2005 - Whitby Naturalists
2005 - Whitby Naturalists 2005 - Whitby Naturalists
^il ; ;.ry airy hospital bathrooni remained TtrisyearonlyoneLargeYetlowUnclcr-wingwasseen'onJrrlyZ1". Three smali moth, unidentifiecl although one was piobably onc of the Plume moths' LllllLlctrLurLlt ""'-'*".^: 1 ! tleighm :-^'..,^t^.1 ftr-,m I bus Quite a largc morh was tecovered from a snldel'; *:111^l-rl.-*. ,,r tl.e x.ilr"""'5:;;;;;1" tt was almosr l*:rnuly the palc **r :t lll: Dark Arch., ,nnrh (,Apmneu monogiyphc), which is one of our commonest motlts. trn a T.V. progranme "Dcep Jungle" in lv{ay' two interesting foreigil moths were shown. o.e was a parasitic moth, which drank fluiil from hrrnran eyes, irnd the other had a proboscis tl'Lz inches iong' trn 1862 f,)arwirr hat-l been scnt a specinren of an orchid (Angraecwn sesqrilteduie) hom M*Jognu.o, 4rat the only i-nsect capabie "r-rr1 'h.',,rghr o{poliinatirrgitn'u.th"*,u*"kintlofhawkrnoth.Thisbeliefwas ridiculedbyentomc'logists,butDarwirlwasthentoldthattherewasa rnoth in Madagasca."',th a prclboscis rrf exactly the right length, (Xutthopar. *orgonJ p'aedicta)" The programme crew found both orchid and mottr- CA,TERPILLARS. A11 the caterpillars ,"pu't"d were of the distinctive yellow and To'l*' black ones of rhe Cin^lba, moth bei*g ftrunci on Ragwort on Jr-dy 2 7.n and thc *\X/.,o1h n"o.' *i*rplltar of the Grr,len Tiger motir on August 27th' In thc october .h.rr"l-, magazilre ,,Link", it w*s reported that an Eieptrrant Hawk *;;h t""'pi[n' had been found and feci well with willoiv hcrb till it t,,"'*d i"to a chrysalis' i hope to hear of its safe emelgenceasamothaboutJuncncxtyear.Thisi'salalgecaterpiliar, green at first, then brown with "Eyc spots". Its trunk-likc snout givcs ititsname.whenclisrur|reilthisisretracteelintorheeye-Spo[region whicLr thcn sweils |.lO *f'rtf. the whole front end swaYs menacingly from side to side' t failed dismally to identifii a very l-rairy caterpillar described to rne on the 'phone i" S.pt.*ber' partly because without seeing it I thought it coulil only he a "'lvoolly bear". Fortunatcly' a photo arrived and when I saw it, it rvas so rlisiinctive that it was easy to name as the Palc Tussock moth.
