Saturday 17 July 2021

Seeing the Changes 1606

Put the moth trap out again last night in Loughor. Captured (and quickly released!) 2 Buff arches (Habrosyne pyritoides); An unidentified grey moth; a Yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata atlantica); an Underwing (Noctua sp); 3 Willow beauty (Peribatoides rhomboidaria); 2 Elephant hawk moths (Deilephila elpenor) and 2 Dot moths (Melanchra persicariae).

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