NIGHT OF 31ST
Singles of
Corn Borer and Palpita vitrealis

Night of the 31st - Dark Sword grass and a Four spotted Footman.

Night of 31 July:

70 Diamond-back Moth, 2 Oncocera semirubella, 5 European Corn-borer, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Rush Veneer, 4 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Delicate, 2 Tree-lichen Beauty, 1 Marbled Clover and 200 Silver Y.

White Satin Moth, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 30+ Silver Y, c.10 Diamond-back Moth north of Weston VC6

A Confused (1st obs record) was the highlight in the traps this morning. There were also 14 Dark Sword-grass & 32 Diamond-backed Moths.

Night of 31 July 2013
125W UV trap
Silver Y
Palpita vitrealis

Painted Lady butterflies now starting to emerge after pupating, over 150 webs, some pillars still half grown on thistles in my field.

Last night 18 Silver Y, 4 Diamond-back moths.
Many Yponomeuta rorrella ane evonymella recently are probably local immigrants. A Dark Sword Grass yesterday plus Pale Mottled Willows daily are probably immigrants.

Night of 31 Jul - 22W actinic
14 Dark Sword-grass
2 Silver Y
plus new for me Pediasa contaminella and my second ever Southern Wainscot

The following recorded on 31.7 at MV and actinic light, in my Highworth garden:

2 - Diamond-back Moth (P. xylostella)
20 - Y. evonymella
3 - Y. rorrella
107 - Silver Y (A. gamma)

Also, the first site record of Small Ranunculus (H. dysodea) - three of them!

Night of 31 July; 5 Dark Sword Grass, 3 noctuella