Stainland.

 Here are two days worth of moth reports. Life got in my way, which is why they are late.

Moth Count 10 & 11 Aug 2023 (Combined Count)

4 x Marbled Beauties

4 x Blastobasis lacustrata

5 x Blastobasis adustella

2 Light Brown Apple

1 x Small Fan-footed wave TBC

3 x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

The moth below is quite worn. I can't tell if it originally had two spots on each side, or just one spot each side. Could someone give me an ID for it please.

Small Fan-footed wave TBC

 

Also on the 11th Aug. I had a walk down Carr Hall Lane. It was quite windy, but a few butterflies risked it.

6 x Speckled Wood

5 x Small White

1 x Small Tortoiseshell

1 x Gatekeeper

1 x 1 x Large White - Pieris brassicae

1 x Small blue, spotted by Anne in the village she didn't get a good view. She wasn't able to tell which it type it was.

Cold Edge

Peacock 6

Lee Mount - 10th August

 What a haul......

These Large Yellow Underwings were what was left in the trap after I emptied the egg boxes. I was counting them as I emptied the boxes and of course many escaped. I lost count at 190 so there were in excess of 200. Never had so many of these previously. Perfect warm, muggy night. Quite overwhelming and not easy looking for other species in amongs them !

27 species in total with the best of the rest including one each of ... Six-striped Rustic, Phoenix, Small Phoenix, Yellow Shell, Willow Beauty, Common Carpet, Lesser Yellow Underwing and Small Fan-footed Wave.

Also Mouse Moth x 3, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing x 3, Acrobasis advenella x 4.

Stainland.

 Not much today.

1 x Eudonia lacustrata

5  x Marbled Beauties

Cold Edge

Speckled Wood 2

Plenty Butterflies.......

Hard to keep up with them last few days

Cold Edge (Moorlands Farm - SE043304 ) overgrown garden was buzzing yesterday (7th). Despite the rather breezy day the shelter in the garden certainly improved the numbers - especially the blackberry bushes with....Large Skipper x 1, Small Skipper x 7, Ringlet x 2, Gatekeeper x 2, Small Heath x 1, Small Copper x 1, 3 sp. of 'Whites, along with M Browns, Small Torts and a Red Ad.

At home we had 10 species on Sunday 6th including 2 Holly Blue flying together. Later in the afternoon 2 Wall Browns were on the hillside walls on Hag Lane near Bradford Old Road. 

A Small Copper today was a first at home for the year and we found another Small Copper in St George's Church graveyard this morning. 

This really dark Small Skipper had me fooled for a while at The Withens this afternoon thinking maybe 'Essex' - it did have orange underside to the antenna which took some seeing in a windy spot.

Small Skipper on ragwort

Cold Edge

 Small Skipper 1

Peacock 2

Also: Green-veined White 1, Meadow Brown 1, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Red Admiral 1

Stainland.

 A little warmer and  a few moths came out.

1 x Eudonia lacustrata

1 x Marbled Beauty

1 x Small Magpie (Find of the season, so far).

Small Magpie 

Lee Mount - 7th August

Pug giving me a bit of struggle....20mm wingspan

Maybe Slender, Currant (or Wormwood but no black band on abdomen) maybe not any of these??

Golden-rod Pug  (CF)

Cold Edge

 Gatekeeper 1 male

Also, Green-veined White 2

Sunshine after the rain !

 Lots of butterflies about today

Carrs Beck and Stodfold this morning. A lot of Meadow Browns but most looking very worn now. One each Small Skipper and a Ringlet. A few Large and Small Whites though Green-veined Whites were the commoner of the three.

Lee Mount. Holly Blue x 2 flying together, Gatekeeper x 1, Red Admiral x 3, Small Tortoiseshell x 3, Meadow Brown x 1, Comma x 2, Speckled Wood x 1 along with a few Large and Small Whites

Gatekeeper - reluctant to show upper-wing

Baitings

?? Water Veneer

Also: Green-veined White 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1

 

Stainland.

 I didn't expect to find any moths this morning. However, there is one Common Footman on our door.

Stainland.

30 July 2023 Moth Count

Thanks to Andy for correcting me over the Plume moth 

4 x Marbled Beauties

1 x Privet Twist Female - Clepsis consimilana

1 x Blastobasis lacticolella

1 x White Plume moth  (Highlight of the season for me so far, it's only my second record of one.)

White Plume moth 

Stainland.

 29th July 2023

If anyone wonders why I'm 1 or 2 days behind in putting these reports here It's because I struggle with certain moths which I feel should be easy to recognise, but totally defeat me me. One moth here being the case.

3 x Marbled Beauties

2 x Willow Beauties

2 x Double Striped Pugs

1 x To ID  (It's noctuid with tufts on the back or it's head.)

Most likely a Common Rustic agg. Thanks Andy.

Cold Edge

Small Heath 3, Ringlet 1, Meadow Brown 5, Small White 5, Small Tortoiseshell 7, Peacock 1 

Lee Mount - 28th cont'd

Plenty butterfly's showing in the garden again today.Included a Purple Hairstreak - again on the damp grass but it was off as soon as I got the camera near. Third time I've seen it on the wet grass !

Holly Blue fly-past several times, Red Admiral, Comma, Small Skipper, Meadow Brown, Large White. Several Small Tortoiseshells and Small Whites.

 

Stainland.

27th July

A second Scalloped Oak. They are very pretty things.

Scalloped Oak

28th July

Andy supplied me with an ID for the one in the image below. I hope I understood what he said.

1 x Silver Y

1 x White shouldered House moth

1 x Unknown ID Needed

I;m not very good with ones like the following moth. Again, could some kind person ID for me please?

Satin Grass-veneer - Crambus perlella

Stainland.

 25th July 2023

1 x Scalloped Oak

1 x Scalloped Oak

It was on the doorstop as I opened it. I tried not to disturb it as I took photos. I couldn't disturb it, the poor thing was dead. It's only the second I've ever seen.

Stainland.

From 24th July 2023 

ID corrected by David. Thanks for putting me on the right track.

Ok, I feel a little silly. I've been struggling to ID the first moth below since 24 July. I can't tell you how many times I've gone through my books. However I've settled on it being a Rustic. I not sure at all. Please will someone put me out of my misery? I'd like to know ,"Yes it is or, "No, its a ..." Thknk you.

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Udea prunalis

I'm on safe ground with the next one. It's only the second time I've seen one. The first time was 8th July last year. They are unmistakable

Neither photo is very good, they were done with a telephoto  lens,under far from deal conditions. Hey Ho.

Carcina quercana.