GSHP
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MothsLast night we set the moth trap for the first time this year... just a few....
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mihto
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They are gorgeous! please keep them coming! 
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GSHP
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 Thank you..they are so beautiful and to think we rarely see them yet they're are out there every night.
I don't like to add too many photos, what I find fascinating others may not 
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Bernie66
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Add away, please!
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GSHP
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A couple more..
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Bernie66
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whats the top one in this last series called?
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Bernie66
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whats the top one in this last series called?
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GSHP
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Elephant hawk moth
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Bernie66
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Fanks
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Liz in Ireland
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My mum once got a tiny moth trapped in her ear. The doctor didn't believe her until he syringed it out. Mum was very sad about it because she said that it made a noise like it was crying before it died 
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yummersetter
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| GSHP wrote: | | Elephant hawk moth |
last year I had the caterpillar in the garden, extraordinary creature, I was wondering what it would become next
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Cathryn
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Great photographs. They are fascinating creatures, the little I know about them. Are there more fundamental differences between them and butterflies other than one prefers night time and the other day?
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Tavascarow
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Excellent photos.
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Gervase
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It's a distinction that has brought taxonomists to blows! The commonest difference is the antennae - moths have feathery ones, while butterflies have non-feathery ones.
Moths also tend to fat and hairy, while butterflies are slender and smooth.
And butterflies usually rest with their wings upwards like a sail, while moths rest with their wings flat across the back.
Those are just very general differences, though, and there are plenty of butterflies and moths that break the rules.
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Tavascarow
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| Cathryn wrote: | | Great photographs. They are fascinating creatures, the little I know about them. Are there more fundamental differences between them and butterflies other than one prefers night time and the other day? |
Their antennae are different.
Moths have feathered antennea butterflies have solid with thicker tips.
The magpie moth that GSHP posted at the top of the second lot of pics is usually a day time moth.
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resistance is fertile
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Any chance you can share details of your trap?
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GSHP
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I'll take photos and ask my son, he made it as a Christmas present for my husband a couple of years ago.
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