

NB For you Birder / Moth enthusiast types, there is a Petrel ringing / Mothing night being held at Thornwick Bay this weekend, Saturday 17th July. Attended last year and had a really enjoyable evening and had good close views of 2 Storm Petrels and numerous Moths.

Sean

Fantastic Fritillaries

My third visit to Sheddon Clough finally turned up trumps. The weather was nice and sunny for a change, and the wind had become a gentle breeze. Just the right conditions for the Dark Green Fritillaries to come out of hiding and take nectar from the Marsh Thistles. Joining them were a few Meadow Browns, Small Heaths and Large Skippers. I managed to squeeze off a reasonable amount of footage, some showing the habitat and vegetation. Didn't see any signs of sexual activity, nor any signs of the larval food plants (Viola spp), which will no longer be in flower, making them harder to find. I'm sure there will be similar suitable habitat within Calderdale, so keep your eyes open for those Juncas flushes containing loads of thistles.

One for id anyone?

This visited the house last night via the window. "W" to the hind wing.

Small Dotted Buff .??

Scarce silver-lines

9th and 10th July Pellon

Flame

Grey / Dark Dagger

Coxcomb Prominent

Swallow Prominent

Golden Plusia

Keep an eye out for golden Plusia over the next few weeks feeds on garden Delphiniums.Sean recorded one last week and this one is from last night in Northowram.

Waves,Shells and Emeralds

Perfect conditions at Knott Wood last night with Scallop Shell (Nice one Tina),Welsh wave(2)Small yellow wave (4)Common Emerald(amazing 15)Large Emerald (14)Light emerald(15)Green Arches (6)Common lustering(3)Purple Clay(30) ,the highlights.There are only two other records for Common Emerald in Calderdale one from Knott wood last week and one from Todmorden last year ,its good to know this species has a good population at knott wood.

Pellon last night

Common Footman

Pretty sure this is Green Pug.