ChrisLuv
Improving Birder
Sorry about the picture quality. This is the first moth I've trapped, I potted it last night after finding it at the porch light. Looking in my guide I think its a Dark Arches, but I need an expert opinion please as it looks like a lot of things.
Any tips on photography too, its wing tips were fluttering a lot and it was hard to get the shutter fast enough. Perhaps it wasn't settled enough? I did have some trouble getting it off the egg box and had to tap it a few times onto a leaf. I got a few photos, of which this is the best, before it fluttered off into the bottom of a nearby plant and I didn't want to disturb it again.
Many thanks,
Chris
Any tips on photography too, its wing tips were fluttering a lot and it was hard to get the shutter fast enough. Perhaps it wasn't settled enough? I did have some trouble getting it off the egg box and had to tap it a few times onto a leaf. I got a few photos, of which this is the best, before it fluttered off into the bottom of a nearby plant and I didn't want to disturb it again.
Many thanks,
Chris