Put the moth trap out again on Sunday evening and caught this beautiful fluffy moth. I believe it is a Pale Tussock and is probably a female as it does not appear to have any orange-brown antennae which the moth book describes. Apparently they used to damage hop crops in the past and had the nickname 'Hop-dog'.
There were also 4 of these in the trap. Cockchafer beetles or Maybugs. This one is the male and the others appeared to be females as they did not have these splendid antennae.
There were 2 or 3 other moths in the trap but I have not been able to identify them as yet.
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