Monday 27th October 2008 Newington Thanet

Moths in the garden traps overnight included 1 Oak Nycteoline, 1 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 3 Angle Shades and 7 Blair's Shoulder-knot. (Phil M)

Saturday 25th October 2008 Newington Thanet

Rather meagre pickings overnight. The total catch was a rather 'dull' 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 2 Feathered Ranunculus, 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Angle Shades, 2 Lunar Underwing and a single Brick. Mind you not that Brick is a 'dull' moth for my back garden as it's the first one I've caught in about three years which is ridiculous. (Phil M)

Thursday 23rd October 2008 Newington Thanet

I was surprised to many moths the past two nights the temperature had dropped so low but overnight amongst a surprising amount of moths there were singles of Green-brindled Crescent and a scarcity in the shape of a Pink-barred Sallow - only my second ever capture in the garden. The previous night I took a few bits that included Barred Sallow and a Red-line Quaker. (Phil M)

Tuesday 21st October 2008 Newington Thanet

A few bits came to the MV lights overnight including 1 Mallow, 1 Feathered Thorn, 2 Green-brindled Crescent and a garden rarity in the shape of an Oak Lutestring. It's been very poor for moths recently with very little of any interest whatsoever. (Phil M)

Wednesday 15th October 2008 Westgate Thanet

I’ve actually turned my trap on for the last 2 nights. Must have come over all queer. I can report a Clancy’s Rustic, a Caloptilia rufipennella, a Diamond-backed Moth and a Red-green Carpet, which surprisingly (or not?) was new for my garden, plus a few regular bits including 4 Feathered Ranunculus. (Tim H)

Saturday 11th October 2008 Newington Thanet

Of the moths in traps overnight singles of Large Wainscot and Sallow were the pick of the bunch. There were also 8 Lunar Underwings which is just about as many as it's possible to get in my back garden nowadays (Phil M)

Saturday 11th October 2008 Beltinge

Night of 10/10 - still the small trickle of migrants continues with a Delicate last night. Other bits included Silver Y, 4 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Sallow, 2 Mallow and a scattering of the usual stuff. (Barry H)

Friday 10th October 2008 Garden Minster Thanet

Around lunchtime my attention was drawn to bright orange moths flying around some plants. They were Vapourer Moth males attracted to a newly emerged female; one of the males had already mated with the female. First photo shows a male moth, the second the wingless female with mating male behind, the third is of the female laying eggs on the plant stem. What a life the female emerges from her cocoon emitting pheromones males appear almost instantly and one mates with her, after that she stays on that same stem and lays all her eggs around her then dies, that's evolution!  Also in the garden today two Hummingbird Hawkmoths feeding on Salvia flowers.  (Don Wilks)

Thursday 9th October 2008 Beltinge

Night of 9/10 - second Dewick's Plusia of the autumn was the best moth in the trap, not much else Mallow, Black Rustic, Deep-brown Dart, Blair's Shoulder Knot, Silver Y and Sallow made up the numbers. (Barry H)

Thursday 9th October 2008 Pegwell Trap

Night of 8/10. Cool, clear and damp, a lot less moffs last night. A Golden Twin-spot was the highlight at Pegwell, where there was also Oak Lutesting, Autumnal Rustic and Feathered Brindle all of which are of local interest. My garden was abysmal - consistency is nice and there was nothing of note at Kingsgate. (F Solly)

Wednesday 8th October 2008 Newington Thanet

During one of my many recce missions outside to check the back garden moth traps I found a nice male Four-spotted Footman clinging to the shed wall. After potting it up and putting it in the fridge I immediately went back outside and found another one sitting on the other trap too! This one was another male. The early night temperatures dropped off quite early and things slowed down to a standstill soon after unfortunately. Other bits amongst a varied catch of 25+ species included singles of Diamond Backed-moth, Rusty Dot, Rush Veneer, Clancy's Rustic and Herald. The two previous nights had shown little other than high numbers of Lesser Yellow Underwing (46 on the 6th) though I did get singles of Sallow, Red-line Quaker and Dusky Lemon Sallow. (Phil M)

Tuesday 7th October 2008 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps

Night of 6/10. Slightly more interesting last night - it didn't take much. A Scarce Bordered Straw and Delicate at Kingsgate were the only migrants. Other bits included 2 Mallows, a late-ish Mullein Wave and a late Dark Spectacle. Pegwell had a Gem, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 1 Palpita vitrealis. A better selection amongst the residents that included; 1 Red-green Carpet, 1 Autumnal Rustic, 2 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Dark Chestnut, 1 Beaded Chestnut, 2 Barred Sallow, 1 Dusky-lemon Sallow with late Burnished Brass and Least Carpet. (F Solly)

Tuesday 7th October 2008 Beltinge

Night of 6/10 - a better night than of late though nothing to get excited about Pink-barred Sallow, Barred Sallow, 4 Mallow, 5 Silver Y, Light Emerald, Feathered Thorn and a Large Wainscot were the better moths. (Barry H)

Monday 6th September 2008 Pegwell trap

Night of 5/10. The wind finally dropped during the night, a few more moths in the Pegwell trap than of late although nothing of any note. Singles of Mallow, Black Rustic, Green-brindled Crescent, Red-line Quaker and Sallow with 26 L-album Wainscots were amongst the usual dross. The rather unexciting micros were Acleris schalleriana, variegana and sparsana, Eudonia angustea, LBAM, Phyllonorycter messaniella and Emmelina monodactyla. (F Solly)

Saturday 4th October 2008 Beltinge

A few moths in the trap included a Dark Sword-grass, Silver Y, Black Rustic, Deep-brown Dart and 4 Blair's Shoulder-knot. (Barry H)

Thursday 2nd October 2008 Newington Thanet

Very few moths in the traps overnight after the first really cool night of the autumn. I did catch a nice Red Underwing - otherwise nothing more exciting that 2 Lunar Underwing, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot and a Burnished Brass amongst very low numbers of other common species. I did also catch another Sallow on the last day of last month. (Phil M)