Sunday, May 01, 2005

Good moth night

Best night of the year so far with high day time temperatures and a warm muggy night contributing to the good result. Here are a few of the moths recorded.

Two Lime Hawk-moths (Mimas tiliae)



Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)



Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria)


Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)


Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)


Two Red Twin-spot Carpets (Xanthorhoe spadicearia)



Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)


Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)



Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)


Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)


Nikon CP995

1 comment:

Ken Wong said...

nice photos thanks for sharing!!