There was plenty in the trap this morning, as usual at this time of the year, and although there was nothing new or unusual, I was struck by the prettiness plentifully available in 'monochrome moths'.
Here's a selection, all essentially black-and-white albeit with some additional subtleties such as the ever-so-slightly pinkish tones of the Least Black Arches (top right, above) - Update: sorry, I was not concentrating. This is a Muslin Footman, most unlike the other members of that family which resemble grey and yellow pills - and the flash of yellow on the Small Magpie micro-moth (top left, below). The star of the monochrome show, the Black Arches, should be along in modest numbers soon but meanwhile the others are: above, clockwise from top left: the misnamed Single Dotted Wave, a trio of Crambid micro-moths and a delightful Treble Brown Spot. Then below: a Clouded Border consorting with the Small Magpie and my far-from-monochrome pyjamas.
Finally we have a delicate Apple Ermine micro, wings furled like a rolled newspaper. This is one of the tribe whose caterpillars are capable of enveloping whole trees in spider, white webs.
Finally, some moths in other colours: a Large Fruit Tree Tortrix micro, appropriately arriving on a night when the trap was between an apple and a pear; a sharp-eyed Brown-line Bright-eye, a clumsy-looking Barred Straw and a Smoky Wainscot.
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