J-Gibson
White satin moth - male
Leucoma salicis taken on my first ever visit to Ainsdale LNR nr. Southport. I hadn't been there long when the sun briefly appeared, along with several dozen White Satin moths. They danced in the sun like ghosts on elastic and as soon as the sun disappeared so did the moths! Well, the all fell to the ground anyway, allowing me to take some atmospheric shots like this one. I love the black/white hooped rugby socks!!
I've been back to the LNR many time since but only seen adults flying on one other occasion - in May 2019 when I took the frame-filling shot of a caterpillar (next photo)
White satin moth - male
Leucoma salicis taken on my first ever visit to Ainsdale LNR nr. Southport. I hadn't been there long when the sun briefly appeared, along with several dozen White Satin moths. They danced in the sun like ghosts on elastic and as soon as the sun disappeared so did the moths! Well, the all fell to the ground anyway, allowing me to take some atmospheric shots like this one. I love the black/white hooped rugby socks!!
I've been back to the LNR many time since but only seen adults flying on one other occasion - in May 2019 when I took the frame-filling shot of a caterpillar (next photo)