9th oct - 1 Delicate, 1 Rusty-dot pearl, 1 Diamond-back moth + 1 Western conifer seed bug

Night of 9th
1Vestal, 1 Kent Black Arches

Night 09/10: Silver Y (1), Pearly Underwing (1), Rush Veneer (1) & Rusty - dot Pearl (6).

Migrant moths - 9/10, (totals for 8 traps & ivy - Robin Hemming, Les Finch & me):

Rusty-dot Pearl 90 (81)
Rush Veneer 5 (1)
Silver Y 4 (2)
Delicate 2 (1)
White-speck 39 (43)
Turnip 7 (5)
Dark Swordgrass 4 (3)
Pearly Underwing 1 (4)
Palpita vitrealis 1 (1)
Gem 1m (1)

Ivy was OK again but weather still not ideal for migrants. Migrant numbers in general were slightly up!

Figures in brackets are previous night totals.

L-album Wainscott in trap this morning

Night of 8th October

1 Red Sword-grass
1 Dark Sword-grass

Night of 8 Oct 17
3 traps
3 X Silver Y
2 X Gem, Male & Female
Dark sword-grass
Rush Veneer
(7 X LYU)
Total of 23 species

Late news for 8 October: a Vagrant Emperor reported at Caerthillian.

Migrant totals - 8/10, (totals for 9 traps - Robin Hemming, Les Finch & me):

Rusty-dot Pearl 81 (61)
Rush Veneer 1 (5)
Silver Y 2 (1)
Delicate 1 (4)
White-speck 43 (47)
Turnip 5 (15)
Dark Swordgrass 3 (5)
Pearly Underwing 4 (10)
Palpita vitrealis 1 (2)
Gem 1m (2)
Golden Twin-spot 1 (0)
July Belle 1 (0)

Ivy was OK but soggy again in heavy mizzle plus cold NW wind. Migrant numbers in general were slightly down, but Golden Twin-spot is our star moth in over 3 weeks of trapping here this year!

July Belle was incredibly fresh - will it be a continental immigrant or a very late extra brood of residents?

Figures in brackets are previous night totals.

C. plebejana is trapped every night here where it is resident as it is surely also in Cornwall and Devon coastal sites.

3rd - 2 Delicate, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw
4th - 1 rush Veneer
8th - 1 Humming-bird Hawk (during day on verbena), 1 Crocidosema plebejana