Radford's Flame Shoulder
Delicate 4
Silver Y 2
Pearly Underwing
Diamond Back
Rush Veneer 17
Rusty Dot Pearl 4
Angle Shades 2

Remember that each month we are awarding a £20 prize from Atropos Books for the best photograph of a migrant insect chosen from those posted here. The winning image is published on the Atropos journal Facebook page each month and in the journal itself. We look forward to seeing what October brings.

Night of 8 October: 1 Radford's Flame Shoulder

Photo of the Clifden Nonpareil I trapped last night in my garden :-)

2nd hand news from St Marys, Isles of Scilly:
Richard Wall & Paul Fallon trapped a Death's head on 7/10
Mick Scott trapped a Death's head on 8/10
Chris and Ben Lewis have trapped Dewicks Plusia, Blairs Mocha and Radfords Flame Shoulder in last 2 nights. (Apologies to all these people if I have reported their moths before them - just thought I needed to in case they don't post them here)

Migrant numbers well down on 8/10 - here is our combined list from 9 traps plus ivy. Traps and records are now from myself, Robin Hemming and Les Finch.
Turnip x 23
White-speck x 50 (only 5 on ivy)
Dark Swordgrass x 5
Red Admiral x 15 (in traps!)
Diamond-back x 7
Rusty-dot Pearl x 58
Rush Veneer x 475 (well down)
Radford's Flame Shoulder (our third on the island - this one found on ivy)
Vestal x 2
Gem x 8
Angleshades x 11
Convolvulus x 2
Delicate x 6
Scarce Bordered Straw x 3
Silver Y x 12
Palpita vitrealis x 2
Pearly Underwing x 1

Night of 8 October 2016: 1 Radford's Flame Shoulder, 1 Cosmopolitan, 5 Delicate, 1 Gem, 3 Palpita vitrealis, 4 Silver Y, 1 Red Admiral, 48 Rush Veneer, 28 Rusty-dot Pearl,

Night of 08th October.
Silver Y (2), Rush Veneer (3) and ..................... a stunning CLIFDEN NONPAREIL, which I had to chase around the garden to catch after it escaped from the trap.

Night of 7 October: 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 1 Delicate, 1 Gem

Radford's Flame Shoulder, 4 Scarce Bordered Straw, 4 Delicate and 2 Dark Sword-grass