Seeing the Changes 16

Horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum) are at the end of their flowering period. The first visit this year by a Brimstone moth (Opisthograpta luteolata) to the house. In Gorseinon and Loughor, the first Field roses (Rosa arvensis) and Brambles (Rubus fructosus) are in flower. Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), Black Medick (Medicago lupulina), Hoary cress (Cardaria draba) and Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralia) have also emerged. Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) and Small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) are also flowering. A Forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes) and a ladybird, a Calvia 14-gutta, in the garden at Loughor.