It's kind of you to say so Trevor. The interesting thing on this site at least is that the blue females emerge at the same time as the males and the brown females appear later. I had thought that someone would know if these are Abs. I was particularly interested to identify the first blue in my last post as she was a stunner.
Thank you so much Katrina - you too are taking some excellent shots.
This is the time of year when I put myself up for some public humiliation - yes, after seeing all the day flying moths on the common I decided it was time to dust off the moth trap. I hope some kind soul can help with ID's and save me hours of research. The first moth I am unable to identify is this one. It was possibly the largest moth in the trap:
I am really keen to know what this moth is as I think this is the one that has laid about 60 eggs in the trap. Here are a few of them:
Will it be possible to rear them? What would the food plant be? Will they be fertile? It would be a shame for them to go to waste.
Next up is one I have had before and know and love - the Poplar Hawk-moth:
A Pebble Hook-tip is not one I have come across but visually interesting:
I believe this one is a Light Emerald:
The next one looks like a Coxcomb Prominent but could be wrong as it's not a Prominent I have recorded. Not sure what is going on with my camera but it has started to produce some quite garish colours, particularly when the background is green, which I have been trying to avoid:
Now this is where it starts to get tricky. Don't know what these two are:
Last but not least was this lovely moth. I first thought Sallow Kitten but now I am not sure - some other sort of Kitten perhaps?