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.