Red letter day!..............09/10

This rather tatty individual is the garden's 1st Red Underwing. Modelled by Louie, you can just about see how big it is! The fore wing measured at least 1 1/2 " and is the largest Underwing we have seen so far.

The photo to the right is a Red-line Quaker and again is a garden 1st. I manged to get a quick picture before it flew.

It was another good night for variety with 10 of 9 species recorded;

1. Large Yellow Underwing -2
2. Red Underwing
3. Lunar Underwing
4. Shuttle-shaped Dart
5. Black Rustic
6. Spruce Carpet
7. Blair's Shoulder-knot
8. Setaceous Hebrew Character
9. Red-line Quaker