Bedstraw Hawk-moth

Golly! I always check my actinic skinner trap first and this morning the first moth I saw was a Scalloped Oak (first of the year) and the second was this beauty. Probably the fourth for VC31 (Huntingdonshire). Boy am I chuffed!

Click on the pictures for larger images. Pics of other species and the list for the night below.

Bedstraw Hawk-moth (Hyles gallii)




The Lackey (Malacosoma neustria)


Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)


Phlyctaenia perlucidalis


Phlyctaenia coronata


Udea prunalis


Nikon CP995

124 moths of 43 species

0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1212 Spotted Shoot Moth (Rhyacionia pinivorana) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 36
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis 1
1390 Udea prunalis 2
1398 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 5
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 2
1634 The Lackey (Malacosoma neustria) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. Remutata 1
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 2
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 2
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 5
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) f. perfumaria 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
1987 Bedstraw Hawk-moth (Hyles gallii) 1
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 2
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 3
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 8
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 1
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 1
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 3
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 2
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 10
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 4
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 4
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 3
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 2