12 Painted Ladies present today

600+ Diamond-backs to garden MV overnight. Got up at 04:20 to stop an exodus but that number makes finding other micro species very difficult!

Night of 6th June.
83 Diamond-back Moth in the trap, with many more in the grass around the trap. Also a single Dark Sword-grass.

Mond. 6th pm.
Coast path.
Diamond Back moths everywhere. Silver Ys same. most fresh, Red Admiral 3, Painted Lady 10+, all fresh. Broad Bodied Chaser 2, never seen here before. Migrant?

Diamond-backed Moth
Daytime counts on 4acre site.
2/6 25 3/6 400 4/6 25 5/6 16
6/6 2,000 at 15.00 had increased to an excess of 20,000 by 20.00. There was 50+ Silver Y's at 15.00 but none later. The DBM's are in vast numbers all over the island including the centre of the town and inside my car !
The traps are only catching a max.of ten per night along with low no's of regular migrants.

600+ Diamond-back Moths in trap this morning

1500 Diamond backs in one Robinson trap last night

20 Painted Lady on Portland 06/06/2016

650 Diamond-back Moths in one trap. Big increase around with many 1000s

5th & 6th June. Painted Lady in the Garden