Striped Hawk came to 125w MVL last night/17/05/06 along with 9 diamond back moths.
Previous night 1 Silver y

silver Y 2
Rush Veneer,2
Orange Footman, 14. Migarnts?

Am wondering if the 14 orange footmen taken here last night, 16th could possibly be migrants.
Perhaps if you put them in your migrant list it might bring other coincidental records from the woodwork and may be indicate whether these were indeed migrants. Not a common moth for me and
usually in June in the past

1 Gem caught overnight on 16 May

Painted Lady butterfly photographed by the roadside near Iken, Suffolk today.

Striped Hawkmoth at MV trap
15/5/06

2 Striped Hawk-moth 16th May.

Singleton Many-lined Costaconvexa polygrammata recorded at MV light during Suffolk Moth Group meeting at Covehithe, Suffolk on 12th May 2006. Recorders - Tony Prichard, Neil Sherman and Jon Clifton

5.5.06 dark sword 1
15.5.06 dark sword 2
15.5.06 rusty dot 1, small mottled willow 1

During week 7/5-13/5, Diamond-back Moths daily (peak 75 9/5), Silver Y 3 dates (20 on 12/5), 1 Rush Veneer (9/5)

15/5 another Striped Hawk-moth and a Scarce Bordered Straw were the highlights apart from usual migs