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.
