Dawn raid

Getting up early is getting harder -  but at least dawn is getting later... if you get what I mean.

Tis the season of the Black Arches - found five of these handsome moths, all on the outside of the trap

I thought this was going to be a Snout until I realised that it didn't have a snout. Fortunately Jay Clark put me in the picture - it's a Shaded Broad-bar, a moth garden tick

The whole list...

• Uncertain/The Rustic, 40
• Common/Lesser Common Rustic, 17
• minor sp., 14
• Silver Y, 12
• Common Footman, 10
• Dark Arches, 6
• Dingy Footman, 6
• Mother of Pearl, 6
• The Dun-bar, 6
• Black Arches, 5
• Dusky Sallow, 5
• Scalloped Oak, 5
• Riband Wave, 4
• Ruby Tiger, 4
• Straw Underwing, 4
• Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 3
• Lesser Yellow Underwing, 3
• Scarce Footman, 3
• Smoky Wainscot, 3
• Willow Beauty, 3
• Dot Moth, 2
• Double Square-spot, 2
• Flame Shoulder, 2
• Small Fan-footed Wave, 2
• Small Magpie Moth, 2
• The Drinker, 2
• The Flame, 2
• Yellow-tail, 2

And one each of these:

• Bright-line Brown-eye
• Brimstone Moth
• Brown-line Bright-eye
• Chinese Character
• Clouded Border
• July Highflyer
• Least Yellow Underwing
• Lesser Swallow Prominent
• Lime-speck Pug
• Orthopygia glaucinalis
• Poplar Hawkmoth
• Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
• Shaded Broad-bar
• Shuttle-shaped Dart
• Small Scallop
• Tawny Speckled Pug
• The Spectacle

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640