Showing posts with label Poplar Hawk-moth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poplar Hawk-moth. Show all posts

Monday, 22 July 2013

Cast or kettle?

In the English tradition of collective nouns, a group of hawks (yes, applied to birds but I've extrapolated) can be a kettle or a cast. It is safe to say I have certainly had a cast of Hawk-moths in the garden this year, with many nights with multiples of several species in the trap.


Pine Hawk-moth (Hyloicus pinastri) with Elephant Hawk-moths (Deilephila elpenor)


Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) and Privet Hawk-moths (Sphinx ligustri)


Poplar Hawk-moths (Laothoe populi)


Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata)


Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)


Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) f. brunnea





Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Dost thou love hawking?

Only one moth to the garden trap last night, actually clinging to the sheet, but one that marked the start of the Hawks for me, surely decent May weather must be round the corner?


Poplar Hawk-moth


Poplar Hawk-moth


Poplar Hawk-moth


Poplar Hawk-moth