Lee Mount

Just one moth in the trap this morning. 1 Silver Y and that was it ..

14.October .2015

5 Small tortoiseshell in the fields in late afternoon sunshine , 1 Beautiful Plume , 1 Agonoptrix arnella and 1 Blairs Shoulder knot last night...

Lee Mount

From last night 13th October
3 Silver Y's flying about round the Buddleia at dusk
Then in the trap this morning just 2 moths
1 Large Yellow Underwing
1 Blair's Shoulder Knot (which looked quite a bit paler than the one the other night.

Blair's Shoulder Knot

Fly Flats

This afternoon with Nick (and it was cold up there in the northerly)! we found 18 Haworth's Minors still feeding on ragwort (11 were on one plant) at the northern end along with a few bees and a bonus with a single Ear Moth again on the ragwort.

Ear Moth



Ogden

I found this along the footpath behind the reservoir lodge this afternoon. Looks like a Fox Moth caterpilllar which had probably been fairly recently trodden on along the footpath - with some of the tail end missing. SE06558 30559.

9th October Northowram

Red Green Carpet x 4
Common Marbled Carpet   x 5
Garden Carpet    x 2
Light Brown Apple Moth x 7
Large Yellow Underwing x 1
November Moth agg x 3
Rusty Dot pearl x 2
Silver Y x 3
Blairs Shoulder knot x 3
Sallow x 1
Carpet sp either Chevron or N.Spinach (very worn)

Ploughcroft

Ringby Lane this morning just as the day was warming up I was fortunate enough to come upon this gem - my first for the year.

Painted Lady

Also present up the lane were:-
2 Speckled Wood
c10 Small Tortoiseshell
6 Red Admiral

Lee Mount

And another 3 micro's from last night 8th October that I can't get to grips with....if the shots are good enough !! ?

Lee Mount

From last night/this morning 9th Oct
Please correct any mis-identifications !!
I'm not sure of 2, 3, and 4 as these are new to me but have had a go at them...

 Common Marbled Carpet - darker form

 

 

 Blair's Shoulder Knot

 

 

 November Moth type

 

 

 Pale Mottled Willow

 

 

 Red-green Carpet

 

 

micro Ypsolopha sequella

I think this is the same type of moth as Brian put on earlier this week - with an amazing photograph. This is a long way off Brian's standard but probably enough for firm i d...?

 

And another new one for me x 2 of last night

Feathered Thorn

Mystery from France

August  or  September

Fly Flats

This morning there were still at least 7 Haworth's Minor on Ragwort at the northern end of the reservoir along with 1 Angle Shades
Still quite a few bees on the ragwort as well seeking nectar on the few remaining flowers from summer.

Ghost Moths on the One Show with Steve Cummings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvXRpbQDA8&feature=share

Lee Mount

Waiting for 'meat and tati pie' about half-five so had a look round the garden till it was ready....
Found this Beautiful Plume flying about - it was hard to keep track of in poor light then it landed on the window frame.

 Beautiful Plume

October 6th

One Small Copper and a Diamond Backed Moth ( a migrant ) today at Ringstone, 5 Red Admiral , 8 Small Tortoisehell and 1 Speckled Wood at Northowram

Whiteholme

This morning the sunshine started to get out and it was quite warm
I managed 5 Haworth's Minor still on Ragwort and this moth below which looked slightly smaller than them. ? Not identified yet if anyone can help..wondered about Ear Moth but am probably way off the mark !

 

Also along the drain and the res'r embankment

5+ Black Darters with another 2 in cop

1 unidentified large blueish Dragonfly

1 Sexton Beetle

3 Red Admirals

12+ Small Tortoiseshells

5 Silver Y's

And a large very white butterfly that took me by surprise when I disturbed it along the track. I thought it was like a Swallowtail Moth by it's size and similar shape only it was pure white. It flew off over the moor and I lost it in the distance. Was it just a fresh Large White (?) though there did not appear to be any black on it at all - baffled again !!! It was away too fast for the camera.

 

 

 

Micro Moth Ypsolopha sequella

Heres a pic of the Ypsolopha sequella approx 11mm,

which feeds on Field Maple and Sycamore,that  came to the light on National Moth Night at Hardcastle Crags.I persevered with a Stacking Technique of taking a series of photos at different Focal Points,a challenging idea with a living Moth ! This pic was the result of 17 pics each one manually focussed and stacked together in order to get the complete Depth of Field from front to back,unfortunately there is still slight movement of the outer part of the anntenae,this was the best of 3 series of pics of this Beautiful Micro Moth,which was released after.Camera Canon 40D,60mm Canon Macro Lens with a 13mm Extension Tube .Regards Brian Leecy.

Whiteholme Reservoir

Along the drain to Whiteholme this afternoon I turned up 8 more Haworth's Minor
7 on Ragwort and 1 on a Thistle

Haworth's Minor

Also 2 Silver Y were disturbed along the catchwater drain
and 5 or more Black Darter dragonflies along the drain
10+ Small Tortoiseshell along the reservoir embanklment

Haworths Minor update....

I had 44 + today at Fly flats feeding on Ragwort very close to the reservoir  some very tatty individuals but some quite smart ones too. A few Black Darter ,1 Ruby Tiger larvae , 1 Silver Y , 1 Small Tortoiseshell and a large moth over the moor which was unidentifiable..............

France 2015

 False Mocha

 Jersey Tiger

Glanville Fritillary

 Swallowtail

Epilecta linogrisea

A few from France ...August 2015

Broad Bordered Bee Hawkmoth

 Brown Hairstreak

 Silver Washed Fritillary

Pine Tree Lappet

Trebble Bar