Regrets...ive had a few...

....happily my regret this time is that I said how infrequent I had caught Hawk-moths in Hastings and that since I had been here in Pembury I was pleased to see one or two but not expecting too many as per usual catches....then they just kept coming....which is rather nice....

Squadren.....ready......

Small Elephant Hawkmoth at the back with four Elephant Hawkmoths for company

I always believed I should catch more moths here, more rural, larger garden, darker....this, for me, is a record Hawkmoth haul in one evening....

If this was a little more fresh it would have a rather nice red line along the rear of the wing...however, its coming to the end of its flight season though theres always the chance of a second wave later...

Green Silver-lines

Im really admiring these carbonaria Peppered Moths and this one has to be the blackest of the two I have caught so far....these are real Darwin Theory of Evolution moths and I have to say I find that really exciting. Im assuming there is a population of these darker specimens around here due to the past coal mining activity locally which I will have to investigate more.  The mining activity was brought to my attention on the surveyors report when we purchased the house.

Peppered Moth carbonaria

Finally, another new moth!  Fabulous!!  This one is a Barred Red.  The markings could be a little stronger admittedly, but all the same, nice to see.

Barred Red