It rnay be illustrated in this report, and if so, you will see how unusuai it was - up to 45mrns long with long yellow hairs and four yellow "pads", described in one book as "likc shaving brushes" with a recl "spikc" near the rear end. The ground colour and the colour of the hairs can vary considerabiy but thc red spike makes i.dentification easier. At onc time they were very abundant in hop gardens, where they were known to the pickers as "Hop dogs"" The caterpillars feed openly in late sumtner and autumn on various deciduous trees especialiy Beech. On rare occasions "mass attacks" may take piace as happencd ir-r Dcnmark in August 1940 when 170 hcctares of wood were completelv defoliated. BUTTERFLIES. Sixteen species were recorded this year, two fewer than last 1-ear, but new this year were two Speckied\Voods in June and one on Sept 10'r', and a Dingy Skipper in June. The last record in 7AA4 was c'rf two Peacocks flyrng inside a band practice room in Scarborough, followed by one on lvlarch 23r'1, two on April 2.a and one on April 2 L". Then no more reports until eight on September lQttr, and one on October Jti', with others a little earlier. A Srnall Tortoiseshell flyrng out of a garage on February 3"t was this year's first rccord, followed by one filot-,g out of a greenhouse in Robin Hoocl's Bay on February 16't'' One on March 21" and one on March 25,h in my dining room nearly {inished this yeat's records, with no large numbers appearing later as they usuaily do. There w:rs just one on my Buddleia on July 3rd, one in a garden on August /.4, and two on a biue bush Caryopteris. Very few Red Admirals were seen, only one on Septembcr 1?th, two on September J{th, and two on October 1". Only one Painted Lady was seen, on August 18't'. There was one early Comrna on March Z3'd and onc on April20't'. A lovely trrightly coloured one scemed to welcome me home from convalescing in Newcastle by landing on my Lleylandia hedge on August 25,n and there was one later reported on October 12*,. Jd
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^il ; ;.ry airy hospital bathrooni remained<br />
TtrisyearonlyoneLargeYetlowUnclcr-wingwasseen'onJrrlyZ1".<br />
Three smali moth,<br />
unidentifiecl although one was piobably onc of the Plume moths'<br />
LllllLlctrLurLlt ""'-'*".^:<br />
1 ! tleighm<br />
:-^'..,^t^.1 ftr-,m I<br />
bus<br />
Quite a largc morh was tecovered from a snldel'; *:111^l-rl.-*.<br />
,,r tl.e<br />
x.ilr"""'5:;;;;;1" tt was almosr l*:rnuly the palc **r<br />
:t lll:<br />
Dark Arch., ,nnrh (,Apmneu monogiyphc), which is one of our<br />
commonest motlts.<br />
trn a T.V. progranme "Dcep Jungle" in lv{ay' two interesting foreigil<br />
moths were shown. o.e was a parasitic moth, which drank fluiil from<br />
hrrnran eyes, irnd the other had a proboscis tl'Lz inches iong' trn 1862<br />
f,)arwirr hat-l been scnt a specinren of an orchid (Angraecwn<br />
sesqrilteduie) hom M*Jognu.o, 4rat the only i-nsect capabie<br />
"r-rr1 'h.',,rghr<br />
o{poliinatirrgitn'u.th"*,u*"kintlofhawkrnoth.Thisbeliefwas<br />
ridiculedbyentomc'logists,butDarwirlwasthentoldthattherewasa<br />
rnoth in Madagasca."',th a prclboscis rrf exactly the right length,<br />
(Xutthopar. *orgonJ p'aedicta)" The programme crew found both<br />
orchid and mottr-<br />
CA,TERPILLARS.<br />
A11 the caterpillars ,"pu't"d were of the distinctive yellow and<br />
To'l*'<br />
black ones of rhe Cin^lba, moth bei*g ftrunci on Ragwort on Jr-dy 2 7.n and<br />
thc *\X/.,o1h n"o.' *i*rplltar of the Grr,len Tiger motir on August 27th'<br />
In thc october .h.rr"l-, magazilre ,,Link", it w*s reported that an<br />
Eieptrrant Hawk *;;h t""'pi[n' had been found and feci well with<br />
willoiv hcrb till it t,,"'*d i"to a chrysalis' i hope to hear of its safe<br />
emelgenceasamothaboutJuncncxtyear.Thisi'salalgecaterpiliar,<br />
green at first, then brown with "Eyc spots". Its trunk-likc snout givcs<br />
ititsname.whenclisrur|reilthisisretracteelintorheeye-Spo[region<br />
whicLr thcn sweils |.lO *f'rtf. the whole front end swaYs menacingly from<br />
side to side'<br />
t failed dismally to identifii a very l-rairy caterpillar described to rne on<br />
the 'phone i" S.pt.*ber' partly because without seeing it I thought it<br />
coulil only he a "'lvoolly bear". Fortunatcly' a photo arrived and when<br />
I saw it, it rvas so rlisiinctive that it was easy to name as the Palc<br />
Tussock moth.
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