Saturday, 21 May 2022

Moth'ers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones

 Having made such a Pot Mess (R. N. Stew) of Mr Partridge and his beloved Rosie, having put the Horse before the Cart, we will endeavour to get it right today! With Thursday night having qualified as the best so far this year for Moths, we will put those goodies all in one basket with a little reminiscing, pre-Covid of how things used to be when

Sophie, Josh and absent from the image brother Oliver,
occassional visits from
Dave Foot
and always welcome when they could make it Chloe, with Mark and Phil Sterling, here's hoping again soon! So for the Moths in no particular order but a fantastic start with
STRIPED HAWK-MOTH
and a Larvae thereof just for interest.
SERAPHIM
SCORCHED CARPET
an overdue
BUFF ERMINE
FOXGLOVE PUG
with some idea of size.
LESSER TREBLE-BAR
PRIVIT HAWK-MOTH
again with Larvae
PALE OAK BEAUTY
WHITE-POINT
likely a migrant.
both
EYED HAWK-MOTH
and at the other end of the size scale the tiny
CREAM-BORDERED GREEN PEA
and to conclude hopeing that we get this right, if someone discovers any kind of creature not yet described on Planr Earth, they get the privilege of naming that creature such as
RADFORD'S FLAME SHOULDER
and
CLANCY'S RUSTIC
(which we usually catch here but later in the year)
Unaware of this, our Ol' and Hapless Mate Willy Wine of Wimborne Fame made such a discovery in the week and having no knowledge of getting his name in lights for prosterity past it on to me. Certain to take ALL of the GLORY for such a find we believe it would be appropriate to name it
BAGSY'S BRAMLEY APPLE MOTH
(don't tell him will you!)