The Old Lady & the lamp

For a few weeks there's been something big lurking in the dark!, I've seen it from my window and I've seen it several times while I was out in the garden watching the trap....it even landed 2ft away from me once but flew off as soon as I moved....tonight it was there again but this time I was ready with my net and I caught it....my first Old Lady.

A fantastic nights mothing tonight with the welcome return of the Poplar Hawk and 3 new to my garden species to accompany the Old Lady.

The trap was out from 9:15pm till 4am

Tonight's Log

26 Large Yellow Underwing

9 Lesser Yellow Underwing

2 Least Yellow Underwing

4 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

6 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

11 Riband Wave

7 Silver-Y

3 Common Rustic

3 Shuttle Shaped Dart

5 Willow Beauty

3 Dark Arches

2 Ruby Tiger

1 Poplar Hawk

1 Campion

1 Copper Underwing

1 Flame Shoulder

1 Spectacle

2 Lempke's Gold Spot

1 Yellow Shell

1 Old Lady(see photo above)

1 Oak Hook Tip(see photo above)

1 Setaceous Hebrew Character(see photo above)