The weather looks quite interesting for MV trapping over the next few nights and well into next week; with southerlies emanating from a long way south.
I myself took yet another Palpita vitrealis last night at Bawdsey Hall – what a year it has been for this species. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve had, but five or six I think – there must have been ten county-wide which would be a record year. This is hopefully the forerunner of further decent migrants to come and I think there will be something really good trapped like a Death’s-head Hawk.
Resident species are much the same these past few nights with November Moth the only species to creep on to my year list. Feathered Thorn has been steadily increasing in numbers in recent nights; as has Green-brindled Crescent and Satellite.
Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lunar Underwing and Square-spot Rustic are declining in numbers now.
Matthew, I was very interested to read your report about the recent immigration of Palpita vitrealis, and to add a further record of one trapped on the night of 4th October at Theberton by Malcolm Currie who operates a MV trap in his garden there.