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Moths seen in the garden to date A-C, Moths D-F, G-M, N-Si, Sh-the end
April May June and July 2008
Almost the end of May and very little to report. There have been a fair number of moths but not as many as for the same period last year. However this morning there was a new one for the garden, a pebble hook-tip, drepana falcataria. The wretched thing flew into a nearby plant before I was able to take the photograph so it is not perhaps one of the best.
June 2nd and two new species to report. The first was a sandy carpet, Perizoma flavofasciata, and then this morning a silver-ground carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata. Both are pictured below.
sandy carpet
silver-ground carpet
I don't seem to have much to report these days but yesterday a moth arrived that I have been waiting to see in the flesh for years. It was the hornet moth, Sesia apiformis. I was fairly certain that I was correct in my identification but sent Pete up the ladder to take the photograph initially. When it remained where it was quite placidly I ventured up the ladder and took the photo. The antennae are a give away from a distance and then close to one can see how furry the body is and the differences in the head.
The hornet moth, sesia apiformis