Moth report update.

 I am now working on the update to the moth report I published earlier this year..If anybody has anything they would like to contribute or take out of the last one, seen any massive mistakes,,please email me or leave a comment below..I am planning the next edition in March 2021,,cheers

Lee Mount - 12th October

 Better than expected overnight

Feathered Thorn x 2

Red-green Carpet x 1

November Moth agg x 7

Blair's Shoulder-knot x 2

Light-brown Apple-moth x 4

Garden Rose Tortrix x 1

Silver Y x 1 from previous day still sheltered in a garden pot

Stainland.

1 x Garden Rose Tortix today.

It was cold and windy last night, I didn't think I'd see anything.

Juniper Carpet

                                                      Juniper Carpet x 1

                                                     Blairs Shoulder Knot x 1

                                                     Light Brown Apple Moth x 1

                                                    Garden Rose Tortrix x 1

Rishworth - 11th October - Overnight Moths.

 Not great but still not had a blank, so satisfactory.

Yellow Line Quaker X2

November Moth Agg. X1

Castle Carr Road and Saltonstall etc...

Nice bit of sunshine this afternoon alongside Luddenden Dean

Small Tortoiseshell x 3 (one on Michaelmas Daisy, the others in flight over the fields

Silver Y x 2 flying around near a farm just off Castle Carr Road

Ruby Tiger x 2 caterpillars on a track - one placed back in the vegetation though the other one was dead probably got trampled on at some point.

Red Admiral x 1 at home, again on Verbena bonariensis

Stainland.

 

This poest has been amended on the 11th Oct. 2020, after David and Edward corrected my mistake. Thank you both. I've adjusted my original post. The following is now correct.

A nice surprise for me this morning, an Autumn Green Carpet moth.

Autun Green Carpet.

Rishworth

 Red Admiral on Verbena Bonariensis/Japanese Anenome. Also one on Nasturtium 'Alpine Mixed'.

Lee Mount - 11th October

From last night

Feathered Thorn x 1

Acleris sparsana x 1

Common Marbled Carpet x 1

Light-brown Apple-moth x 3

Acleris sparsana

Feathered Thorn

Lee Mount - 9th October

 November Moth agg x 2 this morning and that was it !

Autumn so far....

 I don't know about anyone else, but Autumn here in Rishworth has been very poor. I have had no Sallows apart from 1 Centre Barred Sallow and Orange Sallow in August. I have added a right truckload of species to my list, e.g Small Autumnal Moth, but species from last year, other than Rosy Rustic and Common Marbled Carpet, have been quite patchy. I don't know if it is general decrease in trapping nights due to busier days combined with bad weather. Any thoughts comments are welcome.

Fox moth

This was found walking across the path on Norland Moor yesterday many thanks J Baldwin..I saw a Ruby Tiger cat also today  but just out of the area...
 

Lee Mount - 7th October

Another wet night I think, with some dry spells.

Yellow-line Quaker x 1

November Moth agg x 1

Common Marbled Carpet x 3 (2 dark ones and an orange blaze)

Light-brown Apple-moth x 3

This morning

Red Admiral x 1 on and off in the garden between the showers

Stainland. 6th. October 2020.

 Another poor quality 3 am photo, a Strawberry Tortrix. A little worse for wear. Nothing else I'm aftaid.

 

Strawberry Tortix.

Rishworth - 5th October - Overnight Moths - Not bad

 Not the best night but it was alright.

Moth Trap 5th October:

November Moth Agg. X6

Copper Underwing Agg. X1

Red Green Carpet x1

Common Marbled Carpet X2 (Orange blaze)

Lee Mount

 Red Admiral today on the Verbena and a Speckled Wood showed along the tree line several times.

5th October , Northowram

Large White x 2 adults ...10 cats feeding on Broccoli

Small Tortoiseshell x 1 

Red Admiral x 1

Lee Mount - 1st October

Just a Yellow-line Quaker in the trap this morning

November Moth agg x 1 on the fence

Silver Y on the pebble dashing last night

Just a single Red Admiral this afternoon at Cold Edge

Halifax.

For what it's worth, there was one Large White in Halifax town cenrtre today. It seems reasnable to assume there must be others.

Stainland.

 Butterflies:

1 x Large White 30th Sept. 

 

Moths on our door lastnight.

1 x Twenty Plume.

1 x Light Brown Apple.