Stainland.

I found a micro moth on the door last night. I've spent almost two hours going through all my moth bibles and on Flying Tonight Yorkshire Moths. I'm still no wiser. It was about 11mm tip to tail, and has faint dark marks at one thrid down.  Any comments welcome.

Worn Agonopterix sp. (Thanks Edward).

This morning, Anne found what looked like a Twenty Plume, it was the right shape, size and colour. Once it saw my camera, it flew off. It was anoying, as since my knee operations, I'm no longer able to kneel. The moth was very low down on tne door. It's a struggle for me to get down so I can lie on the floor, getting up is harder still. So, no idea what it was  Such is life.

Last nights Moths

Autumn Green Carpet x 1
Herald    x 1
Early Grey x 2
Hebrew Character x 3
Small Quaker x 5
Common Quaker x 2
Twenty plume Moth x 1
Double Striped Pug x 1
Brindled Pug x 3 (2 melanic)
Twin Spotted Quaker x 1

Aye Aye

This was sent to me for comment  - a 3 Eyed Peacock ( Not in Calderdale)

Butterflies

Been an excellent week for Small Tortoiseshells , Peacocks and Comma with reports from all over Calderdale in good numbers. Brimstones and Orange Tips have also been recorded along the valley bottoms and the first Small Whites on the 7th...Still no Speckled Woods or early Holly Blues. Green Hairstreaks should be out soon but may be hard to find this year with the restrictions.......
2 more Brimstones today from Hebden area...(AM and Nigel )..and a Green veined White on the 9th in Mythomroyd  thanks MBr....

Rishworth - An Engrailed is just 1/71 of the catch!

  It 's Good Friday - Quite literally...Last night the trap was unpredictably rammed with moths with 71 in total of 11 species... Any comments put below.... I got...


Agonopterix heracliana x1
Early Grey x2
Common Quaker x28
Brindled Pug x3 - Normal Form x2
                              f.hirschkei x1
Double Striped Pug x2
Engrailed x1
Satellite x1
Twin Spotted Quaker x4
Hebrew Character x16
Clouded Drab x1
Small Quaker x12

                                                    Engrailed

                                                        Agonopterix Heracliana

                                               Brindled Pugs f.hirschkei  and normal form.

Luddenden Moths - Plume

Any ideas on i.d.

080420

others Moths were
Brindled Pug 2
Oak Beauty 1  (twelfth this year)
Early Thorn  2
Hebrew Character  3
Common Quaker 2
Small Quaker 1
Clouded Drab 1

Lee Mount - 8th April

A few butterflies about - Peacocks, Small Tortoiseshells and and an unidentified 'white'.
Double-striped Pug x 1
Common Quaker x 1
Hebrew Character x 1
Not much doing with the moths but the moon and the stars were well worth observing. I don't know all that many constellations, just a few. but I eventually found LEO last night after much searching over recent months !!
Venus is brilliant at the moment too in the western sky.

Rishworth - Regulars...

Last night's moths were mainly everyday spring moths, sort of run-of-the-mill stuff. I got last night .....

Hebrew Character x4

Clouded Drab x2

Early Grey x1

Common Quaker x5

Brindled Pug x1

NOTE: if a moth is of a different form I would put the species name down with the form name. So I have only had one f.hirschskei Brindled Pug.

PUG help...good tips on malanics

Last Nights Moths......

Hebrew Character x 5
Small Quaker x 2
Diurnea fagella x 1 (dark form)
Brown House Moth x 1

Rishworth - Super Moon last night

I put the trap out last night thinking I wouldn't get anything and I did quite well for the lunar cycle time.. I got.....

Early Grey x1
Hebrew Character x11
Small Quaker x2
Common Quaker x2
Brindled Pug x1
Mottled Grey x1

Stainland.

I saw 7 Small Tortoiseshells on my walk this afternoon.

It was a lovely day, dressed in T Shirt and pants, enjoying the sun, the faint breeze, and listening to the bird song. It was the countryside I remember from my youth. No planes flying over, no traffic in the village, no trace of the roar from the the M62 and very few people in sight. I could get used to it.

Cromwell Bottom

Busy today in the sunshine...

Small White x 3
Orange Tip x 3 (males)
Peacock x 30 +
Comma x 3
Small Tortoiseshell x 5

2 more Brimstone reports today from Todmorden and  Lumbutts Wood ( thanks Annie and Bri Lee)
Also good numbers of Peacocks and OrangeTips from Hebden today(thanks AM, Nigel and Simon)

Garden Moths VC 63 Mon 7th April 2020

Garden Moths VC 63 Mon 7th April 2020

Weather 10-13 Dropping slow Still.

Method  Actinic 20 W

2182   Small Quaker Orthosia cruda ABH 73.245

2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica ABH 73.249

2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica ABH 73.249

Hollas Bridge

Had a quick walk round today...Kingfisher was nice to see..

Comma x 1
Small Tortoiseshell x 5
Peacock x 9

Brimstone reported from Hebden and Todmorden , male Orange Tip flying in Hebden and loads of Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells  reported from all over Calderdale today.....had a White sp flying near Shibden Park but not able to put to species.....

Copley garden butterflies

Been working from home this morning and 4 species of butterfly in the garden

Peacock
Small tortoiseshell
Comma
Orange tip (female)

Will keep an eye out for any more this afternoon.

Rishworth - Back on the anomalous!

I went over to the field opposite the house tonight at 21:00-21:30 as I didn't put the trap on tonight.. I wasn't disappointed.... Any comments welcome

Larval Search 6th April 2020
Anomalous x8 - Green Form x4
                             Brown Form x4

Shroggs Road - reclaimed landfill site - 6th Apl

Warmer sunshine today but nothing doing on the large grass area. The woodland glade was more productive being sheltered from the wind, so it was nice to find a few butterflies mostly just sunbathing on vegetation.
Peacock x 3
Small Tortoiseshell x 2
Comma x 1

Rishworth - Crazy Nights! Full report from last night.

Moth Trapping Session 5th April 2020
Ok, composure, it was VERY busy last night here.... to my one and only trap (actinic)….

List of Species
Common Quaker x22
Hebrew Character x12
Chestnut x3
Early Grey 1
Clouded Drab x4
Water Carpet x2
Brindled Pug x4
Mottled Grey x2
Early Tooth Striped x1
Twin spotted Quaker x4
Small Quaker x5
Double Striped Pug x1

Any thoughts welcome...…..

                                                    Water Carpet Above

                                                    Brindled Pug f.hirschkei

                                                         Double Striped Pug

                                                Early Tooth Striped

Rishworth - Excitement!

I don't want to overexcite anyone but a variety of Quakers and WATER CARPETS! have arrived already. The full catch report will happen in the morning.


Any thoughts put in the comments below. (Andy you said you thought we'd get water carpet here)...

 Luddenden Saturday 4th April

A quiet night in Luddenden (there was a frost at 5am this morning)

Common Quaker 2

Hebrew Character  2

Early Grey 2

Brindled Pug 1

                                          Brindled Pug

                                          

                                    
                                         Size and colour variation in Early Grey - both last night