Martin's Moths

The grandchildren have gone home but the hawk moths are very much still here. There were seven Poplar Hawks in the eggboxes this morning and...

This continues to be a vintage hawk moth Summer, especially for Poplar Hawks. They get everywhere, as you can see above, and I have j...

With a nice sense of timing, the moths have laid on a Star Wars show to coincide with the arrival of our grandchildren for a few days of s...

It is getting rarer and rarer for me to find something new in the moth trap, but that happened yesterday morning. It's always a nice sur...

It's much too early to be thinking of Autumn, especially as the heat of this exceptional Summer is apparently due to return after t...

I tried a new and previously over-looked spot for the trap last night. It had the advantage of plentiful tree-shelter on an evening whi...

The trap's bulbholder is usually festooned with moths at this time of the year, perhaps because it is warmer than the eggboxes fu...