A Noisy Moth

One thinks of moths as flying silently at night.  This moth, the Six-spot Burnet, is one of many which fly during the daytime - and this one flies remarkably noisily.  It was noticed during a search in an Ormsaigbeg field for ochids when, after a rather erratic flight and a lot of time hovering while it made up its mind, it finally landed on a nearby stem.

Six-spot Burnets are common across most of the UK, but less so in Scotland.  They fly during the months between June and August.  There's a yellow-spotted version.

It's a beautiful insect, quite imperturbable even when a camera lens is almost poked into its right ear.

There's more about it here.