The hawk moth season is still going strong, especially among the Poplar Hawks and Privets. One of the latter fell drunkenly off its perch on an eggbox - shown left - while I was examining other moths and did a very good impression of a nosedive on to the lawn. It stayed there, apparently not discomfited, until I cleared the whole paraphernalia away about 20 minutes later.
Meanwhile, P and I are about to spend a week celebrating our Ruby Wedding with family and friends. How appropriate that we have just been visited by a Ruby Tiger moth. These little jewels are usually reluctant reveal their lovely, pinky-red hindwings but they will sometimes offer the world a glimpse of their bright red breeches and equally bright, banded body. The sequence below shows one moth gradually allowing us to see more - though not the whole, hidden thing.
Next we have a Crambus micro-moth, perlella I think, and finally a small wave of Waves, those graceful Laura Ashley moths: a Lesser Cream Wave on its own and a Small Fan-footed Wave encountering a Single-dotted Wave.
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