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Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Garden Moths VC 63 Summer Solstice

 Temp Circa 12o   Still. Previous evenings cool. Blue Light Actinic


ABH 70.252 Peppered Moth Biston betularia (x1)

ABH 70.252 Peppered Moth Biston betularia (x1)

ABH 73.317 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis  (12)

ABH 73.162 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha (x2)

ABH 70.037 Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia (x1)

ABH 73.342 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (x3)

ABH 72.019 Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea (x3)

ABH 72.024 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa(x1)

ABH 72.045 Common Footman Eilema lurideola (x1)

ABH 73.267 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea  (x1)

ABH  70.277 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria (x1)

+ 4 others to download

ABH 70.037 Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia

ABH 70.252 Peppered Moth Biston betularia

ABH 70.252 Peppered Moth Biston betularia

ABH 73.317 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis  
ABH 73.162 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha  
ABH 72.019 Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea 
ABH 72.045 Common Footman Eilema lurideola



Friday, 10 April 2020

Friday, 13 March 2020

Hardcastle Craggs 13th March 2020

Weather

Cool , Light Breezey V Occ. drizzle

Method

MV 120

Other Entomology

Birch SB
Cream Spotted Ladybird
White Legged Millipede

Present

AC BL CD  EE

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Two Spring favorites

 1930 Oak Beauty Biston strataria ABH 70.251 

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1659 Yellow Horned Achlya flavicornis ABH 65.016 

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2187 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi  ABH 73.244 


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Sunday, 3 November 2019

The Great Yorkshire Dales Autumn 2019

Chalk in the dales the source of  Freshwater 

Gordale Scar

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Scalebar Force

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Aysgarth Falls Middle Falls

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Janets Foss


Janets Foss 2053


Yew Cogger Scar with Cowside Beck leading onward to Arncliffe and into Littondale

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Malham  Cove

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Life On The Edge !!


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Saturday, 21 September 2019

VC63 Garden Moths Sun 22nd September 2019

Date       Sun 22 September 2019

Method 20 W Actinic Robinson

Weather Warm , Dry Moon Phase Third Quarter  : 49.7%


It takes around 29.5 days to move through the eight Moon phases.


ABH   73.180 BF2272    Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago
ABH   73.190 BF2264    Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta
ABH   70.049 BF1728    Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata
ABH   73.345 BF2109    Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
ABH   73.342 BF2107    Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
ABH   73.113 BF2306    Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa
ABH   73.015 BF2441    Silver Y Autographa gamma
ABH   73.064 BF2299    Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis

ABH   73.190 BF2264    Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta

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ABH   73.180 BF2272    Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago

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ABH   73.015 BF2441    Silver Y Autographa gamma


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ABH   73.113 BF2306    Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

To follow

Sunday, 25 August 2019

VC63 Garden Moths 25th August 2019

VC63 Garden Moths 25th August 2019

Method 

20 W Actinic Robinson

2269 Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago ABH 73.219
0647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella ABH 28.010
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta ABH 73.325
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata ABH 70.061
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata. ABH 70.049

0647 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella ABH 28.010

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2269 Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago ABH 73.219

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2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta ABH 73.325

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Image Eakring Birds




1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata. ABH 70.049

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1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata ABH 70.061


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