I leave my verandah lights on at night, wait and see who comes - and these photographs are the result. They're a visual record of moths that have visited me over the last year or so, or at least the ones I have managed to put a name to. There are a lot more in the ‘Unidentified’ file.

They're photographed on the walls of our red cedar house, or on the netting of the cat enclosure on the verandah, usually while they’re resting.

Some are not the most perfect shots but I've included them for the record. What I’m trying to do is show these creatures as you might find them, rather than display every feature in perfect clarity, like a set specimen in a collection. Some are old, worn, with broken wings; that’s just how I found them. Quite often I came across them only once; others were frequent and numerous visitors and I managed to take enough photos to select the best.

I use a Canon EOS20D digital camera with a 100mm macro lens and an EF 25 II extension tube.