Posts tagged with: Angle Shades

Moth Monitoring at Kenfig Nature Reserve

Volunteers are essential to the management of Nature Reserves. Kenfig Nature Reserve has two groups of volunteers, meeting every week. One group meets on Wednesdays to help with monitoring and identification of species, and the other on Thursdays to carry... Read More

Angle Shades Emergence

On the 6th April (22 days after finding the pupa) the cocoon split and a beautiful Angle Shades moth (Phlogophora meticulosa) finally emerged. I was beginning to think that the pupa had died and that my daily breaths of moist... Read More

Moth Pupa

On 15th March, I found this wonderful moth pupa in my garden shed.   The case had a reflective waxy-like coating (not too dissimilar to a ladybird elytra) a good subject for which to experiment with stacking, studio flash and diffusion.... Read More