Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
One of the new species from last nights moth catch was an Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor). It is quite an iconic species, and rightly so with its stunning pink and tan colours. My earlier photos of it just didn’t do it justice, so here are a few more of a slightly fresher specimen now that...
Everything looked good for the moth trap last night, so I put it out with high hopes of a good catch. I put it a few metres away from the normal spot, next to a flowering lilac and Ceanothus and then spent some time sat out there as the light faded. There were plenty of...
We don’t take Morgan swimming quite as often as we should, but Cerdigion County Council don’t make it easy either. Last time we took him to the pool at Plascrug leisure centre we were told that the children’s pool was a little cold. When we got in was was more than cold, it was absolutely...
The Chamomile Shark moth that I caught last month has made it to the BBC. Article here and Slideshow here. Hopefully the article will encourage a few more people to buy a moth trap and start moth trapping in Ceredigion, or prompt people who have been recording moths in the county to submit them to...
Following on from the early spring garden flowers which were mainly yellow – Daffodils, Marsh Marigold, Celandine and of course dandelions, the garden turned a shade of blue in May with Bluebells, Forget-me-Nots and Periwinkles and now the garden seems to be moving into a purple mood with Irises, Geraniums, Lilacs and others.
This moth trapping malarky is like Christmas morning every day. I wake up early before everyone else, get the trap in from the garden and then have to wait around for Morgan to get up before I can open it and see what we have. At the moment there seems to be something new in...
There wasn’t very much exciting in the moth trap last night, so here are a few more photos of the Eyed Hawkmoth from yesterday just to show what a beast he was with his horns and mohawk!
And here’s another pretty impressive moth I missed from this morning.
With rain forecast for later in the night I wasn’t sure whether to put the moth trap out, but in the end decided to risk it. It was fine in the end as I was up at 4am so able to get the trap in before it started raining properly. There was a nice selection...
I’ve just had a stroll around the garden. Everything is coming along nicely and there are quite a few new flowers out today as well, so I took some snaps of them with my little compact camera.
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