Sowerby Bridge Moths

Lime Hawk Moth





Miller

Figure of Eighty

Help needed, Dusky Brocade?

Buff Arches

A few selections from recently down here overlooking the canal

on Wakefield Road. Been keeping diligent(ish) record since

late May.



Some Moths from round and about

Help required with the id please

silver ground carpet?

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? great camouflage but not for a kitchen window

Hawkmoths...use ultra sound to combat bats.

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From the garden this weekend

Mint Moth

Large Yellow Underwing

Peppered Moth

Small Angle Shades

Garden Carpet?

Silver ground Carpet?

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Micropterix

After yesterday thinking I had seen Micropterix calthella (and I may have done) I thought I would go back to the site where I found it. Try and find another and this time get a better pic to id it. Well as you know, this rarely works. However in this case I did find a Micropterix but this one looks like 0004 Micropterix aruncella. (Can anyone confirm this id pls?) I have a pic that's a little better (below) and the moth in a pot to try with the camera again tomorrow, but to be honest these things are so small its on the limits of what I can capture. I also have another pot with a Sigmella sp inside which is about the same size. Spent too long looking for these this aft and am now covered in midge bites.

Silver Linings

Until this week I had never seen a Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata But after seeing one at Glastonbury I was having a shave the other morning looking out of the window and spotted another. Both shown below (Glasto moth top and better marked). Also today found Micropterix calthella but sadly no decent photo.

Strange Wainscot

Found this Common Wainscot in the doorway of a shower block at Glastonbury Festival. I noticed that one of the wings is quite a bit larger than the other. Is it an example of bilateral gynandromorphy. A situation where each half of an insect has all the characteristics of its gender. i.e. one male wing and one female. Anyone any experience of this?

Bradley Wood 21/6/13

Beautiful Golden Y ?

Festoon?

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Help me out guys, I'm new to this :)

Oats Royd

I have been down to Oats Royd a few times over the past week and have had plenty of damselflies of the common blue, blue tailed and large red variety. I also collected a Dragonfly exuvia, though I did not find the dragonfly that came from it.
  I also found a couple of moth species which I am unsure of their identification...

Beautiful Golden Y?

-No Idea

Larva ID Help..

Found on trefoil..........................................

A few Moths from June in Luddenden

Things have been better in June with a total of 40 species this month so far but numbers are still low despite the warmer weather, these are some of the goodies so far. I was also good to see my first Cinnabar for two years

                                          Powdered Quaker

                                          Small Elephant Hawkmoth (one of three)

                                          Bordered White (one of two)

 

                                          Clouded Silver

                                          Brown Spot Pinion
                                

                                          Shoulder-striped Wainscot

                                          Narrow-winged Pug - White -spotted Pug below

                                          Pug 24mm  any ideas?

Latticed heath

Taken at Cromwell bottom last week , this form I have not seen before f.alboguttata many thanks to GWH   for the photo..

Good and bad

A great night last night from the trap, With Elephant and Poplar hawkmoth,Buff,White Ermine ,cinnabar ,foxglove Pug, Brimstone  ,Beautiful golden Y  , clouded silver /Border,
Ingrailed clay , Dark Arches , and top pic Bordered White a scarce moth for me in Northowram...1 weeks to go after a two year wait and mold has set in....that is the way it goes.....

CockHill Moor Field Observations

Took an interesting trip onto the moors today and found the following
1) This 2064 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa with a damaged forewing just sitting on a rock by the path,
2) There were 100's of these 1162 Rhopobota myrtillana (can anyone confirm this id, seems to be under recorded on UK moths?) all on bilberry.
3) Here is a mystery relatively plain tortrix looking specimen again on bilberry but amongst heather and grasses. Again id sought.
An interesting hour under the whalesong of curlews and lapwings.

 

 

Spectacle outside the shop at Ogden this morning.

More Nettle-tap

Following on from Chris's Nettle-taps in the previous post. I dug out my pic of the same. It revealed a mystery object (bottom left of frame) any ideas, insect related? No idea what the plant is I'm afraid.

Recent sightings

The sunny weather a week or so ago ment lots of butterfly activity on the nature reserves around Halifax. Highlight was a Small Copper at Shibden Park on Friday 7th. Also had an Orange Tip laying eggs on the garlic mustard in the garden, and further investigation found tiny little caterpillars as well. I did come across these 2 micro moths mating in the garden (above). Anyone any idea which species they are?