Night of 25 July: 1 male Four-spotted Footman and 1 Dark Sword-grass during a group trapping session with B. Jones, P. Horsnail & K. Tailby.

1 Mung Moth trapped by moth-trapper in Kings Heath, Birmingham on 23/7/13, this follows 1 recorded in my own garden in 2012 less than 2 miles away - are they breeding in the wild in this area?

6 x Diamond-back Moth
5 x Silver Y
on 24/7/13 - more in a night than the ones of each we've had for most of the summer!

Night of 25 July: 1 male Four-spotted Footman

Night of Jul 22
Silver Y 7
Dark Sword-grass 7
Diamond-back 4
Rusty Dot 1
poss Apple Ermine 1

Night of Jul 25
Silver Y 1
Dark Sword-grass 1
Gem 1

22/7: Platytes alpinella.
23/7: Dark Sword-grass 20+

Night of 24 July: 1 Small Mottled Willow

Night of 24th July

Loxostege sticticalis
Sciota adelphella

Long-tailed Blue butterfly - telephone 01626 865501 to view.

25/7/ -Pillar update - Eggs and all instars of Red Admirals found in recent days, second generation DBM emerging from pupae in salad bed. Final instar Silver Y on cabbages. Green-veined white second generation eggs on Spinach. Bright-line Brown Eye laying well on Tomatoes. Turning out to be a bumper crop but my wife ...