Lee Mount 19th July

Moths all over the place last night (23 species including 5 micros) - especially Large Yellow Underwings giving both me and themselves a 'bashing'.!
Best one for me was a Ruby Tiger and True Lover's Knot x 2 together in the trap this morning. I might have struggled with id but seeing them on Norland Moor recently was a big help. Lovely moths.

True Lover's Knot

Not sure about these 2 below - still trying to work them out

 Wonder about  Rufous Minor above but do these go as Minor agg ?

Wave but not sure which one yet - looked smaller than Riband Wave with c12mm forewing length

Ogden golf course

Yesterday 18th July 2016
Another new one, thanks to a tip off from Andy, which I found above Stodfold (between the golf course and Mixenden Reservoir. A  great looking moth though it was tricky getting a decent clear photo as the wind was blowing the vegetation quite a lot.

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Lee Mount

Last few days  -a lot of moths but can't catch up yet with posting everything so just putting 2 on that I can't just figure out !
Not getting anywhere with the top one yet but still trying - quite a distinct shape though very dark  and markings not very clear with wing length c 15mm

This second one - wondered about Willow Beauty ? I did have some of these last year but I'm not very familiar with this group and the colour didn't look quite as grey as the previous ones - wing length c 23mm

Garden Moths 17th July 2016

Weather 16 -18 o Breezy Warm with relatively low humidity Moon approaching full phase. Dry. & Warm.

Habitat  Urban Non Planted Garden on a garden corridor

MV 120 w

74.007  BF2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana x1

20.011  BF0410 Argyresthia brockeella x1

70.283  BF1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria x 1

70.243  BF1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria x3

73.342  BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x 14 +

73.329  BF2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta x 2
70.226  BF1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolatax x 4

65.009  BF1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides  x 2
73.012  BF243   Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis x 1

72.003  BF2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis  x 6+

73.317  BF2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x 7
70.218  BF1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata  x 1

73.162  BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha x 5

73.169  BF2343  Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis x 1 

70.278  BF1956  Common Wave Cabera exanthemata  x 2
73.267  BF2160  Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea x 1

70.133  BF1803 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata x 2

70.049  BF1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata x 1

70.016  BF1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata ab reamurata  x 2 

73.173  BF2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor agg ) x3

73.002  BF2449 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia x 1

72.002  BF2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis  x 1

63.018  BF1378  Anania coronata x 1

63.080 BF1293  Chrysoteuchia culmella x 1

73.016  BF2442  Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina x 2
73.017  BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota x4
73.084  BF2293  Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica x 1Pugs
49.156 BF1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana x3

Imaging To Follow

73.012  BF243   Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis  

The form tutti has the two vertical brassy bands on the forewing joined forming an “H-shape However the valid separate species named Diachrysia stenochrysis also has the two vertical brassy bands on the forewing joined “H-shape”. It is thought that the "H" needs to be at least 3 millimetres wide for it to be considered stenochrysis



I have summarised and simplified  the Form terminology  

http://www.sussexmothdiary.co.uk/macsheets/73.012.htm

Cryptic BB Diachrysia stenochrysis A good visual here on the species split images summarised

http://grampybustard.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/burnished-brass-split.html

Summary top Image joint = Cryptic
Middle Image Banded Intermediate need gen det or dna
Bottom Image separate BB

On the BB Forms     BB aurea has sepaarte vertical bars see http://www.sussexmothdiary.co.uk/macsheets/73.012.htm

juncta with the dark band complete, and tutti with the thin connect 3 mm

Moths with the 2 bands joined clearly and distinctly to create an "H"... have been referred to as f. juncta

Moths refererable to juncta are regarded BY SOME AUTHORS as a seperate species, called Diachrysia tutti

Examples of tutti in which the cross-bar of the H is at least 3 mm wide MAY BE REFERABLE to the Eastern Palearctic species stenochrysis

The intermediates I think need strictly speaking needs DNA to establish there validity

