Micro id..??

Anyone out there like to have a guess at this micro caught on the 27th...Another Merv du jour ,Feathered Thorn, November Moth, Yellow Line Quaker and Teliopsis diffinis on Sat night.

Did anyone else run a trap last night?

Just wondering as had a really poor night with only 2 Large yellow underwings caught. Not sure if we are doing something wrong or if its the time of year/conditions.

Ran the trap from 8pm till 3am when I got up to cover it up with black cloth cover, trap was fairly tightly packed with egg boxes.

All advice/comments welcome

Thanks guys

frustrated novice

Merveille du jour................

Merveille du jour , Barred Sallow and Yellow Barred Brindle ( pics) from Tuesday night also Canary shouldered Thorn , Fanfoot, Red line Quaker ,Brick , Blairs shoulder knot , Hawthorn Moth , Black and Rosy Rustic..Looks good for the next week at the moment..might even get some migrants,,?(couple of silver y's last night)

Svennsons Copper Underwing?

believe this to be one but just wanted confirmation

07/09/13 Littleborough

Over the weekend

 Green Brindled Cresent (dark Form)

 Acleris Hyemana

 Setaceous Hebrew Character

 

Small Dusty Wave

A few interesting moths over the weekend after last weeks clear skies and cold temps.The Green Brindled Cresent dark form is only found in GB and only a handful of local records. Acleris Hyemana is a month early,Setaceous Hebrew Character is a common moth in Yorkshire but here in Calderdale it is rarely recorded and I average 1 a year. I have been recording Small dusty Wave since 2006 in the garden and only yesterday did I realise it had not been recorded in Calderdale before.??

1109 Lobesia littoralis

1109 Lobesia littoralis is a rarely recorded species in Calderdale and to my knowledge it is only the second time it has been recorded.

Weekends Moths

 Snout

 Autumn Green Carpet

Chevron
A good night on Friday with the rest of the weekend being a bit of a wash out.A late flame shoulder , Shuttle shaped dart and snout will be the last of the summer species as Large Yellow Underwing numbers plummet with only one last night . Autumn species over the weekend included Lunar Underwing ,Sallow , Autumn Green / Red green Carpets and a cracking Svennson's copper Underwing.A really good year for Garden Rose Tortrix  with 60 + since the 1st September.

Purple Hairstreak 12.9.13

First one I've seen close up, and not just a streak of black whizzing around the tree tops.

I've gone for quantity rather than quality as these were the only shots I could get before it departed!

It was on a south-facing privet hedge on Albert Promenade ( The Rocks ) Saville Park, Halifax.

Below the rocks is Scar Wood, mostly an oak wood.  5.00pm

I think it was a female - there was a tinge of irridescent purple on top - but a very flight-worn one.

Orange Sallow

Orange Sallow (top) and Grey Chi two moths from last night..Also this week plenty large and Lesser Yellow Underwings still around. Mouse Moths are easily overlooked mixed in with the underwings and plenty of Common Marbled and Garden Carpets as well.On the micro front the Acleris species have been well represented with A.sparsana , variegana,  comariana and emargana this week...

Early september

44 species in the trap last week including Black rustic, Autumnal rustic, Frosted orange Copper Underwing ,Antler and Chevron...Red Admiral , Small copper , Large and Small Whites , Speckled Woods still kicking around the garden....

Baitings Res

Whilst walking round baitings at midday today Cath spotted and photographed this spectacular Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar. A fantastic find and a lifer for both of us.

Trapping tonight at Cromwell Bottom 7.45 onwards.......

Camberwell Beauty

Spotted this last week. Alas not in Calderdale and under glass in the Manchester Museum

Last Nights Moths Northowram

                                                               2135 Heath Rustic

                                                       455 Ypsolopha scabrella

453	Ypsolopha dentella	Honeysuckle Moth 1
455	Ypsolopha scabrella	1
873	Blastobasis adustella	2
969	Pandemis corylana	Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1038x	Acleris laterana/comariana	5
1041	Acleris sparsana	3
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix 6
1334	Scoparia ambigualis	2
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet 5
1759	Ecliptopera silaceata	Small Phoenix 3
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet  1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty  1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Y Underwing 63
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Y Underwing 18
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser BB Yellow Underwing 3
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot 1
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic 1
2135	Xestia agathina	Heath Rustic 1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades 1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches 1
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.  1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y  2

Last nights moths Northowram

2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing 10
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing 9
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
1038x	Acleris laterana/comariana	1
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic 1
2166	Hadena rivularis	Campion 1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches 1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet 1
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet 2
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing 1
873	Blastobasis adustella	1