Seeing the Changes 1201

More flowerings in Loughor with the first Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) and Nipplewort (Lapsana communis).

In the Heat of the NIght

Put the moth trap out in Loughor. Captures included the Light emerald (Campaea margaritata); the Riband wave (Idaea aversata); Square spotted clay (Xestia rhomboidea) and Buff arches (Habrosyne pyritoides). Worryingly, there were also masses of tiny, black beetles. 

Seeing the Changes 1200

The Great mullien (Verbascum thapsis) was flowering in Bynea.

Seeing the Changes 1199

More bloomings. In Llanelli, spotted Dwarf mallow (Malva neglecta) and, in Bynea, Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea) and Bristly ox-tongue (Picris echinoides).

Seeing the Changes 1198

More flowers bloom in Bynea with the appearance of Square-stalked St John's wort (Hypericum tetrapterum); Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) and alien Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii).

Seeing the Changes 1197

Colourful invertebrates in Loughor. An Araniella cucurbitina spider explored a green peg and Large rose sawflies (Arge pagana) mated on a rose bush.

Seeing the Changes 1196

Lots of changes with more fungi in Loughor. In Bynea, Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and Marsh willowherb (Epilobium palustre) were in bloom. What looked like an Oak eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) larva jay-walked on the cycle track there and a Small skipper (Thymelicus flavus) flitted.