Last night -
2 unidentifyable Carpets
1 Red-green Carpet
1 Brick
Despite being common Brick is a new one for me, (See pic) ;-)
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
News From Hebden Bridge

Hi All
I have had the trap out for the last 3 nights down here in Hebden Bridge in the hope of either 1) Canary-shouldered Thorn 2) Frosted Orange or 3) Sallow sp. with the following results
26 Sept - 2 Caddis flies :-(
27 Sept -
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1 :-(
28 Sept -
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Ypsolopha sequella 1
Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 :-)
I have had the trap out for the last 3 nights down here in Hebden Bridge in the hope of either 1) Canary-shouldered Thorn 2) Frosted Orange or 3) Sallow sp. with the following results
26 Sept - 2 Caddis flies :-(
27 Sept -
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1 :-(
28 Sept -
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Ypsolopha sequella 1
Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 :-)
Winston
Monday, 28 September 2009
Knott Wood,27 09 09
Hi all,tried a 3 hour session with mv,in mainly birch,12 sp macro 4 sp micros,flounced chestnut 9,autumn green carpet,2 green ,7 red green,19 banded form and 17 dark form of common marbled,9 chestnut,straw dot,2 square spot rustic,2 pink barred sallow,pale/nov moth agg,3 autumnal rustic,large y underwing,905 blastodacna hellerella,2 465 plutella porrectella and eudonia mercurella type ?
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Time lapse film of Sallow Kitten pupating by Bri
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Hi All Been on Holiday, Camping in Bristol. The following list were attracted to the campsite lights.
18-24 Sep
Woodhouse Park, Bristol
ST616855
VC34
18-24 Sep
Woodhouse Park, Bristol
ST616855
VC34
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2199 Common Wainscot
2477 The Snout
1961 Light Emerald
2270 Lunar Underwing
2107 Large Yellow Underwing
1906 Brimstone Moth
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1042 Rhomboid Tortrix
2310 Angle Shades
1937 Willow Beauty
Barred Sallow


Another good night in Northowram which was a bit of a suprise as it was GMS night which is generally the worst night of the week.??Barred Sallow,Red Line Quaker ,Autumn Green(1),Red Green(3)Common Marbled(4)Spruce(1) and Garden(1) carpets
Black rustic(5)Silver Y(1)Garden Rose Tortrix(4) and Light Brown Apple Moth(1).
Friday, 25 September 2009
Frosted orange

An excellent year for Frosted orange and last night was my 10th of the year including 3 on the 17th .17 Black rustics so far and also good numbers this week of Silver Y,Autumnal and Rosy rustics ,Lunar Underwing,Red Green and Common Marbled carpets.1 Brown Spot Pinion and a lot of Garden rose tortix/Light Brown apple Moth.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Records
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Moth night - Hipperholme
Did not do too well down here either,
1 plume moth (got away before I could ID it)
1 Common Marbled Carpet (banded form)
1 Straw Dot
4 Copper Underwings
Have done much better on the butterflies in the garden with
Comma
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Also walk up around Holywell Green this afternoon gave
19 Speckled Wood
1 Small Tortoiseshell
1 Red Admiral
1 Large White
3 Comma
1 plume moth (got away before I could ID it)
1 Common Marbled Carpet (banded form)
1 Straw Dot
4 Copper Underwings
Have done much better on the butterflies in the garden with
Comma
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Also walk up around Holywell Green this afternoon gave
19 Speckled Wood
1 Small Tortoiseshell
1 Red Admiral
1 Large White
3 Comma
No Moth night
Clear skies,wind and drizzle saw few Moths on the night at withens Clough
Haworths minor 7
Antler 1
Autumnal Rustic 5
Straw Dot 2
Lesser YU 1
Black Rustic 1
Sq Sp Rustic 1
Angle shades 2
In Northowram
Black rustic 3
Large YU 10
Silver Y 1
Rosy Rustic 4
Garden Rose Tx 2
Haworths minor 7
Antler 1
Autumnal Rustic 5
Straw Dot 2
Lesser YU 1
Black Rustic 1
Sq Sp Rustic 1
Angle shades 2
In Northowram
Black rustic 3
Large YU 10
Silver Y 1
Rosy Rustic 4
Garden Rose Tx 2
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Dark marbled carpet
News from Todmorden 18 09 09
Friday, 18 September 2009
ID help please
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Last night ,NMN ,Records etc

