Garden Moths 13th August 2016

Weather Warm 13 - 15 oC   Dry . Light breeze

MV 120 W

73.169 BF2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis x3

73.348 BF2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe   x2 Query 

73.342 BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba  x25  Underwings

70.258 BF1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria   x1

41.002 BF873   Blastobasis adustella x2

28.009 BF648  White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella x2
31.001 BF658  Long Horn Flat Body Carcina quercana  x2 Query  (below)

Willow Beauty

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

QUERY


31.001 BF658 Carcina quercana

White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrell

Vapourer Caterpilars Red Admirals

72.017 BF2026   The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua


Currently found throughout (this one at Adel Dam)

Red Admiral

Lee Mount - 12th August

15c with wind easing then light rain curtailed use of the trap !
Orange Swift x 1 - a new one for here
Large Yellow Underwing x 15
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 4
Willow Beauty x 2
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 2
Phoenix x 1
Small Fan-footed Wave x 1
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix x 1
Large micro still to indentify
Several other micro's I didn't get around to !

 Above and below I think these are both Willow Beauty though they were very different shades

 Orange Swift

 

 

One still to identify looked different from the recent Udea lutealis though a similar type of moth..

Lee Mount -12th August

I was just having a sarny outside at lunchtime when I spotted this little gem nectering on Verbena flowers in the planters. It was just there about half a minute at the most but fortunately I did have the camera to hand (that was in case a Red Kite went over !!). Just managed 3 quick shots below.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Swales Moor yesterday 11th August

Along Ringby Lane. Very windy conditions bit I did manage a Red Admiral - record shots as I couldn't keep the camera still in the wind. It was trying to find shelter hence the shot with the closed wings.

My first Painted Lady for 2016 today.

Picture over on Calderdale-wildlife blog.

Lee Mount

A couple of queries with 2 moths below that I can't fathom from near the end of July...

 Above and below the same moth 18mm wing length (25th July)

 

 

 Same moth above and below 17mm wing length (30th July)

Lee Mount - Tuesday 9th August

Cooler  at 10c with a breeze with some shelter in the garden and some cloud

 Not sure about this small Pug (wing length 10mm)

This is the same pug as above. (The colour looks different, from the flash I think, but it is the same - in reality it did look grey rather than brownish)

 

 

 July High-flyer

 

 Six-striped Rustic

 

 

Not sure about this one - maybe Square-spot Rustic (?) c16mm wing length and slightly smaller than the Six-stripe Rustic

Also
Lesser Broad-Bordered Yellow Undewing x 4
Large Yellow Underwing x 9
Dark Arches x 3
Dunbar x 2
Brimstone x 1
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix x 1

A few Day Fliers

CB LNR

Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis

Gatekeeper

Common Blue Damselfly

Speckled Wood

One or two from France (for Colin)

The Caddis club will have to wait till I'm 60 ish.....Mazarine  Blue

                                                 A tatty Purple hairstreak

                                                         Lappet

       Attracted to outside light ..Jersey Tiger , Garden Tiger and Oak Eggar

The passenger attracted to outside light (record shot0

Saturday 6th August

A record here with 39 Large Yellow Underwings in the trap this morning + there were a few others flying about when I shut the light off at 23:30 so there may have been up to 45 (?).
Nothing new with the usual recent moths plus a single Phoenix

Lee Mount - Friday 5th August

Two I have been struggling with from Friday night - this first one took some working out going through the rustics etc I don't know why but have not seen too many of these before - but think it must be Lesser Yellow Underwing x  2  on Friday and  wre larger than a nearby Six-striped Rustic

This micro above is also baffling me (wing length 14mm) and have looked at Mecyna flavalis but the location, away from the south coast, is rare. Then maybe European Corn-borer Ostrinia nubilalis is a possibility ? There seem to be few of these type that look quite similar !

