Micropterix aureatella
This beautiful micro moth can be found on Bilberry growing beneath mature woodland trees. The specimen in the photograph was one of a colony beside the road between Bolton Abbey and Grassington.
Click on the image to see Charlie Fletcher's Hackfall Woods specimen.
The commonest Yorkshire macro-moths to be recorded in May are (in descending order):
| 2190 | Orthosia gothica | Hebrew Character |
| 2188 | Orthosia incerta | Clouded Drab |
| 1728 | Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata | Garden Carpet |
| 2060 | Spilosoma lubricipeda | White Ermine |
| 2123 | Diarsia rubi | Small Square-spot |
| 2063 | Diaphora mendica | Muslin Moth |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart |
| 1920 | Odontopera bidentata | Scalloped Hazel |
| 2334 | Apamea sordens | Rustic Shoulder-knot |
| 2187 | Orthosia cerasi | Common Quaker |
| 2089 | Agrotis exclamationis | Heart and Dart |
| 2186 | Orthosia gracilis | Powdered Quaker |
| 1981 | Laothoe populi | Poplar Hawk-moth |
| 2326 | Apamea crenata | Clouded-bordered Brindle |
| 1906 | Opisthograptis luteolata | Brimstone Moth |
| 2160 | Lacanobia oleracea | Bright-line Brown-eye |
| 2102 | Ochropleura plecta | Flame Shoulder |
| 1834 | Eupithecia vulgata | Common Pug |
| 1727 | Xanthorhoe montanata | Silver-ground Carpet |
| 1738 | Epirrhoe alternata | Common Carpet |
| 2243 | Xylocampa areola | Early Grey |
| 2061 | Spilosoma luteum | Buff Ermine |
| 17 | Hepialus lupulinus | Common Swift |
| 2450 | Abrostola tripartita | Spectacle |
| 2306 | Phlogophora meticulosa | Angle Shades |
| 2158 | Lacanobia thalassina | Pale-shouldered Brocade |
| 1902 | Petrophora chlorosata | Brown Silver-line |
| 2139 | Cerastis rubricosa | Red Chestnut |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart |
| 1724 | Xanthorhoe spadicearia | Red Twin-spot Carpet |
| 2069 | Tyria jacobaeae | Cinnabar |
| 1651 | Cilix glaucata | Chinese Character |
| 1759 | Ecliptopera silaceata | Small Phoenix |
| 2028 | Calliteara pudibunda | Pale Tussock |
| 2006 | Pheosia gnoma | Lesser Swallow Prominent |
| 1725 | Xanthorhoe ferrugata | Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet |
| 1835 | Eupithecia tripunctaria | White-spotted Pug |
| 1764 | Chloroclysta truncata | Common Marbled Carpet |
| 1819 | Eupithecia exiguata | Mottled Pug |
| 1958 | Lomographa temerata | Clouded Silver |
| 2469 | Scoliopteryx libatrix | Herald |
| 2003 | Notodonta ziczac | Pebble Prominent |
| 1747 | Anticlea derivata | Streamer |
| 1931 | Biston betularia | Peppered Moth |
| 1722 | Xanthorhoe designata | Flame Carpet |
| 1768 | Thera obeliscata | Grey Pine Carpet |
| 2078 | Nola confusalis | Least Black Arches |
| 2011 | Pterostoma palpina | Pale Prominent |
| 1936 | Menophra abruptaria | Waved Umber |
| 1852 | Eupithecia abbreviata | Brindled Pug |
| 1750 | Lampropteryx suffumata | Water Carpet |
| 2154 | Mamestra brassicae | Cabbage Moth |
| 1862 | Gymnoscelis rufifasciata | Double-striped Pug |
| 2007 | Pheosia tremula | Swallow Prominent |
| 1853 | Eupithecia dodoneata | Oak-tree Pug |
| 2221 | Shargacucullia verbasci | Mullein |
| 1834 | Eupithecia vulgata vulgata | Common Pug |
| 2145 | Discestra trifolii | Nutmeg |
| 1819 | Eupithecia exiguata exiguata | Mottled Pug |
| 2000 | Notodonta dromedarius | Iron Prominent |
| 2441 | Autographa gamma | Silver Y |
| 1979 | Mimas tiliae | Lime Hawk-moth |
| 1980 | Smerinthus ocellata | Eyed Hawk-moth |
| 2147 | Hada plebeja | Shears |
| 2098 | Axylia putris | Flame |
| 2173 | Hadena bicruris | Lychnis |
| 1952 | Ematurga atomaria | Common Heath |
| 1917 | Selenia dentaria | Early Thorn |
| 1994 | Phalera bucephala | Buff-tip |
| 1773 | Electrophaes corylata | Broken-barred Carpet |
| 1947 | Ectropis bistortata | Engrailed |
| 2087 | Agrotis segetum | Turnip Moth |
| 1746 | Anticlea badiata | Shoulder Stripe |
| 1802 | Perizoma affinitata | Rivulet |
| 2182 | Orthosia cruda | Small Quaker |
| 2126 | Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character |
| 1955 | Cabera pusaria | Common White Wave |
| 1991 | Deilephila elpenor | Elephant Hawk-moth |
| 2284x | Acronicta tridens/psi | Dark / Grey Dagger |
| 2305 | Euplexia lucipara | Small Angle Shades |
| 2389 | Paradrina clavipalpis | Pale Mottled Willow |
| 2120 | Diarsia mendica | Ingrailed Clay |
| 1769 | Thera britannica | Spruce Carpet |
| 1887 | Lomaspilis marginata | Clouded Border |
| 1957 | Lomographa bimaculata | White-pinion Spotted |
| 2179 | Panolis flammea | Pine Beauty |
| 1927 | Lycia hirtaria | Brindled Beauty |
| 2091 | Agrotis ipsilon | Dark Sword-grass |
| 2008 | Ptilodon capucina | Coxcomb Prominent |
| 1778 | Hydriomena impluviata | May Highflyer |
| 2214 | Cucullia chamomillae | Chamomile Shark |
| 2064 | Phragmatobia fuliginosa | Ruby Tiger |
| 2163 | Melanchra pisi | Broom Moth |
| 2152 | Sideridis albicolon | White Colon |
| 1904 | Plagodis dolabraria | Scorched Wing |
| 2397 | Panemeria tenebrata | Small Yellow Underwing |
| 1951 | Aethalura punctulata | Grey Birch |
| 1837 | Eupithecia subfuscata | Grey Pug |
| 2015 | Drymonia ruficornis | Lunar Marbled Brown |
| 1646 | Watsonalla binaria | Oak Hook-tip |
To see the most common Yorkshire micro-moths in May; click here.