Dark Sword-grass
27th October 2008, Monday
This unusual-looking moth, Agrotis ipsilon - a first for me - was in my trap in Rye yesterday. It’s a dart moth related to the common Turnip, Heart & Dart, etc., but larger (about an inch long) and a Continental immigrant most numerous in the autumn on mild southerly winds, such as we had over the weekend. Today’s fare was the more normal Yellow-line Quaker, November Moth, Large Wainscot and Green-brindled Crescent.