Lee Mount - 28th July

Not a lot this morning in the trap that I wouldn't expect but just the one posing me a querie. Could this be Dingy Shears (NO not happy with that now - not Dingy S)

Best of the others

Mother of Pearl, Willow Beauty, Small Fan-footed Wave x 2, Clouded Border x 2 and Double-striped Pug etc...

Copley - in the wet - 22nd July

A poor afternoon but we still managed to find one or two butterflies hiding away.

Gatekeeper x 3 in long grass at Hollas Bridge with a Red Admiral still braving it out on a Buddleia. 

Green-veined White x 2 alongside the river.

 Puss Moth Caterpillar

This beauty was found in one of the neighbours gardens on 5th July and its now almost fully grown

Emperor Moth Caterpillar from Whiteholme

25th June

9th July

20th July

Its still only partly grown (about 25mm), below is a fully grown adult, also from Whiteholme, which is twice as long and about 5 times the bulk

16th July

Lee Mount - Varied Coronet

Between 15th June and 5th July I had up to at least 3 individuals visiting pots of flowering Sweet Williams. Mostly arriving just on dusk and watched by torch-lite after dark. I only actually caught one of them in the trap.

Sweet Williams being the host plant I did wonder if they were leaving eggs, though I never found any. Hidden away on the plant somewhere. After flowering they have now set seed. Lots of caterpillars have now emerged - different stages but they have started wandering so put the pot  in a corner of the garden out of the way. I'm pretty sure these are the caterpillars, they hide away unseen in the day, well camouflaged, then I find them feeding in the seed heads at dusk and now hoping for some home grown adults next year maybe !! I understand they pupate in the ground. We'll see.

 

Stainland.

 I decided to put the image of this moth here for no other reason, than it struck me as being so attractive. I don't know why it impressed me, when I've seen plenty before. It's the difference between looking and seeing, I suppose.

1 x  Riband Wave - Banded.

Riband Wave - Banded.

Warley Moor - 19th July

A really nice morning to be up there - it's not often the case !

Fly Flats res'r at SE029322 - 2 Ringlets and 2 Meadow Browns.

Withens Head - SE041309 - opposite the wind farm car park

1 Red Admiral, 3 Meadow Browns and 2 Ringlets.

Whiteholme

 Silver Y

Stainland.

 18th July 2023

1 x Common Footman

2 x Marbled Beauties

1 x Small Dusty Wave TBC

The Small Dusty Wave TBC, gave me a lot of trouble. I'm still not certain as to it's ID, I'd be grateful for a correct ID please.

Small Dusty Wave TBC

Withens Clough - 18th July

Reservoir circuit before the rain set in...

No sunshine at all but a Silver Y was busy on creeping thistles near the res'r cottage.

Two Large Skippers at the top end of the reservoir (SD977226) with 4 Ringlets, 9 Meadow Brown and a single Green-veined White.

Large Skipper

Lee Mount etc - 17th July

Very little in the trap this morning - the most interesting was a V-Pug and a Silver Y.

Despite the heavy showers we were fortunate enough to hit a hot sunny spell at (SE059310) of Ogden res'r. The well overgrown silt trap at the top of the res'r that leads into Skirden Clough produced one each Large and Small Skipper along with 4 Ringlets and a good number of, now fading, Meadow Browns.

Lee Mount - 16th July

 No trap on last night but butterfly's came out this afternoon in among spells of hot sunshine.

This Holly Blue was the best but it certainly played had to get in the lens - best I could do !

One each - Comma, Red Admiral and 2 each Small Tortoiseshell, Large White and Small White

 Luddenden this week

Its been a lot quieter this week with the unsettled weather and cooler, breezy nights, highlights were

Box Tree Moth on the 12th

Second record here and only the third for Calderdale, no doubt there will be more

Dingy Footman - only the third this year

Double-square Spot - one of three on the 12th

Another increasing species. The first here was 1 in 2021, there were 9 in 2022 and 5 so far this year

Dot Moth on the 8th

Only the second record here

The Miller

Always a nice Moth to see, with only small numbers yearly here

Lee Mount - 13th July

One each - Pinion-streaked Snout, Beautiful Plume, Beautiful Golden Y, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix, Ypsolopha dentella, Dark / Grey Dagger and Double Square-spot and V-Pug.

Bright-line Brown-eye x 2 and Common Rustic x 4

Also new in - Slender Brindle and Gothic - both of them different from the other two on 11th and 12th after comparing photos.

Northowram today

White letter Hairstreak x 5

Purple Hairstreak x 10

Red Admiral x 6

Small Tortoiseshell x 30 +

Gatekeeper x 10 +

Comma , Small and Large Skippers , Small and Large Whites , Ringlet ,Speckled Wood  and 50 + Meadow Brown starting to look a bit tatty now...

 

Cromwell Bottom Sunday morning 9th July

 119 Species recorded from 3 traps .

Highlights included 

Yarrow Plume x 1

White Plume x 2

Batia lunaris x 1

Acleris Podana x 1

Acleris hasliana x 1

Lunar Hornet Moth x 1 to lure

Coleophora perbenanderi and lutipenella x 1 each (gen det CS)

Large twin Spot Carpet x 1

Scarce Footman x 2

Brown line bright eye x 12

Silky Wainscot x 13

Blackneck x 7

Marbled White Spot x 1

Polar Grey x1

Sycamore x 1

Common Emerald x 1

Beautiful Hook Tip x 2

Southern Wainscot x 1

Double Square Spot x 5

Double Lobed x 1

Dingy Shears x 1

Common lutestring x 1

13.7.23 Slack Top

 13.7.21

Burnished brass (1)

Barred Straw (2) Andrew, we mistook this one for a spinach in 2011.

Poplar Hawk (1)

July highflyer (1)

Dark Arches (?) pale and dark form (2) on watsapp for id please

Common Rustic (1)

Common White Wave (1)

and some others posted on watsapp for id please

Marbled whites at Millington Pastures ( East Yorkshire)

 

Visited on 8.7.23. Estimated well over a thousand

Lee Mount - 12th July

 A few hangers on from last few days but four new ones this morning.

Angle-striped Sallow

 

Silver Y

Slender Brindle

Uncertain (quite a dark one)!

Lee Mount and Soil Hill - 11th July

 A micro from this morning. A new one for here.......always a good feeling !

Celypha striana

Soil Hill

Late morning circuit on the top. A bit breezy but still a good few butterflies about.

Ringlet x 44

Meadow Brown x 20

Small Heath x 2

Moths. Couldn't find any Latticed Heath today. Just one Shaded Broad-bar and loads of Garden Grass Veneers.

Stainland.

 10th July

2 x Riband Waves - Unbanded.