21 Oct 2008
Paintedlady (5+)
Red admiral (10+)
and Pearly underwing on 11 Oct 2008
Vestal on the two following nights

1 x Energetic RED ADMIRAL flying outside my High Street business in St Austell Town Centre at 12.45pm today. Seemed to be looking for some crevice or gap to possible hibernate in!!..It was not looking for nectar sources at all!!

Night of 20 October: 1 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Pearly Underwing (a rarity this year!), 1 Delicate, 2 Silver Y.

Night of 18 October:

Dewick's Plusia (1), Oak Rustic (6), Clancy's Rustic (7), Palpita vitrealis (1), Delicate (1), Pearly Underwing (1), Dark Sword-grass (4), Dark Spectacle (1), Silver Y (7), U. ferrugalis (16) and N. noctuella (1).

With P. Clarke, J. Chainey & J. Spence.

19/10.U.ferrugalis (60),Blair's Mocha (1),Dark Sword-grass (1),Delicate (1),White-speck (34) & Silver Y (1)

The mocha is the first decent moth this month since a couple of Clancy's Rustic at the end of Sept.Visitors have caught Dewick's Plusia (8th) & Slender Burnished Brass (12th) at other sites on St.Mary's during Oct.

Clancy's Rustic (1) - night of 17 October.

Night of 18th: no migrant moths, but a single Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug).

night of 18th oct

Once again Clancy's Rustic, but a different specimen as this one was smaller and worn. This was joined by a small Dewick's Plusia. Also 11 Rusty Dot Pearl, Silver Y and Pearly Underwing.

Night of 17th: among a disappointing return of only 4 moths, 1 L-album Wainscot and 1 Large Wainscot.

18th October

A Clancy's Rustic, Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 L-Album Wainscot trapped last night.