Immigrant moth alert!

Red-headed Chestnut - 1 light trapped on 13 October - the second site record this month.

night of 14th oct 8 traps plus ivy various recorders;
68 Rusty-dot pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 15+ pearly underwing, 1 Delicate, 10+ White-speck, 1 Four-spotted Footman , 1 Scarce-bordered Straw, 4 Cosmopolitan, 2 Clancys Rustic,1 Gem

night of 13th oct on St Agnes various recorders 8 traps plus ivy:
Rusty-dot pearl 80+, Rush veneer 2,
vestal 2, Pearly Underwing 6+, Delicate 8+, l-album wainscot 10+, White-speck 17+, Scarce-bordered Straw 6+, Clancys Rustic 3, Cosmopolitan 3.

night of 12th Oct on St Agnes, various recorders with 8 traps and ivy:
Rusty-dot Pearl 60+, Rush Veneer 2, Vestal 2, pearly Underwing 5+, Delicate 10+, L-Album Wainscot 9+, White-speck 4, large Wainscot 1, Scarce-bordered Straw 4, Cosmopolitan 1, Clancys Rustic 2

Death's-head Hawk-moth found alive inside the power station on 12th.

10.10.2010

6 Silver Y
2 Red Sword Grass
1 Dark Sword grass
6 Vestal
1 White speck

eve 13th Oct Well they say lucky for some, finally trapped a reasonable migrant this year. Hiden under the Trap was a Scarce Bordered Straw, the trap also turned up a single diamond back and L-Album Wainscot (have been trapping a number of this species over the last week)

Night of 13th Oct. One flame brocade

Late summary - just 3 Vestal & 1 White-speck at Brownstown Head week of 4th-10th October, but good arrival of scarce migrants in Cork, Waterford and other counties especially night of 10th (various observers, details at
[www.mothsireland.]*%!migrants.htm):
minimum totals 3rd-12th Oct:
6 Uresiphita gilvata
6 Palpita vitrealis
42 Vestal
1 Gem
4 Cosmopolitan
13 Delicate
1 Nutmeg
1 L-album Wainscot (Cape Clear Island, Cork, 11/10 - first Irish record, Eamonn O'Donnell)

Hymenia recurvalis to 125MV last night