Brown spot pinion

Black rustic
A good selection of moths last night included Black Rustic,Brown spot Pinion,Lunar Underwing,Frosted Orange,Spruce carpet,Set heb Character,LYU and Lesser YU.
NMN is at Withens Clough car park meet 8.30 onwards,I amy be a bit late will be there def by 9.30.Trying to send lamp with someone else to set up.
Records ..please could you send any records to me for this year,stating Date,Site(with grid ref if poss)Name of moth and how many.Please dont lump records ie 159 Large Yellow Underwing in August.The more accurate the better.I will put all these records on Mapmate and then send them to the Yorkshire recorder.The Butterfly consevation web site uses these records to add to there excellent distribution maps which can be viewed at the BC web site.
http://www.mothscount.org/text/8/maps.htmlCheers if you carnt make it to Withens Clough get your traps on at home ,all the best Andy
Friday, 11 September 2009
News from Todmorden,10 09 09

Hi all,great night at meadows edge,considering clear skies,a late scarce siver y small migrant type,neglected rustic,4 flounced chestnut,2 pink barred sallow,canary shouldered thorn,5 autumnal rustic,copper underwing on palps, being the pick of 12 macros and strawberry tortrix,2 lt brown apple moth and 4 micros to be i d yet.pic of flounced chestnut.
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Langfield Edge08 09 09
Quite poor up here to actinic,conditions looked great at 1st till it cleared for a while with the bright moon ,it clouded over again later,but only 7 moths,best heath rustic,ear sp.this mothings a strange game ! ps not a single micro either !
Last nights moths/Northowram
Good numbers around last night ,
1 Rosy rustic
42 Large Y Undwing
14 lesser Y U
1 L/C Rustic
1 Garden Carpet
6 Common M carpet
1 Silver Y
1 Flounced rustic
3 Sq Spt Rustic
5 Light brown apple Moth
1 Garden Rose Tort
2 Acleris lat/com
1 Small sq Spot
1 Lunar Underwing
1 acleris sparsarana
1 Plutella porectella(new for the garden)
2 Blastobasis adustrela
1 White sh House moth
1 brown h moth
1 Rosy rustic
42 Large Y Undwing
14 lesser Y U
1 L/C Rustic
1 Garden Carpet
6 Common M carpet
1 Silver Y
1 Flounced rustic
3 Sq Spt Rustic
5 Light brown apple Moth
1 Garden Rose Tort
2 Acleris lat/com
1 Small sq Spot
1 Lunar Underwing
1 acleris sparsarana
1 Plutella porectella(new for the garden)
2 Blastobasis adustrela
1 White sh House moth
1 brown h moth
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Last nights moths/Northowram
Friday, 4 September 2009
Anyone ID this micro
Hi all
Like many I have not had the trap out recently, It seems to be raining down here all the time and the odd chance I have put it out has resulted in a flooded trap and I'm fast running out of egg cartons.
Anyway - I found this micro in the garden - actually it has been around for a while just never got the chance to photograph it. I think it is Pyrausta purpuralis, but I'm not sure. Anyone confirm which species it is?
Atrocious weather

Micro taken in Pixie wood.??

