A distinct lack of moths!

I have been putting the moth trap out quite regularly over the past couple of weeks but each time I go to empty it I find it quite devoid of trappoed moths! Whether it’s the clear cool nights that are causing me bother I just don’t know, but compared to the past couple of years at this time, it’s incredibly quiet. This morning the trap contained only two moths which is about the norm just now; a small magpie and a really beautiful elephant hawk moth, my first for the year. I stuck this handsome lad on a yellow flag iris growing in my small water feature, totally unnatural of course, and done just for art’s sake 🙂

elephant hawk moth on yellow flag iris

elephant hawk moth on yellow flag iris

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