70.283  BF1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria




72.002  BF2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis





74.007  BF2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana  

73.329  BF2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta




73.084  BF2293  Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica



70.278  BF 1956  Common Wave Cabera exanthemata





70.218  BF1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata




63.018  BF1378  Anania coronata




73.002  BF2449 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia

20.011  BF0410 Argyresthia brockeell



73.017  BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota

Marbled Minor (agregates  ) - 3 Sims

Marbled Minor Rufous Tawny

At a guess 1 & 2 possibly but NEEDS gen det especially their melanic forms, can only reliably be separated by dissection


Possibly 2339 Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula ABH 73.174

Lee Mount - 15th July 2016

A hectic couple of hours after nearly abandoning it with drizzle threatening. It stayed dry, just about, and a few rewards came forth ! Especially the Antler Moth.

 Swallowtail

 

 

 Not sure maybe Marbled Minor agg ?  (quite small about 13mm wing length)

 

 

 Scarce Silver-lines

 

 

 Maybe Smoky Wainscott ?

(same moth below)

 

 

 Antler (another new one)!

 

 

 unidentified micro

Full list
Antler x 1
Swallowtail x 2
Snout x 3
Fan-foot x 1
Green Oak Tortrix x 2
Brimstone x 2
Lge Y Underwing x 3
Bee Moth x 1
Buff Arches x 1
Purple Clay x 1
Straw Dot x 1
Dark Arches x3
Flame Shoulder x 1
Peppered Moth x 2
Marbled Minor agg ? x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 1
Scarce Silver-lines x 1
Smoky (I think) Wainscott x 1
Ingrailed Clay x 1
Beautiful Golden Y x 1
Flame x 2
Pseudargyrotza cogwagana x 1
Light Brown Apple Moth x 2
unidentified micro x 1
A few Eudonia  type x 8 (but don't know where to start with these !)

When I emptied the trap this morning a local House Sparrow came in, surprising me as it whizzed past my head after a moth - but it missed thank goodness ! This follows on from the previous night when a bat came in after a moth - it was so quick I don't know whether it got a meal or not !!

Lee Mount - 14th July 2016

I didn't expect too much as the weather was pretty cool and a clear sky but didn't do too bad after all
Purple Clay x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 3
Common Footman x 1
Beautiful Plume x 1
Swallow-tailed Moth x 1
Buff Arches x 1
Dark Arches x 3
Fan-foot x 2
Small Fan-foot x 1
Riband Wave x 1
Brimstone Moth x 1
Green Oak Tortrix x 1
Straw Dot x 1
Small magpie x 1
Marbled Minor agg x 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix x 1
Eudonia type x 2
A few unidentified micros I didn't get around to !

Common Footman (I think - as it's a new one)

Spectacle

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Garden Moths 11/12th July 2016

Light Breeze , Humid

MV100 W

70.243 BF1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria  x 2

73.016 BF2442  Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina x2

73.342 BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x12
73.317 BF2089  Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamation x 1
73.162 BF2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha  x 2 

On the 12th July 2015

73.291 BF2199  Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens  x1

73.162 BF2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha  x 1 

Ogden golf course

This morning - not a lot but scattered about were 15+ Ringlet butterfly's and 5 Meadow Browns along with 1 Yellow-shell Moth and quite a few unidentified micro's !
Pair of Latge Red Damselfly in cop.

Savile Park

From a friend we saw yesterday who passed on his moth trap to me last year. He was sweeping leaves up in his garden last week (Tuesday 5th July) and disturbed, in the leaf litter, a Lime Hawkmoth - A M Earnshaw.
Many thanks to Mark for not only passing on his trap and this record but also for his enthusiasm and knowledge on Lepidoptera gained over a good number of years.

Lee Mount - 8th July

One new one for here with a nice looking Blackneck

 Blackneck

 

Gothic

Total list
Blackneck x 1
Gothic x 1
Green Oak Tortrix x 1
Brimstone x 2
Large Yellow Underwing x 2
Buff Arches x 1
Small magpie x 2
Purple Clay x 1
Small Emerald x 1
Riband Wave x 2 (both types)
Eudonia x 2
Marbled Minor agg x 2
Light Brown Apple Moth x 2
Dark Arches x 2
Beautiful Golden Y x 1
Lempke's Gold Spot x 1
Spectacle x 1
Flame Shoulder x 1

Marks and Spencer's !

