Stainland, 2 White Ermine

On Saturday morning, there were two white ermine by the door.

White Ermine moths

The White Ermine that I showed here on the 21st of May, stayed for 3 days. In the early morning, before the sun came up,  it was on the fanlight over the door, or disappeared for a few hours. The nights seem to have been too cold for it to fly. It always returned to the same spot each night. This made me think that the moth must leave a scent marker that it could recognise. I know it was the same one, as it seemed to have had a slight brush with a light trap lamp and it's markings were identical. You can see the mark / burn in the original photo I posted, and the one above. It's the moth on the right of the photo above. I said it stayed for 3 days, in fact, it had stayed in the area for 7 days. I felt that it was worth sharing  my observations.