July 1st 2010

Last night the temperature was still 18c at 1am and the garden was heaving with moths so when I emptied the traps this morning I had a good catch of 66 species from 280 moths. Best being my own Small Yellow Wave and a Barred Red. Bob came round to do his thing followed by Francoise with her moth list then Dave came round to eat at my place this evening surrounded by 10 micros we eventually identified adding more to garden his list. Grey Heron flew over garden mid-evening.
Some of the more recent moths I have trapped

Lilac Beauty

Varied Coronet

Marbled Beauty

Leopard Moth

Beautiful Hook-tip

All pictures by Bob Hazell

Richard