Seemingly I didn't pay my electricity bill so we didn't have a connection on the site so sadly we couldn't get the moth trap on as usual. However I managed to run it at the guesthouse nearby and also there was quite a lot of day flying moths and butterflies too before the north wind started.
There were literally thousands of Silver Y's out on the karst, feeding mainly on heather flowers with a few Crimson Speckleds and Rusty-dot Pearls. There were many Hummingbird Hawkmoths and Anton found an adult Convolvolus Hawkmoth on the plot and also a larvae and there were good numbers of Small Cooper, Clouded Yellow, Wall Browns, Painted Lady, Red Admirals (migrating), Eastern Bath White, Large White and the odd Adonis Blue, Lang's Short-tailed Blue, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper and Mallow Skipper.
The moth trap was a bit dissappointing but did include Scarce Bordered Straw, Olive-tree Pearl, Silver-Y, Rusty-dot Pearls, Devonshire Wainscot, White-speck, Deep-brown Dart, Agrochola nitida, Small Mottled Willow, a gorgeous Cervyna cervago, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dark Sword Grass, Vestal and what I think were Feathered Brindles.
Project Lep list is now on 321 species: I-NAT PROJECT HERE
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