See Brian Sumners report and photo on his blog today 10th July - West Yorkshire Birding - for his report of an Eyed Hawkmoth in the Halifax store this afternoon.

Ogden

An hour at the lower end of the golf course this afternoon. It was pretty overcast though the sun came out for about quarter of an hour and c20 Ringlets and 3 or more Meadow Browns appeared along with a single Small Copper in  a patch of billberry, heather, juncus and moorland grasses etc
Also 2 Yellow Shell Moths

It's also a good spot for Fox Moth caterpillars later on but I've never seen an adult there - yet .

Lee Mount - 6th July

It looked a half decent night but it was very quiet until everything turned up just before midnight.
A couple to check ?

 I think this one could be a Twin-spot Plume (but never id'd one before so might be wrong !)

 

 

Baffled by this one and been trawling the books and can't seem to get it. I didn't get chance to measure it - (medium size! maybe 16 - 20mm) I was wondering about the white dots on the lower outer edge of the forewing and the dark dots higher up though this seems to fit a few species.
Now wondering if it could be between Dusky Brocade or Confused

 

 

In addition to the two above

Small Magpie x 2

Bright-line Brown-eye x 1

Green Arches x 1

Light Brown Apple Moth x 2

Eudonia - (probably lacustrata ?) x 2

Buff Arches x 1

Green Oak Tortrix x 1

Small Fan-foot x 1

Snout x 1

Dark Arches x 1

Purple Clay x 1

Common Marbled Carpet x 1

Marbled Minor agg x 1

Marbled Beauty x 1

Small Angle Shades x 1

Peppered Moth x 1

Garden Pebble x 1 (new one)

Beautiful Golden Y x 2

 

I wonder how long I will get new moths with such regularity - but it's really good. Just need some sleep !!zzzzzz

 

Swales Moor

Ringby Lane, on the top late morning I came across 2 of these and wonder if they are likely to be Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet rather than the allegedly commoner Six-spot Burnet or the Five-spot which I gather is a more southerly species ?

 

Also on the top

Large Skipper x 2

Ringlet x 3

Lee Mount - 5th July

Quite a cool night and a clear sky clouding over so I gave the trap a try and fortunately the wind dropped as well.
New moth - Small Angle Shades x 2 individuals in the trap this morning
Large Yellow Underwing x 1
Marbled Minor agg x 1
Silver Y x 1
Brimstone x 1
Snout x 1
Beautiful Plume x 1
Light Emerald x 1
Dark Arches x 2
Green Oak Tortrix x 1
Common Marbled Carpet x 1

 Light Emerald

 

 

 Small Angle Shades - (1st individual)

Small Angle Shades -(2nd paler one)

Garden Moths 3rd July 2016

MV 120 W Robinson

Date 3rd July 2016

Weather Settled after week end breezes Temp circa 13 - 15 o

Habitat  Urban  Garden 

63.025 BF137   Small Magpie Anania hortulata  x 4

70.133 BF1803 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata  x 2

70.226 BF1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x 3
73.342 BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba  x 20
73.016 BF2442  Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina x 2

72.003 BF2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis  x 4

73.368 BF2136 The Gothic Naenia typica x 1

63.018 BF1378  Anania coronata x 1

70.280 BF1958  Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata  x 2

70.097 BF1764  Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma t runcata x 2

73.317 BF2089  Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x 10

63.080 BF1293  Chrysoteuchia culmella x 3

73.329 BF2102  Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta x 1

65.009 BF1653  Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides x 1

69.003 BF1981  Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi x 1

73.156 BF2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenat x 1

49.025 BF970   Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana x 2 TBC

More Images to Follow

Tortrix x3
Pugs x3

Two colour variants o Beautiful Golden  Y

Castle Carr

I had a walk on part of Warley Moor above and to the east of Castle Carr this morning, a beautiful day to be out on the moor. I came across this little gem but haven't identified it yet. It got quite attached to my binoculars and didn't seem to want to depart from them !!

Also nearby along Castle Carr Road near the Top Lodge
Ringlet x 1
Large Skippers x 2