Well here goes, for better or worse, another year of moths. The old thread is here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196070/mostly-moths-2018/1221500#1221500
To start us off a couple of silly ones that came to greet the first trap of the year on the night of the 1st to 2nd january. It was around 6-7°C all night & frosts ever since so I gave it a go.
A Double-striped Pug
& same one closed
& White Speck
Nothing earth-shattering, but a start!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Oops, put this in butterfly thread in error... My Mum spotted this in her garden..Elephant Hawk Moth to be?
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Precious eggs from Garden Tiger hand delivered by Sandra today & a chance to see the poor Mummy who expired after laying all these eggs ...
Eggs are now 5 days old
Thank you Sandra, shall keep my fingers crossed for hatching & hope to get any caterpillars through the winter to enable pupation in the Spring!
Quite forgot to post that I had a Jersey Tiger too in my moth trap on Saturday night but couldn't get any decent pics of it til I set it free on Sunday ... had popped it in Butterfly house overnight in case it was female & likely to lay eggs ... think it was a male, such a lively critter too!
Blurry wings as it prepared to take off & showing underwing damage
A most impressive moth which I'd never seen before!