I could have entitled this post as "three in the buff" and generated a few more disappointed blog readers. However, this a is about Buff Tips, Buff Ermine and Buff Arches.
Last night being the second warm night on the trot the lepidoptera of the night came out to play. My suburban garden isn't really an ideal habitat for moths and very little of exotic nature turns up, but at least it is great fun to run a trap overnight and examine the contents in the morning.
I owe my interest in moths to Dr. Richard Osmond, who organised a moth evening for our village Natural History Society back in the late seventies, from that I day I was hooked. Most dry nights there is a blue glow in my back garden from a 20 watt actinic light illuminating my whitewashed garage wall. Thanks Richard - if you ever get to read this.
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| Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides |
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| Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides |
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| Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum |
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| Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum |
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| Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum |
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| Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala |
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| Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala |
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| Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala |
A full supporting cast included the following, the others flew away.
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| Brown Tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea |
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| Brown Tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea |
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| Scalloped Oak, Crocallis elinguaria |
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| Cabbage Moth, Mamestra brassicae |
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| Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea |
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| Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea |
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| Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba |
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| Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba |
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