Luddenden 10th May 2020

A good night here as well last night

Poplar Hawkmoth 1
Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Pale Tussock  4 (increasing a lot in Luddenden)
Buff-tip  1
Hebrew Character 2
Common White Wave  1
White-spotted Pug 2
Oak-Tree Pug 1
Brindled Pug 4
Slender Pug? 1
Common Pug (we think)  11
lots of micro things!

Slender Pug - 16mm - any ideas?

Buff-tip

Common White Wave

Pale Tussock

Increasing a lot in Luddenden, these are the yearly totals;
2011   10
2015    1
2016    4
2017  15
2018  28
2019  30
2020   8 so far

Sowerby Bridge Moths last night

                                        Lime Hawk Moth

                                       Lesser Swallow Prominent

                                         Ruby Tiger

                            Not sure about this pug, any suggestions?? 

Also 1 Bee Moth, 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Red Green Carpet, 1 Double Striped Pug. Small but quite handsome little bunch overall.

Stainland.

Three moths last night, only the Pug stayed until this morning.

1 x Twenty Plume
1 x Light Brown Apple
1 x Double Striped Pug (A bit worn, but I think I got the ID right).

Double Striped Pug.

Northowram Last night

Shuttle Shaped Dart x 7
White Ermine x 1
Spruce Carpet x 3
Tawny -barred Angle f nigrofulvata x 1
Light knot grass x 1
Small Magpie x 1
Small Phoenix x 1
Foxglove pug x 1
Light Brown Apple moth x 2
Brown House Moth x 2

Lee Mount - 9th May

A really poor return despite what seemed like perfect conditions during the evening and overnight.
correction - Small Magpie x 1
Twenty-plume Moth x 2
Tachystola acroxantha x 1
White-shouldered House-moth x 1

One micro for a check - looks similar to one of Andy's last night. Poor photo but maybe enough to confirm identity ?

Possibly ? - Gracillaria syringella

Rishworth - Glaucous Shears and friends!

Came down the trap this morning (10/05/2020 (its 645am as I write this)) and looked quite busy so I anticipated delving in to the trap and I got:


Glaucous Shears x1
Pale Tussock x2
Pebble Prominent x2

• Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet x2 UPDATED...

Water Carpet x2
Common Pug x1
Red Green Carpet x1
Hebrew Character x1
Common Quaker x1
Grey Birch x1
Brindled Pug x3
Bramble Shoot Moth x1
Brown Silver Lines x1


Any comments welcome,,,,,,

                                                            Pebble Proinenent

                                                          Glaucous Shears must have come from the moors that surround here so closely and tightly, There is Anomalous over the road the moors are that close!

                                            Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet

                                                       Water Carpet

FOX Moths

So i returned to Soil Hill tonight and at 20.10 there were moths flying up around the top field , I could not catch one they were so fast ,there were about 25 + in all directions , I could not catch one for about 10 minutes...Eventually one got stuck in a spiders web, and I caught it .... Fox Moth ,excellent
Last nights moths
Foxglove Pug x 1
Rustic Shoulder Knot x 1
Small Magpie x 2
Gracillaria syringella x 1

Swales Moor

Along Ringby Lane and on the top mid morning - wow it was hot today !

Target butterfly was Wall Brown and I wasn't disappointed, though it took some searching for. Ended up with two together chasing about but getting a half decent shot when they wouldn't stay still for long was a challenge.

 Wall Brown

Also up there

Small Copper x 3

Small Heath x 1

(estimates below)

Orange-tip x 15

Green-veined White x 6

Peacock x 4

Small Tortoiseshell x 8

Large White x 1

Small White x 6

Moth - Common Heath x 2

 Small Copper

Small Heath

Stainland.

Robber Dodge this afternoon.

6 x Orange Tip
5 x Large White (unspecified).
3 x Speckled Wood
2 x Small Tortoiseshell

And a partidge in a pear tree.
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself,
I'm a bit giddy after so much fresh air.

Large Pale Clothes Moth Tinea pallescentella

Rishworth - The First for Calderdale!!