Six-striped Rustic

Update

Hi All .
         Been away in France for the last couple of weeks so will try and comment on the mass of posts while ive been away.. White Satin Moth is a good local record and Light Arches is a good one to pick out at this time of year with all the Dark Arches in the trap..We have a new member Gordon Jackson and he is a good friend of Charlie and Colin so we look forward to his posts.....Cheers
  

Lee Mount - Thursday 4th August

Cooler tonight 12c, partly cloudy with wind at 6 mph though trap in sheltered area
A nice new moth which I lost for a photo in the evening but thankfully it was in the trap this morning.
Scallop Shell x 1
Smoky Wainscott x 2 (with one nectering on Buddleia at dusk)
Brimstone Moth x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 14
Green Oak Tortrix x 1
Small Fan-footed Wave x 1
Light Emerald x 1
Riband Wave x 2
Dark Arches x 2
Common Lutestring x 1
Dunbar x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Carcina quercana x 1
Eudonias 5+

 Scallop Shell

 

 

Smoky Wainscott - nectering on Buddleia

Cunnery Wood

Public session of minibeast terrorising today in Cunnery Wood.

Butterflies included
Comma
Red Admiral
Green Viened White
Small Skipper
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood
Gatekeeper

Lee Mount - Tuesday 2nd August

Marginally quieter than previous evenings 15c, thick cloud and little wind just in the sheltered spot
Small  Fan-footed Wave x 2
Large Yellow Underwing x 14
Small Rivulet x 1
Swallowtail Moth x 1
Common Lutestring x 1 (well I'm pretty sure that what it was) 2 photos below in different poses
Brimstone Moth x 1
Purple Bar x 1 (new one)
Marbled Beauty x 1
Willow Beauty x 1
Smoky Wainscott x 1 - I think as not too clued up on Wainscotts yet!... photo below
Clay x 1 - pretty sure that is it (photo below) as been looking through all the Wainscotts today then latched on to this one
Scarce Silver-lines x 1
Plain Golden Y x 1
Least Yellow Undwerwing x 1
Eudonias x 5
unidentified 'wave' x1

Don't hesitate to correct any id'd below !

 Smoky Wainscott

 

 

 Clay

 

 

 unidentified small 'wave'

 

 

 Common Lutestring - this is the same moth in different poses above and below

Purple Bar - best photo I could get in the trap

Lee Mount - Monday 1st August

13c, light cloud and no wind and 2 new ones to confirm
Single-dotted Wave x 1
White Satin Moth x 1
Common Rustic agg - photo to check
Knot Grass x 1 - photo to check
Phoenix x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 14
Swallowtail x 1
Dark Arches x 2
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Willow Beauty x 3
Dunbar x 4
Brimstone Moth x 1
Least Yellow Underwing x 1
Mother of Pearl x 1
Riband Wave x 3
Shuttle-shaped Dart x 1
Bird-cherry Ermine x 2
unidentified Pug x 1
Marbled Minor agg x 1
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix x 4

 unidentified Pug

 

 Common Rustic agg ?? - maybe

 

 

 Knot Grass ?? thought at first Marbled Beauty but it was larger

 

 

 Phoenix

 

 

 Single-dotted Wave (I think - a new one !)

 

 

 White Satin

White Satin

Thought at first I was looking at a Ghost Moth as never seen one of these before - a fantastic looking moth which was a real surprise !

Brackenbeds/Shroggs Tip

Our public butterfly hunt was a bit of a wash out today. However we did manage 1 Gatekeeper.

Fingers crossed for Cunnery Wood on Thursday as we are holding another family event there.

Lee Mount - Saturday 30th July

Very calm evening 13c
Dunbar x 3
Brimstone Moth x 2
Scarce Silver-lines x 1
Flame Carpet x 1
Large Yellow Underwing x 8
Swallowtail Moth x 2
Buff Arches x 1
Small Fan-footed Wave x 1
Plain Golden Y x 1
Willow Beauty x 1
Common Footman x 1
Dark Dagger/Grey Dagger x 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 1
Snout x 1

 Dunbar (just started appearing here)

Flame Carpet (through perspex)