Sunday 30 June 2013

In Support of Unmarried Moth'ers

Well, that's done it, the return of the 'Elecric Dustbin' and all the addiction that goes with it. I made this 'make shift'
MOTH TRAP
back in the mid-70's from a redundant plastic dustbin, baffles from an old aluminium Wall's Ice Cream sign, funnel a stainless steel mixing bowl (both recovered from the Council Tip) with choke and Mercury Vapour Lamp circa Watkins and Doncaster (Entomological Suppliers), since then Secret has added a few refinements during his tenure. The intent was always to resurrect it once decided what the hell I am going to do with the rest of my life, but 'the pull' was simply too much so we're back in the game. From an expected modest first night, things improved somewhat on the second outing with
 BUFF ERMINE
 BUFF-TIP
 BURNISHED BRASS
The camera really doesn't do this insect justice as the green segments
pick up the light and sparkle.
 
GHOST (SWIFT) MOTH
 Two contrasting colouration's of
 LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING
some are far more striking than this.
 MARBLED WHITE SPOT
 COMMON SWIFT
 POPLAR HAWK-MOTH
 SCORCHED WING
Three aspects of
 THE SPECTACLE
 this one showing 'the glasses' and
THE MILLER
a Moth I wasn't aware of until checking the identification in the
excellent new Field Guide by Sean Clancy with
Morton Top-Jensen and Michael Fibiger.

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