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  1. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Ta JBee, I'm wrong, yet again!
  2. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    A couple from last night, trapped in the garden: Still plenty underwings about, 5 garden carpets, gold spot, silver Y and a couple of micro's which escaped - one still somewhere in the kitchen. 1 Garden Carpet. 2 & 3 Flounced Rustic 4 & 5 Frosted Orange
  3. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Couple from Clara Vale today. Also good numbers of peacock, speckled wood, various whites, few darters and couple of hawkers which never settled. Most butterflies starting to look well worn.
  4. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Couple of shots from Low Barnes today. Still good numbers of butterflies about including, various whites, speckled wood, red admiral, peacock,meadow brown, also few darters and dragonflies/hawkers. Also unusual to see a yellow underwing flying during the day.
  5. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Couple of Moths from the last day or so. Only about 1/2 dozen in the trap last night, maybe due to the weather. Mouse Moth, gold spot, spectacle and leser yellow underwing, image 4 showing how the spectacle got It's name.
  6. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Whats this. Taken at Druridge ponds yesterday, well worn, to say the least. Maybe some sort of Fratillery!.
  7. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Cheers Jamie. I managed a couple of other shots of Image 5, would these help ID It?.
  8. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Sorry Martin, my mistake, I've been looking at something totaly different in the book, like black rustic or something. I thought I'd become wiser with age, seems to be the opposite way with me:eek!:. Anyway, thanks again - Dark Arches It is.
  9. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Cheers Martin, I thought that about the first but wasn't sure. As far as the dark arches, this one just looked a lot blacker than the others. Is black arches a possibility in our neck of the woods?. See attached, the 3 I got on the night, maybe easier to try and compare if all together. The 3rd...
  10. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Few more from Wed, night that I'm not sure of. 1: Shuttle Shaped Dart 2: Square Spot Rustic 3: Antler Moth 4: Dark Arches 5:
  11. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Another trip over the moors with JBee on Wed, night. Not the Ideal conditions, yet again, but managed to salvage a few out of the 200 or so underwings. It was like entering an underwing hive when I opened the trap on Thursday morning, as soon as I disturbed the egg boxes they were all over...
  12. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Cheers JBee, It becomes even more difficult when they're not in pristine condition.
  13. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Last few from the moors the other night. 3 & 4 Agriphila Tristella
  14. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Few more, the first 4 from the moors and the last one trapped last night in the garden. 1 Antler Moth 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart
  15. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Yeh! fairly disappointing, to say the least, but managed a few on the night, most of which tending to be well worn. As I find the names I'll add them later. 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart 2 Dark Arches 3 Neglected Rustic 4 Least Yellow Underwing
  16. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    You must have understanding neighbours:flowers:, 160W will light the street up. That sounds like the same ID book I've got, but It dosn't have the Micro moths in, what do you use for those?.
  17. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Cheers Tom:t:, I'll check my book again. Just learning, so any help/advise is appreciated. Checked and ID's changed.
  18. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Hi Steve. Depending on the temperature I sometimes put them into containers and leave them in the fridge for a while then remove them, tap them out the container onto a white plate and hopefully they'll sit long enough to photograph them befor releasing them. Sometimes I just leave the trap...
  19. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Last Ones. Blood Vein. July Highflyer. Pebble Hooktip. Orchard Ermine. Buff Footman.
  20. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    A few more from Tillery wood. Purple Thorn. Small Pheonix. Dunbar. Pale Prominent. Silver Y.
  21. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Moths from Tillery Wood A few handfuls, trapped last night at Tillery Wood. Lots of footman about. These are the ones that I I've managed to ID. Well! I think the're right. Common White Wave. Chequered Fruit Tree Tortrix. Riband Wave. Small Fan Footed Wave. Large Emerald.
  22. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Cheers Martin:t:, looks pretty much like you're right on both counts, my book dos'nt have the small ermine in, but when I've checked on the net, It looks to be right.
  23. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    More from the garden last night. Not sure on the first two. 3 - brimstone moth, 4 - Different marked orange swift, 5 - swallow prominent.
  24. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Moths trapped in the garden last night. Loads of dark arches barred straw, yellow underwings and small moths that I hav'nt ID'd yet. Some that I've managed to ID attached. Common rustic, marbled beauty, common wave, common white wave and orange swift.
  25. Ray.Scott

    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    A few more from Wingate Quarry.
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