The moths are back in town

17Jun08

Ooh, the excitement today – spotted and snapped one of the first few moths of the year on the old moth wall.  I think this is a lime-speck pug moth, but I could be wrong.
Hopefully this bodes well for the coming summer.  I’ve been thinking lately about putting out a moth trap in the garden [...]

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More action from the moth wall

28Nov07

The title is slightly misleading – more inaction from the moth wall is more appropriate. This little lovey has been hanging around in the same spot all week. I wonder if (s)he has passed over to the other side. Not the most exciting beastie in the world to look at, but it [...]

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Plume moth

16Nov07

It was a freezing cold morning, and I came across this little fella on in the popular spot on the moth wall. It’s a plume moth, but I couldn’t tell you its scientific name.
I was hoping to get some wintry morning shots, but the light wasn’t right and my hands were turning blue.  I’m sure [...]

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Year of the Moth

30Sep07

The leaves are officially falling from the trees…. I saw it with my own eyes when we took a stroll in the wet Devonshire countryside this morning.  For me this year has been the year of the moth – the year when I stopped seeing them as something to dodge in an Italian toilet (putting [...]

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Thorn moth

17Aug07

Another moth spotted on the wall at work.  Strangely this one was in the same place as the black arches moth from last week… although a little bit more accessible.   I believe that this is some kind of thorn moth, I’m not sure what kind though.  Up close the hairy body looked pale green.  [...]

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Black Arches moth

09Aug07

Spotted on one of the walls outside work today, a black arches moth.  Another beauty.  And also, smaller but no less interesting, this little chap:

I’ve no idea what this one is.  It was a great deal smaller than the black arches, and it took me long enough to identify that one (even with its distinguished [...]

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Moth of the week

03Aug07

Would you look at this beauty! Even more exciting are the bright orange colours that it hides under its stripey wings. I was rather lucky with this one. It’s been quite a sunny week, but today was the first day that I (a) had my camera and (b) went for a stroll. [...]

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Not quite so rosy – the common footman

18Jul07

Just one of the many small friends that made my day more interesting, here is the common footman I saw taking a rest on the wall at work.
The sun was out today, making a rare appearance this summer, so I was off out down the lane with my camera. There were a large number [...]

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Moth of the day – part three

06Jul07

I think this litte ‘un might be a mother of pearl moth, but it’s difficult to say as the light wasn’t right to check if it showed a rainbow-like lustre. It seems that we have a number of walls at work where the moths like to rest their weary wings during the day. [...]

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Moth of the day – part two

05Jul07

Another wet day – it didn’t let up until after dinner and until then I only ever ventured as far as the doorway outside the office. For a while I thought that my ‘different moth a day’ theory was blown to pieces, but on closer inspection I spotted this little fella. I’m not [...]

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