Moths of 2009

I've looked very hard for this guy to find an ID. Things that should make it easy are his body length and the markings on side view. When I found the body the right size the markings are wrong, any help much appreciated :) Thanks to Benny and Steve over at Back Garden Moths and here on Flickr for the ID, but I'd still sure like to know how hes so long bodied :P

I've looked very hard for this guy to find an ID. Things that should make it easy are his body length and the markings on side view. When I found the body the right size the markings are wrong, any help much appreciated :) Thanks to Benny and Steve over at Back Garden Moths and here on Flickr for the ID, but I'd still sure like to know how hes so long bodied :P

A new one for us :)

Not 100% about the ID here but I'd say 99.5 for sure..lol

There are a few species we used to see quite regular on our moth missions, this one hasnt been seen for over a month :) Glad hes back

Another we haven't seen in many weeks now, back again :)

This guy was found in the house on one of those windy nights, I am not sure what he is. Any help much appreciated.

Couldn't resist the face :)

Second time I've seen this species, I'm pretty sure about the ID. Update: Relisted as Common as suspected by George, and confirmed by Andy..lol Thanks guys :)

I don't know if I'll ever get another of these, one of my dreams was to get some of the hawk moths before the season was out, I was just about to post this asking for confirmation of an ID when I went to the UKMoths site and this beast was on the front page, my heart sank at the thought that I've missed seeing this in action because the only other moth I'd like to see more than one of the hawks was the Hummingbird.. More of the story..

We were watching the hornet flying about and trying to find one landed when I noticed this up in a small tree about 12'. Upon futher investigation it was this large moth. I of course proceeded to try to get a decent shot straight up with no luck. The tree he was up in had a trunk of no more than 3 inches but enough height bending it would have damaged it. We finally opted for disturb and hope it lands somewhere more convenient but he went to another tree and we lost sight. I'm a bit gutted now that I've ID'd this guy tonite...lol

One of two we saw on the night, we got lucky really to see this little guy is such nice form, they fade quite quickly after they emerge like this after shot .

One of two we saw on the night, this guy is already very worn looking although its quite possible hes not very old at all. Look here for a before shot

Really lovely moth even though he's very dark colored.

This moth really impressed me with his dark look and lovely stigmata on this back.