Saturday started at 6am checking what had been attracted to the moth-trap lights during the night and delighted to find it included a Cockchafer - a very large and beautifully marked beetle. It was rivalled by the White Ermine Moth which only shows that striking orange body when alarmed as a hopeful deterrent to predators. There were several bees sleeping on the vegetation which gradually woke up as the sun's rays got to them (a conveniently situated copper prunus tree acted as a great backdrop!!). The Pine Hawkmoth was probably the most unusual moth.
