Hepialidae (Hepialinae)

Stars of the catch 16 Aug 2013. First for our garden

These moths and the followng bugs come from a evening at Wainwright Close Meadow. We've been calling it 'Ron's Meadow', our friend and fellow moth'er from the Hastings Moth Group folks found this little jewel and has adopted it :). It's a lovely tiny meadow which has loads of lovely meadow plants and a hedge surrounding it of small trees and black/Hawthorn, a large oak, and a pond with lots of pond plants smack in the middle of an industrial estate. Its council owned but is being managed by another soul who loves it as well, we have yet to find or meet. We decided we'd do a bit of a night time bug count with moth traps and these are the results in the 'Wainwright Close Meadow" set.

A couple of nice moths for the night, which just goes to show its not always about the quantity :) We also had a May Highflier, Waved Umber, and Lime Hawk.

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Kent

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Kent