Pine carpet

Another cracking night last night,with this pine Carpet the pic of the bunch.Only the 4 th local record and the first away from its stronghold in hardcastle Craggs.A beautiful Red underwing also.

Early September

A real start to September with sun and a couple of cloudy nights.Has produced 50 species in the garden,Nettle Tap , Udea lutealis,brown and White shouldered house moth,Garden carpet,agriphila tristella,marbled Beauty and Acleris literana have been netted around the house.
 ,Orange Sallow,Orange Swift, Centre Barred Sallow(pics above) Sallow, Canary Shouldered Thorn,Black Rustic,Autumnal Rustic and Rosy Rustic  have given the week an autumnal feeling .Yellow shell,Campion, Small Phoneix, Brimstone and riband waves are the last of the summer moths.
  The new micro book has been an excellent aid in identifying the micros especially  Epinotia nisella ,ramella and  Gracillaria syringella. (caloptilia).

Well worth a look......

http://charlielepidopteraofcalderdale.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/adult-micros.html

White-letter Hairstreak

A quite ragged looking White-letter Hairstreak spotted on the canal towpath in Hebden Bridge Today, Never seen one in Hebden before. Alas no camera. Win

Iron Prominent Pupating

Found this Iron Prominent Larva, making its silken cocoon on the underside of an Alder leaf,quite a spectacular Caterpillar,the swirling gale force wind made it difficult to get a decent image,regards Bri.

Acleris literana

Netted this in the garden last night an Acleris literana quite a under recorded moth in yorkshire.The photo has'nt picked up the colour which is like a fresh V-pug,green and black.38 species so far in the trap and 3 species netted around the house .Holly Blue,speckled wood,Large white and Red Admiral seen yesterday in Northowram.

Argyresthia bonnetella

Found this striking little Micro 421 Argyresthia bonnetella in a Hawthorn patch ,noticed quite a few Small Heath Butterflies nectaring on Ragwort,also a Haworths Minor Moth nectaring on same Ragwort along with countless Hoverflies and Bees.regards Bri

Midgley Butterflies

A real morning when the sun came out around the edge of Midgley Moor.
12 small copper
30 green veined white
10 small white
14 Peacock
2 Gatekeeper
8 Meadow brown
22 small Tortoiseshell
14 Small heath

Canceeled tonight

tonight is cancelled due to weather

Any Cinnabars being seen ?

Anyone finding any Cinnabar Moths/Caterpillars ? Locally in Calderdale,done a lot of searching and only saw 1 Moth and Caterpillars in 2 places in the Todmorden area,think Andy saw a Moth ? Regards Brian 

Neglected Rustic?

Caught in Midgley last night, not much else of note though.

Ghost moth update

It looks like 40mm+ to me,?? most books and  web sites quote 'when fully grown 28 - 32mm.I wonder if this is a female .?
1.Eggs collected from pair in cop 7th june 2011
2.When laid the eggs were white and turned black within 24 hours
3.4th- 21st  Julyeggs hatched
4.larvae start off clear with pale heads soon turning to white with orange heads after 10 days.
5 After 10- 12 days larvae are about 8/10mm
6.larve feed on the roots of young dandilion
7.By late September only 4 larvae left at 20mm
8.The four soon became 2 as we approached late September
9.the 2 stayed deep in the soil until April 2012( still 20mm) when they were observed feeding in new growth dandilion roots
10.21st august 2012 one larvae left at 40mm and feeding well...

Craggs Sat night

A hot and humid night ,2 Devon Carpets , 1  Buff Footman,2 Lempke's Gold Spot ,and 2 Dark Marbled CarpetsStill a few micros to sort.

Moth for identifying

This moth came into our house the other evening. Can someone name it? Side on it looked like a small bat!

Also a photo of female Broad Bodied Chaser at Sunnybank, Tod

Philip

Hardcastle Craggs

Will be running trap at hardcastle craggs top car park by the picnic table this sat night from 9ish all welcome.....Target is DEVON CARPET we should get a few with a bit of luck ,this is the best chance to see this species in Yorkshire......................................

Cromwell Bottom Moth Night

Sat 25th  August  weather permitting more details to follow...all welcome

The Olive

Old bird nest

A friend of mine has just cleaned out a nestbox used by Great Tits and mindful of the fact we offered the old nests from the Crags boxes on here for moth IDs has left it with me, does anyone want it?

Orange Swift dark form

Mega Midgley Moths!

OK perhaps not mega but two are new for us up here, Drinker and Buff Arches and the Scarce Silver Y we've only had the odd time.