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Psychoides verhuella found mining Hart's-tongue fern at Fewston Church this week. I spotted mined sporangia that looked neater than I'd expect with the more common Psychoides filicivora, larvae checked for the black head. Second Wharfedale record. #VC64 #teammoth
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While out on the Chevin last night, I found a seldom seen wingless female March Moth emerging from the leaf litter. #Otley #VC64 #teammoth
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March Moth on tree trunk
Quite a few moths out this evening. I did a quick loop of the Chevin with a net and torch: Dotted Border x11, Tortricodes alternella x7, Pale Brindled Beauty, March Moth (pictured) and Engrailed. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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A female Dotted Border moth with its stubby wings.
Just been on the Chevin with a net and torch: 10 of 3 (missed a few too). Somewhat challenging conditions to photograph a female Dotted Border - it's been quite wet out at times this evening. Dotted Border x8 (NFY), Tortricodes alternella (NFY) and Chestnut. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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A Chestnut moth lit by torchlight on a tree trunk
A quick loop of the Chevin this evening saw me Chestnut and Mottled Umber to start my mothing year #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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A small dark cave
Two Peacock butterflies in the cave
Family Xmas day walk on The Chevin and I managed to sneak in a Lepidoptera fix. Seven Peacock butterflies and a Herald moth hibernating in this small cave. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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I did a 1hr loop on The Chevin this evening with a torch and net. Spring Usher NFY and the earliest Yorkshire record by 2 days. I’ve previously had one at the same location on 31st December. + Winter Moth x45 and Mottled Umber. #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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Still a bit quiet by the river in Otley but at least BHG 241H has finally turned up again.
The expected cold wind from the east will hopefully encourage a few more new arrivals for Christmas! 🎅
#GullsOfOtley #GullOfTheDay
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#NWBHGs #VC64
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Yeadon Tarn was partially frozen today but the gulls didn’t seem too bothered. 🥶
c200 Black-headed Gulls vastly outnumbered their grey-legged Common Gull cousins.
Presumably these two species have a common ancestor?
#GullsOfYeadon
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#Larus #canus #Laridae #VC64 #286L
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Merseyside Ringing Group’s Black 2440, the 1cy Black-headed Gull from Shotton Steel Works, Flintshire is still at Yeadon Tarn, Leeds, where it has resided for more than a month.
Hopefully it will stay here for the winter.
#GullsOfShotton 🏴
#GullsOfYeadon #2440 #VC64
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
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Black-headed Gull 2E96 is back in Roundhay Park, Leeds, after yet another trip to Germany! 🇩🇪
Every year, since colour-ringing in 2022, it has spent Spring and Summer at Eider-Sperrwerk, near Vollerwiek, Schleswig-Holstein 🇩🇪
#GullOfTheDay #GullsOfRoundhay
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#NWBHGs #VC64
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At Hollins Hall you know that it’s Autumn when the Feathered Thorn turns up at the window. 🍂
#Colotois #pennaria #VC64
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The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva, which should have metamorphosed in the summer has made it to Halloween.🎃
It stopped feeding last week and wandered away from the lichen substrate provided for it.
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This Larva Aeterna seems to be the last of the Baildon Luffia colony 😕
#Psychidae #VC64
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The 1cy Black-headed Gull ringed as a nestling in June by Merseyside Ringing Group at Shotton Steel Works, Flintshire is still at Yeadon Tarn, Leeds where it has resided for at least three weeks.
#GullsOfShotton 🏴
#GullsOfYeadon #2440 #VC64
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
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It was good to find Heliozela hammoniella, the Birch Cutter, while it was tipping down with rain. Not one you can guarantee each year in Yorkshire #VC64, The #Chevin, #teammoth
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Down but not out! The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva is not dead after all. After five days of inactivity it has “done a Lazarus” and resumed feeding on lichen.
This is a great example of a larva aeterna and it might be some time before the culprit reveals itself.
#Psychidae #VC64 #lapidella
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The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva hasn’t moved since Friday 10th October.
Presumably the moth caterpillar has now been killed by the parasitoid larva and we now have to wait until the culprit emerges as an adult wasp.
#Baildon #VC64 #Psychidae
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Speckled Wood caterpillars often appear in the wild grasses that I allow to grow in a sheltered west-facing position on top of our old coal bunker. It looks a bit messy but the butterflies seem to like it!
The grass is mostly cock’s-foot I think 🤔
#CaterpilarOfTheDay
#Parage #Dactylis #VC64
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The presumably parasitised Luffia lapidella larva (collected from a Baildon sycamore trunk) is still feeding on the Lecanora lichen. It is now well into its second Autumn.
Hopefully an interesting parasitoid wasp will emerge from this larva aeterna in a few weeks.
#Psychidae #ferchaultella #VC64
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It felt like a proper autumnal trap this morning with Red-line Quaker (left), Yellow-line Quaker (right) and Merveille du Jour all new for the year. 31 of 12 in total #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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It was good to catch Pearly Underwing last night. A bit of a rarity here in Wharfedale with the last record being 19 years ago. Among the other 14 moths was a late Small Fan-footed Wave #VC64 #Otley #teammoth
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Black-headed Gulls in Roundhay Park, Leeds, today included visitors from Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 and St Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺
Both are would be contenders for “Gull of the day”
#GullOfTheDay #GullsOfRoundhay
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#NWBHGs #235J #236J #VC64
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Now that's how I like to see my eggboxes. Clifden Nonpareil was a new moth for me and a first for Wharfedale (there were two). Barred Chestnut on the same eggbox (centre bottom) was also new for me. 570 moths of 49 species #teammoth #VC64 #Otley
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Over the last few years the amount of light-green lichen on the Baildon Luffia’s sycamore has decreased dramatically. This seems to be the last remaining larva but hopefully there may be others higher up the tree and therefore out of sight.
#VC64 #Luffia #lapidella #Psychidae
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Hooray! I have found a solitary Luffia lapidella on the old sycamore at Hollins Hall, Baildon
#VC64 #Psychidae @doublekidney.bsky.social @andydnunn.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
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Another stealth gull has arrived back in Otley today after a probable trip to Scandinavia. We know BHG 237H was seen in Norway in April 2024 but there are no sightings for this year’s breeding season yet.
#GullOfTheDay #GullsOfOtley
#Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#NWBHGs #VC64 🇳🇴
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Norwegian bird BHG J52X was spotted in Otley today. It has been recorded in previous years but the green colour ring is now damaged and may not be readable for much longer!
#GullOfTheDay #GullsOfOtley #Chroicocephalus #ridibundus
#NWBHGs #VC64
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