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49.325  Common Gorse Moth (Cydia ulicetana) netted by day at Norland Bilberry slopes, Aug. 5th 09.

49.325 Common Gorse Moth (Cydia ulicetana) netted by day at Clock Face quarry, Krumlin on Aug. 7th 2022. Presumably from the second generation.

49.325 Common Gorse Moth (Cydia ulicetana), one of many flying around Gorse at Clock Face quarry, Krumlin on June 4th 2022.

49.338 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) feeding signs on apple found at Skircoat Green allotments, Sept. 8th 2015.

49.338 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) in my garden at Skircoat Green, June 21st 2017. A field observation.

49.341 Marbled Piercer (Cydia splendana) to MV light at the cabin at Cromwell Bottom, Aug. 24th 2019.

49.341 Marbled Piercer (Cydia splendana) in my garden at Skircoat Green, Aug. 16th 2012. Captured by day. 

49.342 Beech Mast Piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) to MV light in my garden at Luddenden Foot on July 20th 2022. It was the night following the hottest day ever recorded in the UK. It was around 40c by day and around 19c at its lowest by night.

49.345 Slender Rufous Tortrix (Lathronympha strigana) at a canal-side field near West Vale on July 2nd 06. A field observation.

49.347 Meadow Tortrix (Grapholita compositella) at North Loop, Cromwell Bottom, July 25th 2017. A field observation. Colin Duke, Andy Cockroft and myself had a wander around North Loop for the first time in a couple of years and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of  ground cover and planted trees on the site. There were vast swathes of Red Clover which accounted for the good numbers of Compositellas seen.

49.347 Meadow Tortrix (Grapholita compositella) at Hollas Lane Nature Reserve, Copley, May 20th 2018. One of the smallest and most attractive of the Tortricids.

49.351 Northern Crescent (Grapholita lunulana) at  Clock Face quarry, Krumlin on May 29th 2022. A daytime observation on Burdock 

49.351 Northern Crescent (Grapholita lunulana) at Tag meadow, Cromwell Bottom, May 16th 2019. A field observation on vetch. One also there on May 17th 2011.

49.354 Beautiful Crescent (Grapholita jungiella) at Copley meadow, Apr. 30th 2014. A field observation. Numbers were comfortably in to double figures which was nice as this was the only moth species found here on the day.

49.354 Beautiful Crescent (Grapholita jungiella) at Copley meadow, Apr.16th 2014, a field observation. One of a dozen or so seen that afternoon flying in the warm sunshine.

49.359 Hawthorn Piercer (Grapholita janthinana) to MV light at Helen Trussell's place at Highroad Well on July 30th 2024.

49.367 Acorn Piercer (Pammene fasciana) to MV light at Clifton Fishing Lake, Brighouse on July 25th 2024.

49.367 Acorn Piercer (Pammene fasciana) to Anthony Arak's MV light at Manshead plantation, Ripponden on June 19th 2023.

49.375 Regal Piercer (Pammene regiana) larva and two cocoons. Found under Sycamore bark by the towpath near Cromwell Bottom on Feb. 22nd 2016. Cocoons were found under most pieces of bark examined, all but two contained dead larvae or nothing at all.

49.375 Regal Piercer (Pammene regiana) larva disturbed from its cocoon (see above).

49.375 Regal Piercer (Pammene regiana) May 1st 2016. Adult and empty pupal case reared from the larva pictured above.

49.375 Regal Piercer (Pammene regiana) May 1st 2016. See above.

49.376 Tawny Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita), found sheltering under a Sallow leaf in the steady rain by the towpath near Elland on July 28th 2010. Captured by day.

49.379 Double Orange-spot (Pammene aurana) nectaring on Hogweed at Cromwell Botton LNR on June 25th 2017. Top of my target species to find ever since Paul Talbot searched unsuccessfully for them and Colin Duke found one here a few years ago. A Mirid bug Grypocoris stysi is also present.

49.381 Little Beech Tortrix (Strophedra weirana), feeding signs on Beech by the river Calder above Cromwell Bottom on Oct. 7th 2020. Two leaves spun flatley together.

49.381 Little Beech Tortrix. After opening up the two leaves pictured above I was surprised to see anything still living in them at this time of year so it was nice to see this distinctive, frass covered cocoon with a larva inside.