Aftermath of a damp Saturday

On Saturday morning (2 June) we awoke to the sound of rain.  This was a little surprising as it wasn't supposed to start raining until the evening.  However it rained most of day, bringing out the large moths after dark.  This was not a major invasion as with the last episode and they appeared to be two different species.

This first specimen looks pretty much like a Swift moth
 while this second one is clearly a different species - probably a different family (note the very different sizeof the antennae and different position of the wings - roof-wise not flat)
It stopped raining early on Sunday (forecast to rain all day) but as a result of all the moisture added to the atmosphere and vegetation by 18mm of rain there was a lot of fog around on Monday morning.  Here are a couple of shots from the top of our property looking towards the east.

 When we got down to Whiskers Creek Frances noticed a very strange set of bubbles covering most of the surface of one of the small pools in the Creek. 
While a good collection of foam is not at all unusual I had never noticed a collection of distinct bubbles like this before.

Comments

Denis Wilson said…
Hi Martin
Nice moths.
Agree the 2nd one looks unusual.
First could just be another aberrant Swift Moth, but what do I know? I have seen a great range of markings on mine, this year, and previous years.
But yours almost has a chequerboard pattern.
Denis

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