Night of 15 July:

Dewick's Plusia 1
P. xylostella 25
Silver Y 1

15th July 2009

Diamond Back Moth 6
Small Mottled Willow 3
Silver Y 1
Rush Veneer 3
Delicate 1
European Cornborer 1
White Point 1

14th July 2009

Delicate 2
Diamond Back Moth 2
Dark Swordgrass 1
White Point 1
Silver Y 1

Up to 14 Red-veined Darters, 2 Black-tailed Skimmers, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly etc at a pond near Newbiggin NZ299876 this afternoon

The Pyrale Etiella zinckenella taken at MV light in my Leicester garden last night (13th July). Unless there are any other earlier records for this year, this appears to be only the 7th British record of this immigrant/adventive species.

There is no obvious source of importation nearby, and my garden is on the eastern edge of Leicester with open fields beyond the garden.

Night of 12th July:
Delicate at 22W Actinic

By Day 12th July:
Found a Hummingbird Hawk caterpillar walking across a local lane. When potted up it began immediately to pupate.

Night of 12 July:

Oncocera semirubella - second site record.

Diamond-back Moth 10 - large decrease.
Rush Veneer 1
Dark Sword-grass 2
Silver Y 51 - big increase.

I would like to report an Olive Crescent, Trisateles emortualis to 125 W MV lamp in my garden trap at Lovedean. I believe it is only the 4th Hampshire record.
Photo to follow.
It is the 200th macro species in my garden this year.
Regards,
Alan Jafkins

12/7/9 Daytime - Two Hummingbird Hawk-moths.One on coastal cliff the other briefly in garden.

Night of 11/7/09 : Silver Y (1), European Corn-borer (2) & White-point (1).

What a difference a week makes ! - last week we trapped dozens of Diamond-back Moths and over 100 Bird-cherry Ermines but this week there were none of either species in the trap.