highlights last night were 47 Silver Y and the 1st Centre-barred Sallow of the year

All sizes of Painted Lady catter-pillars on our thistles as usual, some pupating.
Influx of Silver Y moths yesterday.

Large Painted Lady outside West Cornwall Hospital at 1330 feeding on Red Valerian and Hebe. Still there two hours later and joined by a Red Admiral.

One Convolvulus Hawkmoth trapped to 125W light on night of 30th Aug.

Night of 30 August: Convolvulus Hawk-moth

Convolvulus Hawkmoth feeding at honeysuckle blossom, 2145hrs, 30th August.

Recent Sightings

24th & 26th August, single Rust Dot-pearl on St. Michaels Mount.

29th August single Dark Sword-grass on a shop window in Penzance.

30th August a single female Humming-bird Hawk-moth at Eastern Green, Penzance.

Loxostege sticticalis
Day-flying near St Clether, East Cornwall.26th Aug.
Identified Leon Truscott

Moths trapped in our garden 28/08/12.
5 silver Y
Flame shoulder
2 Chinese character
3 green carpet
lime speck pug
old lady
mother of pearl
Large emerald
orange swift

Convolvulus Hawk-moth near Fountainstown (Cork), 28 August (Sean Bourke), following earlier records at Glanmire (Cork), 18 August (Linda Tyrrell) and Wexford Wildfowl Reserve (Wexford), 15 August (Alyn Walsh). Other late news - Delicate, Cape Clear Island (Cork), 19 August (Eamonn O'Donnell), Nutmeg, Cronykeery (Wicklow), 13 August (Angus Tyner), and Bedstraw Hawk-moth, Sherkin Island (Cork), 26 July (Gary Hedges / Sherkin Marine Station). Further details on Moths Ireland Migrant webpage.