Moth into Flame - Metallica

Yet another amazing weekend 'in the field' with our friend Dave Foot which was more or less exclusively geared towards

MOTHS

and while we do not wish to overburden the readership you will all surely

be amazed by the diversity of these mainly

Denizens of the Night!
Additionally, even though the Summer is only a few hours old already we have noticed a
Drop Off
of our avian friends as predicted in a previous post - but we ain't giving up!

However, Dave's first find among the Honesuckle at the gate to the Heath

were the tell-tale signs of

 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth larvea (caterpillars) feeding.

Passing this spot twice every day of my life surely you didn't expect me to find them.

Although 'on the wing' at the moment the next generation will also look like this!

BROAD-BORDERED BEE HAWK-MOTH

From the Moth Trap close to home we had already found

 SMALL ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH

 GRASS WAVE

 and considered delightful

 PUSS MOTH

 while clinging to the homestead door this delightful

WASP BEETLE

kindly identified by one of our Weymouth correspondants and

along with the first

 BUTTERCUPS

APPLES

in a wild setting and

DOG ROSES

Meanwhile the

 NHS AIRBUS'

continue plying too and fro this one arriving from

Nanking, China

More colour exuded from the traps along with others not quite so flamboyant

as the 2 Unmarried Mothers settled down

for the duration and

hopefully excitement.

 LIME HAWK-MOTH

 SCALLOPED HOOK-TIP

 BLOTCHED EMERALD

 the rather large

PALE OAK BEAUTY

 along with the diminutive

 CREAM-BORDERED GREEN PEA

about the size of the vegitable it suggests

 a firm favourite

 CLOUDED BUFF

 CREAM-SPOT TIGER

and another extremely tiny

ROSY MARBLED

However the Piece de la Resistance came close to the end of a 

Fantastic Session

with a scarce and 'first ever for myself' the none too eyecatch but

seriously exciting

DWARF PUG

added to my personnal

World List

with all of the others added to the 

Year List

Likely an escapee from a garden

LARGE YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE

was found growing seemingly wild on the way back

while from another Weymouth correspodant a 'snap' highlighting some of the various

Vessel Sizes in the Bay there.