A viewing session is being offered for those who wish to see/photograph Black-spot Chestnut. To be held by local moth recorders on the afternoon of Sunday 24 November. We have been asked to keep email details confidential so anyone wishing to take advantage of this please get in touch via Atropos and we will put you in contact.

One Red Admiral at Perranuthnoe (SW5329), west Cornwall this morning in bright sunshine.

Tuesday 12 November 2.30pm sunny but chilly day. Red admiral in perfect condition.

Night of 17 November
Dark Swordgrass in Ware , Hertfordshire.

Night of 18 November:
3 Dark Sword-grass and 1 Silver Y.

Night of 17 November:
8 Diamond-back Moth, 6 Rusty-dot Pearl, 15 Dark Sword-grass and 1 Silver Y.

Night of 18-Nov, a single Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass.

Plumed Prominent hunt near Chedworth, Glos., with Peter Hugo et al resulted in;
16th Nov - 1 x Silver Y
17th Nov - 1 x Rusty-dot Pearl
1 x Dark Swordgrass
(also non-migrants; 16th Nov = zero Plumed Proms, but on a warmer night - 17th Nov = at least 51 Plumed Proms)

18th November.

A single Rusty-dot Pearl was found at Marazion. 6 very early instar Red Admiral caterpillars were collected from a patch of nettles on the outskirts of Truro.

Does anyone know if it is possible to overwinter Red Admiral chrysalis or are they likely to hatch in the winter months?

Night of 18th November and applies to last 1-2 months:

3 x Dark Swordgrass
2 x Silver Y

Interested to see if the DSG shows up in early records next year; there have been unprecedented and consistently high levels for the last 2 months

Nick

Night of 16/11 : single Silver Y at Hayle.

Morning of 17/11 : two Rusty-dot Pearl at Canon'sTown & Whitecross.