Monday 25 August 2008

Longfield - Moths

In the moth trap last night were lesser broad bordered yellow underwing 12, square spot rustic 4, ruby tiger 1, spectacle 1, brimstone 1, flame shoulder 1, common rustic 2, lesser yellow underwing 1, garden carpet 1, rustic 2, large yellow underwing 6, staw underwing 1, white point 1, pale mottled willow 1. setaceous hebrew character 1, old lady 1 and an angle shades.
I then headed off down to Reculver for a wander where I heard that one of the local birders had caught 2 convolvulus hawk moths overnight, very nice, maybe in my garden one day.

Ruby Tiger

White Point, an immigrant and possible local breeder in the south of the UK. A good catch for my inland garden site.


3 comments:

Cheryl said...

I love the Ruby Tiger....how stunning is that......

Steve Gale said...

Hi John, I've just stumbled across your blog and will certainly revisit. We used to meet at Dungeness many years ago. You haven't changed! Have added your blog to my links.

Steve said...

Well done with the White Point John. If you see a link off of my blog www.wildphotomonkey.blogspot.com

he had a White Point in Tunbridge Wells in the last few days