Thursday, 23 May 2019

Seeing the Changes 1340




In Loughor, the escaped Pencilled cranesbill (Geranium versicolor) was in bloom. In Bynea, stunted Southern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) and Buckshorn plantain (Plantago coronopus) were flowering. A silica-encrusted Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) was being destroyed by Mullein moth (Cuculia verbasci) larvae.
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