ipernity: All Moths by C.Rayz

Clouded-bordered Brindle

21 May 2014

214

Stars of the catch for 20 May 1014

Lime Hawk-moth

21 May 2014

4

3

348

Stars of the catch for 20 May 1014 We've seen these moths on outings but this is the first time we've had them on the balcony.

Lime Hawk-moth Two For One

21 May 2014

3

321

Stars of the catch for 20 May 1014 We've seen these moths on outings but this is the first time we've had them on the balcony. Two in one night!

Lime Hawk-moth

21 May 2014

2

278

Stars of the catch for 20 May 1014 We've seen these moths on outings but this is the first time we've had them on the balcony.

Pale Tussock Dark Colour Form

20 May 2014

203

Stars of the catch for 19 May 2014. This color form of the Pale Tussock was also seen a lot around Sussex this year. Would be interesting to know if the caterpillars or pupae of this form are darker as well or if the wet weather helped this color survive better this wet winter, with no snow and wetter darker trees, they over winter as a pupa, but you never know.

Aethes smeathmanniana

18 May 2014

1

207

Mother Shipton

18 May 2014

4

3

415

Lovely day flying moth named after old Mother Shipton, a 16th-century Yorkshire witch, because of the old hags on each wing, can you see them looking at each other?

Elachista argentella Moth

18 May 2014

2

249

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Caterpillar

18 May 2014

1

255

We saw a few of these already pupated, won't be long now :)

Speckled Yellow Moth

16 May 2014

2

329

Loads of these flying about right now, everyone always thinks they are butterflies :)

Cocksfoot Moth

16 May 2014

186

Tiny little moths flitting about

Silver-ground Carpet

04 May 2014

2

1

326

Gave a run for my money, but I finally got him to pose :)

Adela reaumurella Female

04 May 2014

1

307

Or as I like to call them Fairy Moths, you'll know what I mean if you've ever seen a group of them hovering around in the still sun above shrubs and low trees.

Bloxworth Snout

29 Apr 2014

1

224

29 April 2014 This was a moth I found walking home from the Post Office one day, just up the street from our house. It is a Red Data Book Species and on the increase around most south coastal counties. Finding this one at this time of year suggests it over wintered and is a resident rather than a migrant. The wet mild winter seems to have helped this species because we had several Sussex reports this year.