Shibden Valley

 Unidentified moth

Lee Mount - 27th May

 Still quiet on the moth front here. Just 2 moths this morning.

Garden Carpet x 1

Alder Moth x 1

Alder Moth (only 3rd record for here)

Lee Mount - 20th May

 

Sycamore (at 22mm) on the pebble dashing still there this morning 21st 

Also this Diamond-back Moth

Pale Tussock is still on the fence from the 18th.

At least 20+ Twenty-plume Moths on the flowering honeysuckle in recent evenings

Lee Mount - 19th May

 Orange Footman was a first for here.......

Also one each of a Bee Moth, Common Marbled Carpet, Brindled Pug and a Shuttle-shaped Dart.

Hebden Bridge

Comma 1 

Lee Mount - 18th May

Slight improvement from recent weeks......

Brimstone Moth x 1

Clouded Silver x 1

Oak Hook-tip x 1 (2nd record for here)

Pale Tussock x 1

Tachystola acroxantha x 8

Brown House-moth x 1

Light-brown Apple-moth x 1

Oak Hook-tip

Pale Tussock

Hag Lane - off Bradford Old Road

The 9th May 2020  was my earliest Wall Brown so today's, 12th May was not far behind. I target this area for them each year as they always seem to be very special, to me anyway, in Calderdale. The hilltops in this area seem to be a reliable spot though they are never plentiful and sometimes take a bit of searching for, usually along the dusty tracks and dry stone walls.

Lee Mount - this last week.

Not a lot. !! It's been really slow.... just a few to share but most mornings - an empty trap..

Lots of Twenty-plume Moths have been showing at dusk with 20+ around the honeysuckle. A couple of Brindled Pugs, Satellite, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker and Dyseriocrania subpurpurella.

Clouded-bordered Brindle (12th May)

Flame Carpet (10th May)

Gracillaria syringella (10th May)

Tachystola acroxantha (3 this morning 12th May)

Cold Edge

 ? Latticed Heath. There were about 5 of these moths in a small area of heather.

Stainland.

 1 x Bee Moth (male)

1 x Moth fly (no photo)   

I've tried for 3 years or more to get a photo of one. I manage one shot two years ago, it was ok, not great. Being so small is one problem - 1.5 to 4mm. I'd consider a 4mm one as a giant. The other difficulty is that they don't sit still very long.

Bee Moth - male

Stainland.

1x Garden Carpet.

Garden Carpet.

Cold Edge

Small tortoiseshell 1, Orange Tip male 1. Searched bilberries for Green Hairstreak without success. 

Wainstalls

1 male Orange Tip

Bar Lane, Rishworth

1 male Orange Tip, 1 Peacock, (my first butterflies this year)

Stainland.

Moths over the two days:

Once the wet and cold weather improves, I should see more moths. Actually, I tend not to get many moths here until our garden has a lot more flowers blossoming/

1 X common plume

1 X Beautiful plume

1 x Light Brown Apple

Luddenden and Emperor Moth

It's been quiet down here so far this April with last night one of the better ones with

Brindled Pug 1

Early Thorn 1 

Common Quaker 1

Small Quaker 1

Hebrew Character 3

Chestnut 1

Early Thorn

This female Emperor Moth emerged yesterday. It was reared from a caterpillar found at Whiteholme on 7th July last year. Another female has also emerged today, again from Whiteholme.

Shibden Valley

Caterpillar - ? Fox Moth

Stainland.

I had one Angle Shades moth on the door and one Angle Shades caterpillar sheltering in a bright red, cup-shaped pansy. I suppose the caterpillar was colour blind, as it was visible from a distance. :-) I've never seen both forms at the same time before,.There is no reason why one shouldn't see that however.

 Luddenden - the end of March

It's been quite but steady this last week with small numbers of the usual Moths nightly. The only different Moth was this rather early Grey Birch, only my third here and the first for 13 years

Puss Moth

Not bad for my first moth of the year. It was reared from this larvae feeding on Aspen found at Hollin Hall, Hardcastle Crags last June.