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The weather here has been poor this year, with low moth numbers. Here's a few:

Clockwise from the top: Hebrew Character; Brindled Beauty; Common Quaker; Early Grey; Common Quaker (worn); Oak Beauty.

All moths are attracted to harmless UV light, recorded on the Sussex and UK databases, & safely released.

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Meet the Puss moth, Cerura vinula. It has a Wingspan of 45-70 mm, so relatively large. Common in the UK, but few have seen one, as they are nocturnal. Named for reasons of obvious fluffiness of its dense, white, hair.
All moths are humanely trapped, recorded on the Sussex and UK databases, & safely released.

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This an Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila elpenor. It has a Wingspan of 45-60 mm, so considerably larger than the Small Elephant hawk-moth in an earlier post. The colours are vivid and really surprising. Common in the UK, but few have seen one, as they are nocturnal. One pic shows my grandson aged 3 releasing one back into the wild.

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