Stainland.

1 X Common Pug .TBC.

I find pugs difficult to ID, except for the more obvious ones. If some kind person could ID it, I'b be grateful. Thank you.

Common Pug. TBC.

Lee Mount - 23rd May

Surprise this morning when, what looked like the same moth as turned up for one day on May 11th - the Shark. 

Shark

Also what seems a fairly early - Ingrailed Clay

Nothing else other than plenty day time activity from Twenty-plume Moths around the Honeysuckle.

Red Admiral, Large White and a Speckled Wood in the garden this afternoon.

Cold Edge

Common Darter male. Brown eyes

Small Heath 1

Also, Wall Brown 1

 

Stainland.

 1 X Foxglove Pug.

It landed on our door this afternoon. Possibly the same one as two days ago.

Stainland.

 1 x White Ermine this morning.

As it has a buff tint, I assumed it was a buff, until I checked online that is.

White Ermine.

Stainland.

 16th, 18th and 20th May.

Two of these photos are far from perfect. They do for IDs, that all. I'm unable to carry the ladders. If I could, I certainly wouldn't attempt to climb them anyway. Hey ho, at least the sun is shining!

In order as above:

1 x Common Pug. (I was torn between this and the Currant pug.) The odds were on the first one. TBC.

1 x Cinnabar.

1 x Foxglove Pug.

Common Pug. TBC.

Cinnabar.

Foxglove Pug.

Garden Moths May

A short Session last night 17th  May 25. Actinic.

6 x Heart & Dart

1 x Common Foootman

2 x Bright Line Brown Eye

2 x Common Marbled Carpet ( One Dark and one with orange )

1 x Buff Ermine 

1 x Scalloped Hazel 

1 x Brimstone

Stainland.

 1 X Cinnabar.

A lovely moth to greet me this morning.

Cinnabar

Lee Mount and Castle Carr Road - 17th May

 Very little in the trap last few days with cool clear nights - just  a few this morning.

Heart and Dart x 4 

....then the rest were singles - Clouded-bordered Brindle (f combusta), Garden Carpet, Small Phoenix, Pale Tussock, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Common Marbled Carpet, Light-brown Apple-moth, Tachystola acroxantha, Brown House-moth......and that was it !

Castle Carr Road this afternoon

Green Hairstreak x 5 - all starting to look a little worn

Wall Brown x 3

Small Heath x 1

Green-veined Whites x 2 (other 'whites' were unidentified) 

Small Copper x 4

Orange-tip x 4 (together by the stream-side at Bridge Terrace)

Cinnabar Moth x 1

Garden Moths

 Actinic Blue Light  13.05.25 11:00 - 2:00am 

                    

1 x Common Pug

1 x Cinabar              2069 / 72.031

6 x Heart & Dart     2089 / 73.317

1 X Buff Ermine     2061 / 72.019

1 x White Ermine   2060 / 72.020

1 x Flame                2098 / 73.328

1 x Cat ( Ginger) Pawing at Moths

Addenda

1 x Shuttle Shaped Dart   2092/ 73.325

Shibden Valley

Cinnabar

Lee Mount etc - 13th May

This morning - not  a lot...

Alder Moth x 1

Bee Moth x 4

Cinnabar x 1 (also one of these at Southowram - Long Lane mid afternoon.)

Foxglove Pug x 1

Alder Moth

Cinnabar

Also on High Brown Knoll today - lots of Common Heath mainly around the heather but the wind kept most other things out of sight other than Green Hairstreaks (20+) and then mostly around sheltered areas of bilberry. Its an area c 1400 ft but fabulous up there on a day like today.

Stainland.

 

1 X Small Phoenix this morning.

Small Phoenix. (more common form)

I'm posting this photo for those who may not be aware of this. There are two main forms of the moth. The one above, is the typical form. It has an unbroken dark band across the center. The other main form has brown and white lines connecting the top and bottom of the light coloured wing patterns.

To compare the other form to this one, see my post here on the 7th May 2025.

Ringstone Edge

Speckled Wood. I think this is a female, because Thomas and Lewington say that first brood females have larger yellow patches than males.

Lee Mount - 12th May

 Just a couple of nice moths this morning among a few others.

Buff Ermine

Knot Grass

Tachystola acroxantha x 4

Brindled Pug x 2

Common Pug x 1

Lee Mount - 11th May

 A big surprise this morning with what I knew was a new moth for me.

I thought at first, date and location, it would likely be Chamomile Shark however after checking the literature and some facts it made me think again as Shark apparently favours Honeysuckle and Red Campion, both present in the garden, the former currently flowering in profusion.

With thanks to CS and CHF assisting with identification as a Shark.

Also this morning one each White-pinion Spotted, Bee Moth, Heart and Dart, Small Phoenix and as yet an unidentified micro.

Tachystola acroxantha x 2, Twenty-plume Moth x 3 and Brindled Pug x 2

White-pinion Spotted

Stainland.

 I think this moth is a Spruce Carpet. If so, it's a first for me. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks to David for confirming my ID of this moth.

Spruce Carpet.

Ringstone Edge

Orange Tip female on Garlic Mustard

Stainland

 One Small Phoenix. 

It was in a difficult place to reach. I only managed an indifferent photo, it's not worth showing.

Swalesmoor area

 Hot, calm day with plenty sunshine always worth looking for some butterfly's.

2 Wall Brown just on the track off Bradford Old Road this afternoon. 

Also nearby 2 Small Tortoiseshells and further along Hag Lane 3 Speckled Wood - and that was about it. Little else, other than  few Nettle-taps Anthophila fabriciana on the host plant and a couple of Green Longhorns Adela reaumurella on  billberry bushes! 

Earlier in the day I managed a couple of record shots in the garden, on the phone, of  a female Orange-tip - not downloaded yet !