Spot the Moth ?

This July Highflier looked nice and cryptic on the tree trunk !

Hardcastle Craggs Fri 02 09 11

Cracking night at Craggs,top 2 Neglected Rustics,2, Oak Hook-tip,3,this superb Heath Rustic,and last, one of our target species a Pine Carpet a 1st for Calderdale,good numbers of Devons Carpets again.Bri /Andy.













1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 3

1413 Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle 1
1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 10
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 4
1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 16
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 7
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 4
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 5
2132 Xestia castanea Neglected Rustic 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 30
2135 Xestia agathina Heath Rustic 1
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 9
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 11
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 4
2297x Amphipyra pyramidea agg. Copper Underwings 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 5
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2350 Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 9
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 4
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2484 Schrankia costaestrigalis Pinion-streaked Snout 1

Friday evening

Craggs again should be good weather looks perfect  ..all welcome about 8.30..........

A Skircoat-found chrysalis

Produced this.

Anybody?

Closest I can get is a species of swift?

Golden-rod Brindle

after a rather poor August this Golden-Rod Brindle was a surprise in the trap on Saturday morning, presumably it had come down off Midgley Moor. This is the first record of an adult since the sixties, there must be more on the moors with a caterpillar being found at Ogden a couple of years ago

Craggs sat night

Running trap tonight at 9ish,,,all welcome..............
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 3

1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 5
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 4
1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 6
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 10
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 6
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 17
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 2
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 4
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 7
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 4
2367 Celaena haworthii Haworth's Minor 1

Hardcastle Craggs Fri 26 08 11

Having a try at Craggs Fri 26 08 11,weather permitting,bout 9pm.

1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2

1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 7
1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 4
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 6
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 20
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 10
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 12
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2357 Amphipoea lucens Large Ear 1
2394 Stilbia anomala Anomalous 1

Female Brimstone Butterfly 22 08 11

Butterfly numbers finally picking up in the garden today,with Peacock,red admirals,large and green veined whites small copper,large skipper,meadow brown,speckled wood,small tortoiseshell,the most interesting being a Female Brimstone Butterfly,we are hoping she might have laid eggs on the Buckthorn we specifically planted up in this garden quite a few years back,hoping to attract this species,as a few wandering Males had been seen !also single Brown and Common Hawker Dragonflies were finally seen only the 2nd/3rd dragonfly species along with a Male Broad Bodied Chaser earlier on in May seen so far this year.

Large Ear 13 08 11

This Large Ear turned up at Hardcastle Craggs 13 08 11,checked by Charlie Fletcher.Bri/Andy.

Message from C.Fletcher

I can't believe Crinan Ear doesn't occur in VC63. It's all over the uplands of VC64 and they are ten a penny at Malham where it is by far the commonest Ear.   Crinan is commonest particularly where Yellow Iris grows though it does use other food plants. Try to stick some traps up in some nice wet upland areas and get a VC63 first.

Craggs Cancelled 20 08 11

Cancelling tonight at Hardcastle Craggs due to the heavy rain.

Crescent 19 08 11 Elland Gravel Pits

Some great local moths last night including 4 Crescents pic,along with single Silky/Southern and Bulrush Wainscots,a cracking night,Bri Andy.
Also brilliant numbers of Sallow and Least yellow Underwing a real autumn feel about lets hope for some migrants this year.!!

Friday evening EGP

Meeting tonight at 9.30..going into lagoon 1 and setting trap there.All welcome..tomorrow night Hardcastle Craggs..................

1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 18
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1811 Eupithecia tenuiata Slender Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 2
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 35
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 12
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 12
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 1
2197 Mythimna straminea Southern Wainscot 1
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 32
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 22
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 2
2368 Celaena leucostigma Crescent 4
2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1
2391 Chilodes maritimus Silky Wainscot 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 16

Unknown caterpillar

I found this caterpillar in Scarr Wood today, never seen anything like it before, does anyone know what it is?

Hummingbird Hawkmoth update.

TOP PHOTO:

An adult laying eggs in the garden 47 days ago.

A freshly laid egg on Common Cleavers.

A newly hatched larva at 2mm (bottom left)

A 12mm larva (bottom right).

BOTTOM PHOTO:

Detail of the horn on the mature larva.

The pre-pupal larva turning dull brown and pink.

The pupa.

And finally the adult which emerged this morning.

And the second one emerged this afternoon.Much more cooperative this one - I don't think her wings were ready for flight just yet.

Devon Carpet distibution Map

Many thaks to Butterfly Consevation for this upto date map of Devon Carpet distibution.We are the small spot in the middle if you follow the humber west.It shows the continued spread of this species from its origins down south.

Devon Carpet Mania 13 08 11

Unbelievable for Devon Carpets last night at Hardcstle Craggs 30 seen !! also this Buff Footman a first for Calderdale and Ringed China-Mark,





1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 1

1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 7
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1751 Lampropteryx otregiata Devon Carpet 30
1756 Eulithis populata Northern Spinach 3
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 8
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 8
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 20
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2122 Diarsia brunnea Purple Clay 2
2130 Xestia baja Dotted Clay 5
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2135 Xestia agathina Heath Rustic 1
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth 35
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 32
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 3
2360x Amphipoea oculea agg. Ear Moth agg. 1
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2444 Autographa bractea Gold Spangle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

Craggs Sat night

Meeting with Bri tonight 9.30..all welcome.
Recorded 2  very freah Svennsons Copper Underwing last night showing palps,underwing pattern and central cross lines correct.

Bulrush wainscot

Set the actinic in the middle of the reedbed at EGP last night at 10,went to pick it up this morning at 6 .(good new battery)There was one moth in the trap a Bulrush Wainscot..well worth it....

Cinnabar Moth Revival 06 08 11

Finding more Cinabar Caterpillars this Year,found them in 4 places in Todmorden area today,most being 10 on one clump of Ragwort.anyone else finding many in other areas ? regards Bri.

Hardcastle Craggs Fri 06 08 11

Heres a Pebble Prominent from last night