I had an interesting micro moth in the house at approximately 22:00 last night, I didn't think much of it at the time but I flicked through the Micro Moth Bible and found it looked very much like a Large Pale Clothes Moth so I sent the picture on this post to CF who said it was definitely one of the Tineidae and asked for the wing length so I replied 11.5mm and he sent back:-

'Hi Edward,

So if it is a big chap like that then it must be Tinea Pallescentella like you say. There aren't a lot of records but I think it is under-recorded. I had one in the house in 2007. It's the only one I've ever seen. There are only 13 records on the database; four for VC63. The nearest one being an ancient one from Huddersfield.

Cheers


Charlie'

AC has confirmed it is a first for Calderdael so excellent news! Any comments welcome.

                                                Large Pale Clothes Moth:- Click on the picture to enlarge.

Lee Mount - 9th May

Struggling with one of these. Thought at first Poplar Grey but possibility of a Light Knot Grass with a very small oval (?) so some help needed !

?

Also last night

Iron Prominent x 1

Heart & Dart x 1

Twenty-plume Moth x 1

Hebrew Character x 1

Light-brown Apple-moth x 1

 Iron Prominent

Heart and Dart

From yesterday at Carrs Beck near Ogden - Unfortunately they were not playing ball for a photo !

Mother Shipton x 2

Common Heath 10+

Surprisingly, not a sign of any Green Hairstreaks. The commonest butterflies were Orang-tips.

Rishworth - Micro ID and the trap.

Plenty flying around the trap last night but this morning (09/05/2020) there was only three moths being:-

            1 Pale Tussock

            1 Brown Silver Lines

            1 Swallow Prominent

Last night this micro was in the house and  I've not looked at IDs but if anyone could ID it from the terrible picture before myself that would be great...

Soil Hill

On the west side of Soil Hill this evening there were at least 10 + large moths flying around at dusk , pretty sure they were Emperors but I could not get the usual orange flashes of the males .....will go back tomorrow to see they were not Fox Moth...

Rishworth - Esperia Sulphurella.

An Esperia Sulphurella flying around this afternoon.....

Eyed Hawkmoth

A freshly emerged Eyed Hawkmoth today from Old Town , reared from larvae found in oldtown last year ,,,thanks Steven Redman...

Lee Mount - 7th May

Holly Blue briefly mid morning was a welcome sight first seen around the Honeysuckle then away over the gardens. Also a few Orange-tip, a Peacock and a Small White.

Shroggs landfill
Orange-tip x 6
Peacock x 3
Small White x 2
Small Tortoiseshell x 2

A Garden Carpet earlier in the day was well gone and being carried away by an ant. There didn't seem much left of the moth except the wings

In the evening the lamp attracted a few moths
Brindled Pug looking very worn
Hebrew Character x 1
Twenty-plume Moth x 3
Flame Carpet x 1 (very dark looking)
Bee Moth x 1
White-shouldered House-moth x 1
Brown Housemoth x 1
Common White Wave x 1

 Bee Moth

Flame Carpet

Common White Wave

This morning - nothing at all on the fence or in the trap - they had all gone. Perhaps that bright full moon as it rose late on, and a clear sky moved them all off - strange !

Stainland.

My first Light Brown Apple moth of the season, was on our fan light as we went to bed. There will have been more of them flitting about before this of course.

Quality not Quantity

Barred Hook Tip x 1

Oak tree Pug x 1 

Puss Moth x 1

Small Magpie x 1

White Ermine x 1

Brindled Pug x 1

Light Brown Apple Moth x 2

A very good night with my new bulb at last, Puss Moth was a first for the garden , Barred Hook tip my second and my 3rd Oak Tree Pug,,,,,none of them in the trap but on the wall behind.... 

Miller

Sat on the wall outside this morning. A tad earlier than the usual appearance round here.

Rishworth - Numbers Low, Varies High!

A very humid and muggy warm night here in Rishworth with light rain in mild outbursts on occasions up until 00:00. This morning (08/05/2020) I came to find...


Pebble Hook-Tip x1
Small Elephant Hawk Moth x1
Foxglove Pug x1
Common Pug x1
Grey Birch x1
Hebrew Character x1

                                                       Pebble Hook Tip above

                                            Foxglove Pug above and below

                                                     Small Elephant Hawk Moth, A different individual to the one caught previously, this one being smaller and pinker....