The Longdyke Ghost

Staring at an unimpressive attempt at a wildflower meadow on part of my lawn this afternoon and something caught my eye. The area was a patch long grass and clover in the middle of the lawn that I was quite pleased with really, bees were loving it.

What caught my eye though was a silky white shape resembling a small handkerchief that had been discarded by a miniature passing dandy..

It was a superb male Ghost Moth.

That and following evenings I added to this experience by managing to observe these moths display flighting for females over thistles and long vegetation in the sheep pasture adjacent to the garden..