GEOMETRIDS: 254 - END

70.254 Scarce Umber at Callis mill, Hebden Bridge, Nov. 10th 04. Captured by day.

70.255 Dotted Border, captured by day from Skircoat Green Cutting, Mar. 6th 2010.

70.256 Mottled Umber larva found by day on elm on New Lane, May 8th 2011. The larvae are quite common and easy to find on a variety of broad-leaved trees at this time of year. 

70.256 Mottled Umber female, Nov. 3rd 2011. Reared from larvae collected in Apr/May from various broad-leaved tree species. Perhaps the easiest way of seeing the flightless adult females.

70.256 Mottled Umber male captured by day at Luddenden Lane, Luddenden Foot, Oct. 14th 2024.

70.256 Mottled Umber male, by the towpath at Copley on Nov. 23rd 2012. A field observation.

70.258 Willow Beauty, a male on a garden fence at Highroad Well on Aug. 29th 2024. No doubt attracted to the MV light trap run overnight. 

A rare mobile phone photo!

70.264 Satin Beauty, one of two males to MV light at Manshead moor plantation, Ripponden on July 8th 2023. Quite fantastic, feathery antennae.

70.265 Mottled Beauty, June 13th 08. Reared from a larva found at North Dean wood earlier in the spring.

70.270 Engrailed at Hardcastle Craggs, Mar. 20th 2011. A night time observation on Scots Pine during a moth trapping session.

70.270 Engrailed, a daytime observation at North Dean wood, July 21st 05.

70.274 Grey Birch at North Dean wood, Apr.16th 2007. A daytime observation on birch. Incredibly effective camouflage and well done to me for finding it!

70.274 Grey Birch, a daytime observation at Brookfoot Loop, May 5th 06.

70.275 Common Heath, a male with the feathered antennae at Norland moor, May 10th 05. A daytime observation among Bilberry and Heather. An abundant day-flier here.

70.276 Bordered White male, at Sunderland Pasture, Cragg Vale on June 21st 2023. A common species here with up to six males seen at once flying around the spruce trees presumably searching for calling females.

70.276 Bordered White male to MV light at Manshead moor plantation, Ripponden on July 8th 2023.

70.277 Common White Wave at North Dean wood, July 15th 05. Disturbed from the long grass.

70.278 Common Wave at North Dean meadow, June 29th 06. A daytime observation in the early morning light.

70.279 White-pinion Spotted on the Scout Rock Trail, Mytholmroyd on May 6th 2024. A field observation on Holly. 

70.280 Clouded Silver to MV light at a site near Scammonden on June 5th 2022.

70.283 Light Emerald larva, Norland village, Apr. 24th 2012. Found by day. Note the vestigial prolegs on abdominal segment five, a useful ID feature.

70.283 Light Emerald found by Richard Rainbow at High Hirst Woodmeadow on June 30th 2023. A field observation on Bramble.

70.284 Barred Red to MV light at Sarah Flood's garden, Luddenden Dean on July 15th 2021. It had escaped before we even started to sort through the contents of the trap but luckily it was spotted on a nearby wall along with a Brown-lipped Snail.

70.299 Large Emerald resting close by the moth trap at Cromwell Bottom, July 1st 2018.

70.299 Large Emerald at New Lane, July 19th 09. Captured by day from the roadside wall in the steady drizzle. With it being in such good condition it may have just emerged.

70.035 Common Emerald netted at night in my garden at Skircoat Green on July 22nd 2020.