My Number 1 Moth - 25.9.16

Merveille du Jour

Once I'd started mothing there was always one that stood out in the books for me that I wanted to see. So far they have avoided my garden trap but an evening out with the Herts moth group to Gadesprings cress beds finally allowed me to see one. It was a quiet and fairly chilly evening but even so on checking the last of the traps before packing up there on the top of the egg boxes was a Merveille du Jour. What a stonker!