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Mothing has been painfully slow in Burry Port and my low counts of everyday moths will surely bore the county moth recorder when next year comes round. Last night wasn't exactly astonishing but it was at least interesting, with a Lesser Swallow Prominent, a Cream Wave, and the "micro" macro, Least Black Arches.
As well as the Barred Hook-tip, I had this pristine Pod Lover. Also the first of the Poplar HMs, a Rustic Shoulder-knot and a Marbled Coronet, plus the usual suspects for the time of year.
This moth turned up in my polytunnel this morning:
I have recorded this species before, several times, but not for a good few years as far as I remember. Not a common moth so I was very pleased to see it again.
I haven't been trapping this year, so far, but that doesn't mean that I've lost interest!
I started trapping last week and had a good number of the usual species for this time of year. The highlight was Mompha divisella. I had this spcies once in 2024.
Amongst the 150 moths in the trap this morning- sounds a lot but 92 were Small Quakers - was this Blossom Underwing.
