A swallow may not make a summer - and who am I to contradict Aristotle? - but five Swallow Prominents in one night are certainly a welcome proof of Spring. Moths unfailing follow an annual pattern of emergence from their chrysalises and it is common to have a sort of general hatchery like this; brothers, sisters and cousins all breaking out of their flimsy prisons at the same time.
I am very fond of the small but distinctive Prominent family of UK moths with their characteristic pose like a cat or dog stretching out forepaws. Here they are, above, with some useful information about eggs which I always like sharing. And, below, a bright little Brimstone moth, also the first for 2019, on the trap's cowl to welcome them.
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