May moths and May bug

The Spectacle... you can guess where its name comes from

Side-on view of the Biggles moth

Swallow Prominent

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Cockchafer (or May Bug)

A slow start to moth trapping in May, with six moths caught:

• Cinnabar, 2
• Swallow Prominent, 1
• Lesser Swallow Prominent, 1
• Spectacle, 1
• Shuttle-shaped Dart, 1

Getting up early for the party animals

I have to get up early to check the moth trap, but it always seems like the moths themselves have had a good night dancing around the bulb. Some of them even seem a little hungover in the morning.

Pretty skies when I got up to check the moth trap this morning...

Purple Thorn

Swallow Prominent

The Spectacle

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings

The full list...