9th June - Painted lady

Sunday 7th June, day sightings:

Painted lady 2
Nomophila noctuella 2

Singles of Dark Sword-grass and Diamond-back Moth in last night's (8th June) MV trap.

Single Bordered Straw at Windmill Farm Nature Reserve, Lizard, Cornwall on the night of 5th June.

By day, 8th June: Two Bordered Straw, a Hummingbird Hawk and a Painted Lady.

Sunday 7 June, morning, 4 Painted Lady, 4 Silver Y. At light 8 traps, temp down to 6c at 00.30 1 Silver Y in only 26 species!

08th June
Humming-bird Hawk-moth (2) in my garden.

08th June
Perranuthnoe to Cudden Point Coast Path
Clouded Yellow (1 female), Painted Lady (4), Red Admiral (2) & Rush Veneer (1)
Upton Towans
Painted Lady (5) & at least ten (10) Humming-bird Hawk-moth on one large patch of Red Valerian.

60 Painted Ladies and 4 Hummingbird Hawk-moths on the seafront yesterday morning (June 7th)

Last nights moths (7th) included:
Silver Y 2
Bordered Straw 1 (my 6th this week)
Dark Spectacle 1
Rush Veneer 1
Diamond-back Moth 2