At last, the numbers of moths are increasing! This year so far has been unusual in that I have had very few moths but they have been interesting. I reported...
Hi Charlie, Thanks for the info, greatly appreciated.. Cheers Stuart ... From: Yorkshiremoths@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Yorkshiremoths@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Hi chaps, I've put some snaps in the usual place, Billy West - VC62, from a catch two days old. They need ID if poss. #1 is of what looks like a Mallow, but...
Hi Billy one of your moths looks very much likone of mine which I thought might be a Flounced Rustic. I have also posted a Copperunderwing - could it be...
Hi 1. Not Mallow, but Shaded Broad Bar, I think. 2. UFO ?? [Very shiny!] 3. Maybe Common Rustic agg.? [This is my commonest moth at the moment...more...
Well over 500 moth of over 70sp. Highlights included: Large Twin-spotted Carpet 1 Phoenix 1 Scallop Shell 1 Triple-spotted Pug 2 Bordered Beauty 1 Four-dotted...
... Be careful guys - the best we have at present is the NBN Watsonian Vice County Boundries to 1:10,000 scale CD. Available from NBN of course. I've had a...
Might help if I got the co-ordinates correct....put them in right and Mapmate is correct in telling me VC62. Apologies to Mark Yeates who wrote the Mapmate...
Hi Norman Your noctuid is a Common Rustic agg, not a Flounced Rustic. The tortrix is Epiphyas postvittana, and the Copper Underwing is Svensson's. There seems...
Thanks Charlie I was puzzled by the Rustic. I caught 12 last night of various markings bt this one seemed quite different. Thanks Norman ... From: Charles...
Howdo, The list for Riddlesden for Sunday mornings is as follows; Dark Arches 2 Ribband Wave 1 Large Yellow Underwing 2 Marbled Beauty 1 Willow Beauty 1 Common...
Hi folks, I would be grateful if you could have a look at the rather worn looking moth, ID11, in my York moths folder. I would welcome any thoughts you might...
Hi, Looks rather like a large twin-spot carpet, Regards, Jamie ... From: "stuartglvy" <stuart.ogilvy@...> To: <Yorkshiremoths@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Cheers Ian, The Shaded Broad Bar Popped up in this morning's catch again. The eggs, Willow Beauties or not, have been put back in a hedge. Thought it best ATM....
Hi I hope someone can identify this moth which came to outside light tonight. I thought it was a pyralid bt cannot see it in Goater. It is posted in Thackley...
Thanks Jamie, I dont know how I missed that, perhaps because it was late at night. It did seem smaller, more flimsy and less strikingly marked than other...
Hi guys, A whole bunch of brownish carpets landed-up in my trap the other night - Photos, #1, #2 of the defo two I can't ID are in Billy West - VC62 if you can...
Hi all, Hope you are all getting lots of moths at the moment .Its been a mixed year in Halifax with some good night recently after a very slow start.I have...
Hi I think your numbers may be mixed up! 1. = Shuttle-shaped Dart 2. = Garden Carpet Not sure about 3? Others will tell you more! Ian ... From: billywest1967 ...
#3 Looks like Red Twin-spot Carpet. They are easier to ID if you can get a shot from above so you are looking down onto the wings. cheers, Dave. ... night - ...
Cheers Ian/Dave for the help. Keep trying my best with the shots, but sometimes some of the little so-n-so's are so flighty and without fridging them they are...
Hi, can you make the picture of the moth any bigger - its to small to see anything on it currently. Looks a bit water veneer shaped but wrong colour. Colour a...