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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) on Baildon Moor in the sunshine this morning. Serenaded by Skylarks 😀#VC64 @BC_Yorkshire
The Wych Elm buds are opening and the White-letter Hairstreak caterpillar breaks cover! 🍃 🐛 #Satyrium #Baildon #VC64 @BC_Yorkshire
72 moths of 14 species overnight and five Nicrophorus humator (black sexton beetle) for good measure 💚🦋🪲#VC64 #Otley @BradfordNature @SilphidaeUk
@JLowenWildlife Early, but lacking in numbers for the common moths. #VC64
Yet more heavy rain last night, but 27 moths of 7 species still found the moth trap. Least Black Arches was new for the year 💚🦋#VC64 #Otley @BC_Yorkshire @BradfordNature
Found on the petrol station fence! The Streamer (Anticlea derivata) #VC64 #mothsmatter
Kidney-spot ladybird on my house wall was a new species for me today - made a change from all the Harlequins we get 🐞💚#VC64 #Otley @anneriley34 @WildaboutOtley @BradfordNature
White-letter Hairstreak eggs found on Wych Elm at Hollins Hall, Baildon, today. Some of the caterpillars have already started feeding on the flowers. #Satyrium #VC64 #Yorkshire
The “Yellow Horned” moth (Achlya flavicornis) attracted to a shop window in Ilkley today. The distinctive yellow (flavus) antennae give it the name. #VC64 Pretty sure that I have found it on the same shop window in previous years. Ilkley does have some birch street trees. 🌳 🌳
My first butterfly of the year is a Comma at Ilkley’s Tesco! #VC64 #Polygonia
Male Dotted Border with the flightless female - found on The Chevin this evening #VC64 #Otley @BradfordNature @BritishMoths @WildaboutOtley @BC_Yorkshire
My first moth of the year is a Chestnut in my local woodland by torchlight - lucky to spot it really. #VC64 @BradfordNature
Pale Brindled Beauty was one of three moths in the trap last night - the sort of moth that makes you think 2024 had started early #VC64 #Otley @BradfordNature @BritishMoths
Winter Moth takes the garden year list to 450 moth species - not bad for inland and up north. I suspect that might be it for the year now #VC64 #Otley @BradfordNature @WildaboutOtley @BritishMoths
Out on The Chevin 17:30 to 18:30. Freezing underfoot in the open areas. Nothing flying, but Winter Moth x7 Scarce Umber (pictured) and Mottled Umber on the trees 🌳 🦋💚#VC64 @BradfordNature @BritishMoths
The Curlew are back! 😀 #VC64 #BenRhydding #Numenius #arquata
Winter Moth - the flightless female attracts the male with pheromones 💚🦋🔦#VC64 #Otely @BradfordNature @BritishMoths @BC_Yorkshire