Radford's Flame Shoulder & the Streak

Streak, Chesias legatella

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Radford's Flame Shoulder (5 Nov) and the Streak (7 Nov) were 2 new moths to the balcony and rarities for West Sussex. Two Merveille du Jour arrived on 4th and last night a Light Brown Apple Moth, a Silver Y and a Water beetle (Rhantus suturalis) appeared.

Radford's Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura leucogaster

Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

Merveille du Jour, Griposia aprilina

Water beetle, Rhantus suturalis

Red-line Quaker, a Large Wainscot and a Bell Pepper plant

Red-line Quaker, Agrochola lota

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I had 2 new moths last night, a Red-line Quaker and a Large Wainscot plus another Merveille du Jour. We've had a new arrival in our cactus planter recently. The cacti have been poorly for a long time and we were planning to plant something else when a month or so back a new shoot appeared. We let it grow and watered it well. It has turned into a magnificent bell pepper plant with many peppers growing. We aren't sure where it came from, a chilli pepper plant was growing  on the same table and we use bell peppers but quite how this one seeded is a mystery. We're looking forward to harvesting our first pepper.

Large Wainscot, Rhizedra lutosa

Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba

Merveille du Jour, Griposia aprilina

Silver Y, Autographa gamma

Silver Y, Autographa gamma

Bell Pepper, Capsicum annuum

Merveille du Jour

Merveille du Jour, Griposia aprilina

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I had 2 Merveille du Jour a few days ago, my first sighting of this beautiful moth. Caddisflies continue to come to the moth trap.

Angle Shades, Phlogophora meticulosa

Black Rustic, Aporophyla nigra

Blair's Mocha, Cyclophora puppillaria 

Blair's Shoulder-knot, Lithophane leautieri

unidentified caddisfly

Climping beach

Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba

Littlehampton view

Lunar Underwing, Omphaloscelis lunosa 

Merveille du Jour, Griposia aprilina

Rusty Dot Pearl, Udea ferrugalis

Scarce Bordered Straw, Helicoverpa armigera

Shuttle-shaped Dart, Agrotis puta