(James) From top: strikingly pink Privet hawkmoth - absolutely magnificent, one of 2 Buff ermine - one of my favourite moths (yellow is my favourite colour!).

Moth trap 28/06/2006 - Denver

Common footman (1)
Spinach (1)
Burnished brass (1)
Common emerald (1)
Willow beauty (1)
Heart and dart (5)
Bright-line brown-eye (1)
Buff ermine (2) (see picture above)
Setaceous hebrew character (1)
Privet hawkmoth (1) (see picture above)
The flame (1)
Heart and club (2)
Common quaker (1)

(James) From top: Poplar hawkmoth - the first hawkmoth for Denver, The flame, a beautiful Small angle shades, Peppered moth (the speckled form is much commoner than the dark form in rural areas).

Although our summer mothing season officially started on the 27th, a female ghost moth was a premature surprise when it flew into the dining room.

Moth trap 27/06/2006 - Denver

Poplar grey (1)
Common footman (2)
Green pug (1)
Clouded border (1)
Heart and dart (1)
Mottled beauty (1)
Bright-line brown-eye (2)
Peppered moth (1) (see picture above)
Setaceous hebrew character (1)
Common quaker (3)
Poplar hawkmoth (1) (see picture above)
Small angle shades (1) (see picture above)
Heart and club (2)
Large yellow underwing (1)
The flame (1) (see picture above)
Flounced rustic (1)
Rustic shoulder-knot (1)

Welney WWT Butterflies and Dragonflies 10/6/06
Meadow Brown
Peacock
Small Tortoishell

Common Blue Damselfly
Black - Tailed Skimmer

All these butterflies have recently been photographed. From top: Small Copper, Holme NOA, Dingy Skipper, Narborough, Grizzled Skipper, Narborough, Common Blue and Green Hairstreak, Holme NOA, Holly Blue, Dersingham and Brown Argus, Holme NOA

The moth trap at Dersingham (29/5/06) provided the following:

Shears 5,
Green Carpet 2,
Heart and Dart 2,
Flame Shoulder 5,
White Ermine 1,
Treble Lines 5,
Garden Carpet 1,
Least Black Arches 1.

C.R