National Woodlouse Night

Saturday night was National MOTH Night but you wouldn't know it. Only woodlice and millipedes were attracted to my wine ropes and the sugaring I applied to various posts and tree trunks. Rather a waste of dad's rum if you ask me.

I had a bit more luck with a flourescent tube and a white sheet and, in a couple of hours, conjured these two specimens out of the darkness.

The first one looks like an Orange Upperwing but, I'm told, it's very rare. I'm stumped, so answers on a postcard please. The second one, I think, is a Large Yellow Underwing.


Highlight of the day though was a Hummingbird Hawk-moth which visited my folks' garden while I was helping to dig their pond.