Night of 4th
Diamond-back moth 2, Convolvulus Hawkmoth 1 female, first of the year.

5th October.
Two Painted Lady, 11 Red Admiral (most moving South but a couple weren't in such a hurry); also two Silver Y and a Rush Veneer.

Single Painted Lady and Silver Y being blown about in the garden today, along with 2 Red Admiral.

14 traps & checking ivy on 4/10 gave us the following totals:
Diamond-back Moth x 4
Rusty-dot Pearl x 54
Rush Veneer x 452
Vestal x 5
Gem x 11
Death's Head Hawk x 1
Convolvulus Hawk x 3
Turnip x 37 (32 on ivy)
Dark Swordgrass x 15 (9 on ivy)
Porter's Rustic x 1
Delicate x 11
White-speck x 227 (135 on ivy)
Cosmopolitan x 1
Angleshades x 40 (31 on ivy)
Clancy's Rustic x 2 (1 on ivy)
Scarce Bordered Straw x 12
Silver Y x 80
Palpita vitrealis x 2 (on ivy)
Hummingbird Hawk x 1 (in trap)
Pearly Underwing x 4 (on ivy)
Small Mottled Willow x 1
Red Admiral x 2 (in trap)
trap counts for D Price, R. Hemming, K. Button, D. Dave Grundy
(I've just heard of another Death's Head trapped on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly last night as well!)

Five migrant species trapped overnight. Diamond-back Moth (16), Rush Veneer (8), Pearly Underwing (1), Silver Y (1) & Dark Sword-grass (1)

Night of 4 October: 101 Diamond-back Moth, 2 Crocidosema plebejana, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 20 Rush Veneer, 2 Silver Y, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Delicate and 2 Dark Sword-grass.

Night of 3rd Oct. 2 Blair's mocha - lots here this year, and a Radford's flame shoulder

Last night - 3/10 with 15 traps we trapped:
Rusty-dot Pearl x 8
Rush Veneer x 54
Turnip x 21
Dark Swordgrass x 24
Pearly Underwing x 1
White-speck x 153
Angleshades x 44
Silver Y x 35

Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) taken at light in the South Hams area of Devon last night.

Night of 3 October: 26 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Crocidosema plebejana, 3 Red Admiral, 3 Rusty-dot Pearl, 36 Rush Veneer, 1 Silver Y and 1 Dusky-lemon Sallow.