The march of moths through global culture continues apace: while I persist in my efforts to track down the caterpillar which stars in the opening sequence of the latest Sense and Sensibility film. The Economist's obituary the other week (a rather over-stylised column but let that pass) kicked of with a moth and an interesting story about it.
On cue I found a brightly-coloured cattie myself just now, although it showed no inclination to explore my fingers. I have to admit that they are a bit less appealing than those of the young woman playing Marianne in the film. but maybe caterpillars don't see it that way, and its inertia was just due to the cold.
My iPhone Bug ID suggests that it will turn into a Large Yellow Underwing and iRecord has just concurred when I uploaded a couple of photos and the identity there. By happy chance, the egg boxes also contained this chap below, an adult Large Yellow Underwing, whose identity only became apparent in the third and last photo, although you can see the yellow and black pattern dimly from below in the second image.
From yellow to green, and here is a Merveille du Jour, still brightening up the trap as we move towards Hallowe'en and November.
Then a Winter/November/Autumnal moth first pretending to be a butterfly and then in its usual resting pose, followed by a Cypress Pug, a Light Brown Apple Moth micro and a Turnip moth.
And to finish up with a Harvestman with his family, now all expelled outdoors with the help of Penny's wonderful and supposedly humane suction-operated spider-catcher. I hope that a change of temperature will be merely bracing for them.
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