Pearly Underwing

Pearly Underwing and Diamond-back here in Worcester overnight. 22 species in all which also included a fresh (2nd brood ?) Phycita roborella, the still declining Figure of 8 and Feathered Thorn which was NFY

Cypress Carpet in Colwall

 My first Cypress Carpet on October 8th. Also a Blair's Shoulder Knot so you can tell what hedge we have in our garden.

  

Last night 10th despite minimum of 6deg I was surprised to find 2 Clifden Nonpareil in the trap. They refused to pose with hindwings showing.  Phyl King

Muslin Moth

This Muslin Moth recorded on Saturday night was unseasonable but not unheard of at this time of year. The Red Sword-grass, also recorded on Saturday night, was my first at Norchard, Worcs, since 2010 and may well have been a migrant here.

White Ermine on Bringsty Common

 The wind has switched to coming from the north after a few milder nights. Best night was the 8th with 29 species. Not much sign of migrant activity, but then they usually go straight to Bodenham anyway, but I did get a Dark Sword-grass and a Gem. There's a couple of other Gem records in the county (Herefordshire) as well. Last night there was a White Ermine in the trap, which is the latest record by some distance (previous was September 16th 2014). Another attempting to second brood?

Bringsty Common: White Ermine

Wigmore Rolls

 Encouraged by the milder nights, I ran 2 Robinsons at the northern end of Wigmore Rolls on the 24th for my customary 3 hours. It was nice and warm but fairly quiet and a lot of book reading ensued. 24 macro species and 7 micro species. Highest count was Common Marled Carpet at 19 individuals. First appearances for me of Chestnut and Yellow-line Quaker. Of more interest were Orange Sallow (3), Flounced Chestnut (3), Streak (1) and a Mallow (1). Peter Hall

Wigmore Rolls: Flounced Chestnut

Wigmore Rolls: Streak

Wigmore Rolls:Pink-barred Sallow

Wigmore Rolls:Merveille du Jour

 

Hi, caught this Cydia amplana on 9/9 in SP07.  I am not sure what the status is in Worcestershire?

Also, Convolvulus Hawk-moth on 11/9

Rob

Scarce Bordered Straw

Been quite the Groundhog Day here in Evesham with the trap primarily being visited by Setaceous Hebrew Character and Square-spot Rustic.

Autumnal moths have started to put in an appearance with Centre-barred Sallow, Lunar Underwing, Brown-spot Pinion and last night Black Rustic.

A nice surprise was a Scarce Bordered Straw, a first for my Evesham garden, I'd only recorded it in my Bidford garden in 2015 & 2017

Lee