Friday 17 June 2022

Seeing the Changes 1649

Much more activity in the Loughor garden moth trap last night. Various assorted pugs and 3 moths that were difficult to identify. Eleven Willow beauty (Peribatoides rhomboidaria); 2 Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba); 2 Heart and dart (Agrostis exclamationis); a single Herald (Scoliopteryx libratrix) and a single Pale tussock (Calliteara punipunda).

3 comments:

Sue said...

Moths get a lot of bad press, personally I like moths.

Sue Summerhayes said...

Moths get a lot of bad press. Personally I like moths.

Paul Brain said...

There's not much of a difference between moths and butterflies (in the same insect group). I think it's just a few 'bad apples' like clothes moths accounting for the different attitudes. UK moths are much more diverse than butterflies (only just over 50 species in here).

Seeing the Changes 2030

Prickly poppy ( Papaver argemone ) and Prickly sow-thistle ( Sonchus asper ) were blooming in Bynea.