Night of 15 September: 1 Dewick's Plusia

Phil Bradley trapped a Convolvulus Hawk-moth at The Maund a mile down the road in a small actinic mothtrap set in his back garden on the night of 15/9/2010.

Just 2 Dark Sword Grass...probably hangers-on from last week's migrations. Looking promising from about Tuesday next week

Western Conifer Seed Bug on the wall of my house in Felixstowe yesterday pm.

A strange morning (15 September) here in NW Suffolk. Awoke to find a change in routine the evening before had made me forget to put on the garden mothtrap, so took a walk through the village later on by way of compensation. Within a few minutes had spotted a Humming-bird Hawkmoth, then just a few minutes later turned up a superb Dewick's Plusia resting on a fence. Who knows what might have been in the trap if I'd actually switched it on!

A second Deaths Head Hawk Moth caterpillar was found on Woody Nightshade last week a few miles from where the first was found on an allotment in Somerset last month. This one was probably third instar and most likely from a different source to the first. See [www.somersetmothgroup.org.uk] for picture and more details.

Convolvulous at Nicotiana every evening still - two together at dusk yesterday.

Night of 13th September. 3 Dark Sword Grass and generally 1-3 each night the last week. Otherwise migrant count now declining, with no real prospect of anything interesting for at least a week

Night of 11/9/10 : Dark Sword-grass (1), Diamond-back (1) & Udea ferrugalis (1).

Single Western Conifer Seedbug on Saturday 11th to MV light