Dun-bar

 Nothing special about this, just a test post as I had been having trouble entering stuff!

After poking around a bit it seems fine now.

Dun-bar 11 July 2026

Some recent moths

 Nothing particularly interesting over the last week, with the only migrant of slight interest being a vestal on 30/8; a treble-bar on the next night was presumably a local wanderer from local brownfield habitat where its food-plant Hypericum spp (St John`s Wort) grows.

                                                    Above: vestal and, below: treble-bar

L-album Wainscot in Pontyberem this morning. Usually a coastal species.

Possible Cosmopolitan in Burry Port

 I found this moth outside the trap thinking it was an odd wainscot.

When looking closely, I noticed it's size, shape and the dark shoulder marks. Most importantly I noticed the white spots on this very worn moth. Far from reminding me of a Wainscot it started to remind me of White Point. Obsidentify suggested there's an 84% chance that this is Cosmopolitan. But could it be a worn White Speck? The shape doesn't seem right for that. Any ideas? 

 I have looked at the hindwings and they appear pure white, which indicates Cosmopolitan. 

Acleris Sparsana in Burry Port

 A relatively large trap was boosted by over 30 Square Spot Rustics. Of interest were two Dichrorampha acuminatana, a Crocidosema plebejana and a Small Dusty Wave. A quite large, dark tortrix with noticeably straight, almost parallel sides turned out to be Acleris sparsana, Leaden Tortrix.

New for my Burry Port garden.
 

Abernaint, Ffarmers

Didn't think I'd caught anything particulalry interesting today. That was until I went to set my traps for this evening and found a Silky Wainscot tucked away in one of the egg cartons. As a reedbed species with a coastal distribution in Wales its not one I've been been looking out for.

Meal Moth in Burry Port

 Whilst inspecting my garden trap site this afternoon I noticed an unrecorded moth. 

Only my second Meal Moth. Like the last one it escaped while I was trying to get a better shot.