Common/Dark marbled Carpets

Knottwood 02 10 10

Managed 4 hours running light, never went out once !! strange, this gennys behaviour is more complex than any moths !!1 worn copper underwing on palps,1 chestnut,8 red green carpet,6 common marbled carpet banded form and 1 dark form,1 snout the latest iv seen,8 november aggs,2 flounced chestnut,2 brick,1 light brown apple moth,1 red line quaker,1 yellow line quaker,and 1 feathered thorn.regards Bri.

459 Ypsolopha sylvella

September was a good month for Ypsolopha species locally with Scabrella,,Sylvella,Parenthesella  and Ustella recorded .

Cracking Nights

26th
Autumn Green Carpet(1),Grey Pine Carpet, Spruce Carpet, Barred sallow,Blairs Shoulder Knot(3)Black rustic(5)Shuttle shaped Dart ,LYU , Common Marbled carpet ,Lunar Underwing ,Feathered Ranunculus(1)Light Brown apple Moth,Garden Rose Tort(3) Acleris Lat /Com....
28th
A real night in Northowram with overcast skies and light drizzle and max temp of 12.

Common Marbled carpet(7)red line Quaker(1)Dark arches(1)Mouse Moth(1)Blairs
Shoulder Knot(14)Black rustic(6)Set heb Character(1)Large YU(4)Lesser
YU(1)Frosted orange(1)Pink Barred sallow(1)Common wainscot(1)Garden carpet(1)Red
Green carpet(1)Autumn Green carpet(1)Flounced Chestnut(1)Dark Sword
grass(1)Light Brown apple Moth(1)Garden Rose tort(1)Lunar Underwing(1)Barred
sallow and a Turnip Moth (thanks CF)

Red Line Quaker

Still moths out there despite the cold temps,Red Line Quaker,Streak,Common Marbled Carpet,Black Rustic(7)Autumn green carpet,Blairs Shoulder Knot,Light Brown apple Moth and Garden Rose Tortrix.


Another interesting article from birdguides http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2306
Makes you wounder what in Hardcastle craggs...........??

Rosy Rustic Shibden

saw these on tuesday 23rd september,along the new footpath from Beacon Hill to Shibden, 5 in total all feeding on thistles, thanks to andy c for identifying them for me.

Cold in the Craggs

http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2304 a few tips from birdguides

When I left home the temp was 12 degrees as we set the trap up the temp was a very cold 6........only one Ypsolopha ustella braved the cold night.Many thanks to Bri and Elena for there help.
    Northowram was a bit better with 5 large Yellow Underwing,1 Blairs Shoulder Knot,3 Autumn Green Carpet and 2 Black rustic............The temp at Northowram was 7.???

Hardcastle craggs Friday night

A few caterpillars moving around this week,I should know this one but carny put me finger on it.??


Meeting Bri and Elena at the craggs car Park about 7.45 all welcome..

A good night wasps and all

The trap was covered in wasps this morning about 20 of um all over the place,I was lucky not to get stung as it was still dark(6.15)when I emptied it.A realy good night with Dark sword Grass the first decent migrant so far. Autumn Green Carpet(3) Frosted Orange (4) Black Rustic(4)Barred and Pink barred sallow, Copper Underwing, Silver Y(2) Angle shades and a handfull of yellow underwings...

September Sallows

Barred and Pink Barred sallows.

The last few nights have produced Blairs Shoulder Knot,Lunar Underwing,Black Rustic,Frosted Orange (6)loads of White shouldered House Moths,Red Green and Autumn Green Carpets.Also my first Angle Shades which must have been affected by last years cold winter.? Light Brown apple Moths are the same with only 4 this September(last year 30+ at this stage)

Butterflies Northowram

2 Red Admiral,2 Small Tortoiseshell,1 Peacock and 1 Small white...today in the garden.

Last night and September so far

Last night it was ...........raining cats and dogs .......i looked out about 11 and it was like someone was throwing buckets of water over the trap.I was shocked to find ,silver Y (1) frosted orange (1)Rosy Rustic(3)Lesser YU(3)Large YU(5)Pink Barred sallow(1),Red Underwing(1)Mouse Moth and canary Sh Thorn ,this morning.
September has been excellent so far with 56 species and 744 moths.The highlights were Angle Striped Sallow , Orange sallow and 5 nights with Red Underwing.Lets hope we get another bit of decent weather before winter.

Cat ID help

Sorry for poor pic, but colours and features are apparent. It was found wandering on a wall, not on the leaf shown.

Red Underwing ,,,Underwing

Another Red Underwing last night this top photo showing the amazing underwing pattern ,not shown in many guide books.Also first Black Rustic of the year.

Copper underwing

Copper Underwing

September Spectacle

My latest Spectacle last night by about 4 weeks and first Black Rustic of the autumn ,Canary Shouldered Thorn was found by my 12 year old son ...... ,dad theres a well smart moth in that bush over there.......and Pink Barred sallow.Also 1508 Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla.

Withens Clough Car Park(Moorland mothing)

(looks like a Jackson Pollock)

A cold and windy night on the moor with little flying.However we did get Haworths Minor which was the target species and Small wainscot was a bonus.We recorded the bottom species as Suspected but I now think its Common Rustic agg.??The two ear moths are interesting.

2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 1
2265 Agrochola helvola Flounced Chestnut 2
2268 Parastichtis suspecta Suspected
2350 Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2360x Amphipoea oculea agg. Ear Moth agg.2
2367 Celaena haworthii Haworth's Minor 4

Angle striped Sallow and Mystery ID

A first for me in Northowram this Angle striped sallow along with Snout(second generation),Ypsolopha sequella and parenthesella (found in spiders web) new for the month.Anyone guess the bottom one ,.....it my round if you get it...

Meeting with Bri at Withens Clough tonight(thurs)about 8ish for a couple of hours trapping.all welcome.

Grey Dagger cats

http://wildyorkshire.blogspot.com/ A good tip to find this species locally ,which as yet has not been found.Thanks Derek

September so far

Its been a good start to september 2010 at Northowram with more species in the firsrt week than the whole of september 2009 .

455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 6
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1038x Acleris laterana/comariana 1
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 6
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1388 Udea lutealis 2
405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1713 Idaea aversata ab. remutata Riband Wave [non-banded form] 2
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 13
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 2
1761 Chloroclysta miata Autumn Green Carpet 1
1762 Chloroclysta citrata Dark Marbled Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 13
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba L. Yellow Underwing 210
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Y Underwing 58
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser B-b Yellow Underwing 14
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 17
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2271 Xanthia citrago Orange Sallow 1
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg.7
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 8
2361Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 19
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 7