Despite what looked to be good catching conditions the Obs moth-traps were quieter than yesterday, with 63 Rusty-dot Pearl, 43 Diamond-back Moth, 17 Rush Veneer, 4 Silver Y, a Gem and a Dark Sword Grass making up the immigrant tally; another Gem made it into the Grove trap.
Yellow Pearls Mecyna flavalis - Portland, August 2016 © Martin Cade
...maybe the first time two Yellow Pearls have been in the same pot in Dorset since Victorian times; we'd got side-tracked from taking this photo earlier in the week - the left hand of these two specimens came from John Lucas' Reap Lane moth-trap on Tuesday (16th), whilst the other was from one of our Obs traps on Wednesday. These are only the third and fourth Portland records of the modern era.