One of the pleasures of moth mornings, as I go through the eggboxes, is catching a view of the guests from unexpected angles. Today's top picture makes the point with a Scarce Footman, a very frequent caller here in spite of its name. I glimpsed it head-on and was greatly struck. Mind you, it's an intriguing-looking creature from any point of view.
A wealth of Laura Ashley moths next, the Brimstone in the top left and below it, the faded Light Emerald (cf my comments yesterday on the short-lived green of the Emeralds) have already visited several times this year, as has the lovely little Single(!)-dotted Wave, bottom right. But the Common White Wave, top right, is new for the year. Welcome back.
The hawk moths continue to do brilliantly. As I went through the boxes, there was one, a Pine; then two , Pine + Elephant, and finally three, Pine + Elephant + Eyed. And as a taster for last night's moths, which I'll deal with first thing tomorrow, here's a fourth, making it Pine + Elephant + Eyed + Poplar. What a family they are.
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