Tonight's moth trap...

A lovely evening ..and morning...highlights included a cinnabar and latticed heath moth - day fliers - why were they in the trap? ...Poplar and plenty of elephant hawks. Good to see heart and dart back in such good numbers too!

The trap...

The moths ....Left hand column - poplar hawk; light emerald; spectacle
Middle column - peppered; small magpie; white ermine and elephant hawk moth
Right hand column - female ghost; green carpet; beautiful golden y; coxcomb prominent.

and three of the five elephant hawks ...