Last weekend we were treated to some colour in the moth trap. Two nights in Wokingham (Berkshire) produced our first Small Elephant Hawk Moth. It was a rather worn individual:
Hawkmoths were the order of the night. We have still yet to find a Poplar Hawk Moth in the trap, but fortunately one appeared in a bedroom on our first morning!
They are fabulous beasts that repay close study:
Is there a grumpier looking moth?
Wing detail:
With Small Elephant Hawk Moth for size comparison:
The second morning produced a Large Elephant Hawk Moth, the bigger stripier relative of Small Elephant: 
There was also a brace of Buff-tips, the broken twig of the moth world and still one of my favourite moths (more here also): 
Spot the real broken branch:
Back in Oxford, the pink theme continued with another Large Elephant Hawk Moth, this time in our Headington garden. It was briefly photo-bombed by a Bumblebee:
