Silver Y moth sightings 2024
As in previous years we are summarising records of sightings of migrant moths (diamond-back moth and silver Y moth) that are pests of UK vegetable and salad crops. These are moths captured or seen in the countries below and reported on 'biodiversity monitoring' websites.
Obviously it is unwise to make direct comparisons between countries but it should be possible to see if large numbers build up.
UK Met Office wind map showing forecast wind direction and speed for next 5 days.
Sources of information:
UK - Atropos and (Twitter especially @MigrantMothUK) [* = same sighting recorded on both].
UK - Syngenta and the Allium and Brassica Centre are running a network of pheromone traps in south Lincolnshire. The 'smart' Trapview camera traps in this network provide daily counts.
Norway - http://www.artsobservasjoner.no/
Sweden - http://www.artportalen.se/
Finland - https://laji.fi/
Belgium - https://waarnemingen.be/
Netherlands - https://waarneming.nl/
Table last updated: 15 May
| Date | UK Atropos | UK Twitter | Belgium | Netherlands | Sweden | Norway |
| 15 May | 0 | 0 | 123 | 132 | 0 | |
| 14 May | 0 | 0 | 286 | 340 | 1 | |
| 13 May | 0 | 2 | 79 | 102 | 0 | |
| 12 May | 33 | 0 | 72 | 73 | 0 | |
| 11 May | 0 | 100s | 38 | 51 | 0 | |
| 10 May | 0 | 0 | 35 | 83 | 0 | |
| 9 May | 0 | 0 | 34 | 77 | 0 | |
| 8 May | 0 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 May | 0 | 16 | 45 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 May | 0 | 4 | 87 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 May | 2 | 10 | 32 | 214 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 May | 0 | 2 | 22 | 93 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 May | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 May | 0 | 2 | 61 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 May | 0 | 15 | 335 | 160 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 Apr | 3 | 0 | 176 | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 Apr | 0 | 0 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Apr | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 Apr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Apr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Apr | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 Apr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Apr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 Apr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Apr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Apr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 Apr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Activity so far | 12th April 25 11th April 2 10th April 173 |
13th April 1 12th April 24 10th April 139 7th April 23 5th April 20 4th April 1 |
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Because of the biological nature of the work it must be borne in mind that different circumstances and conditions could produce different results. Therefore, care must be taken with interpretation of the results, especially if they are used as the basis for commercial product recommendations.
