Painted Lady fluttering on window glass 5 mins ago.

Taken 4.vii.2012 at 125W MV light Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer.

Lobster moth, male in fine condition,on window pane

Frid 29 June 8.00am

surveying in the black mountains on the herefordshire/gwent/brecon border with chris williams/robin hemming with 10 to 12 traps per night at 500 to 750 metres;
1/7/12 = zero migrants
2/7/12 = 183 Silver Y (134 in one trap!) , 1 Diamond-back, 1 Dark Swordgrass - over half of all moths caught on the night.
3/7/12 = 90+ Silver Y and still counting.
interestingly none of migrantrs were seen on the summit plateaux, all were seen at the break of slope between plateau at top of steep valley sides.

Disturbed roadside a dozen or so Autographa gamma Silver Y this lunchtime.

Three Striped hawk-moths from Somerset in the last couple of days:
Mon 2 July 1 from Wimbleball (Exmoor, VC5) and 1 from Wells (VC6)
Tue 3 July 1 in my trap at Langport (VC6)
despite rain early evening.

Large numbers of Silver Y nectaring along our road most evenings even in heavy rain (Langport, VC6)

14 Silver Y Moths seen along the coast on 28th June.

Taken 3.vii.2012 at 125W MV light Autographa gamma Silver Y.

News of an Egyptian Grasshopper in east Devon...following the dust?

Sunday July 1st
2 Humming Bird Hawks at Upton Towans near Hayle.