1398 Rush Veneer
Hi all weather is grim for trapping but ive had the trap out in the rain and wind,Svensonns Copper Underwing ,Sallow,Setaceouse Hebrew Character,a few Silver Y's,Rosy Rustice best th.The top photo is a pyralid/type taken in Pixie wood the other night it had a purpleish/gold sheen to it.??Rush Veneer a common migrant but a first for me in Northowram.
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Honey I'm Home :-))
I am back to sunny downtown Elland for a week next week moving my mother from hot sunny Brighouse to the chilly climes of Essex where she is to spend her retirement hours at the Tiptree jam factory (excellant cafe according to mum) and hopefully snaring some rich old bloke who will turn his toes up quickly and leave me loads a money ;-)) I might get some time during the week for a leaf-mining session if anyone is around in the daytime and fancies a trip out ? The main reason I am posting though is that I have a brand new hardly used Robinson 125 MV moth trap that I am willing to loan out long term to anyone who wants one. Only condition is that its used mainly in Calderdale to add records for Andy and any damages are replaced before I get it back in the future.
Apologies in advance Charlie I am about to do it again.....we had loads of Lime Hawk Cats last week on a small stunted Apple tree of all things on our local lane. I took four with a large colour variation and they have now departed underground to pupate. Not done much moffing here in recent weeks as we have been battered by a succession of winter gales throughout August and continuing into September with today the only dry day since Saturday so far, yesterday we had floods :-(( The locals reckon this has been the wettest week since Noah left and are having a whip round to pay my fare back to Yorkshire as they blame me for bringing Pennine Weather to the area since I moved. I might be picking your brains or perhaps green-fingers Charlie as it looks like I am about to get my hands on my own allotment in the near future and might need a few tips. My fame has spread around the village as I am not only known as "Paul the Books" but also the lunatic Yorkshire man who looks for horrible crawling things in his spare time. This paid off last week as I met the only other loony in the village who also likes moths and shes invited Sue and I round to her farm to run a moth trap with her whenever we feel like it (which is why my Robinson is spare at the moment). Anyway that's it for now as I have to get making some blackberry jam and the next batch of Sloe Gin needs to be got underway so its ready for Xmas...the excitement just never stops in the country !
PS Its costing me 10 quid a week on bird food for the birds who arrive in droves in daylight and cat biscuits for the seemingly small army of hedgehogs that arrive in the garden each night to eat me out of house and home. I cannot afford the electricity to run the moth trap now anyway by the time I have paid by other wildlife bills each week !
PPS nearly forgot. Andy I have had your new copy of Skinner for weeks now. I brought it back to Elland a few weeks back but you were on Holiday so I could not drop it off.
Apologies in advance Charlie I am about to do it again.....we had loads of Lime Hawk Cats last week on a small stunted Apple tree of all things on our local lane. I took four with a large colour variation and they have now departed underground to pupate. Not done much moffing here in recent weeks as we have been battered by a succession of winter gales throughout August and continuing into September with today the only dry day since Saturday so far, yesterday we had floods :-(( The locals reckon this has been the wettest week since Noah left and are having a whip round to pay my fare back to Yorkshire as they blame me for bringing Pennine Weather to the area since I moved. I might be picking your brains or perhaps green-fingers Charlie as it looks like I am about to get my hands on my own allotment in the near future and might need a few tips. My fame has spread around the village as I am not only known as "Paul the Books" but also the lunatic Yorkshire man who looks for horrible crawling things in his spare time. This paid off last week as I met the only other loony in the village who also likes moths and shes invited Sue and I round to her farm to run a moth trap with her whenever we feel like it (which is why my Robinson is spare at the moment). Anyway that's it for now as I have to get making some blackberry jam and the next batch of Sloe Gin needs to be got underway so its ready for Xmas...the excitement just never stops in the country !
PS Its costing me 10 quid a week on bird food for the birds who arrive in droves in daylight and cat biscuits for the seemingly small army of hedgehogs that arrive in the garden each night to eat me out of house and home. I cannot afford the electricity to run the moth trap now anyway by the time I have paid by other wildlife bills each week !
PPS nearly forgot. Andy I have had your new copy of Skinner for weeks now. I brought it back to Elland a few weeks back but you were on Holiday so I could not drop it off.
Pink Barred Sallow,03 09 09
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