Daytime mothing...a couple of brief visits to the North Dock area, Llanelli.

 You don`t need a moth trap to record moths - some of the finds noted whilst wandering around the North Dock area, Llanelli very recently (stabilised sand dune, sandy grassland, brownfield and amenity tree plantings etc).

  Crescent plume Marasmarcha lunaedactyla -associated with rest-harrow, a frequent plume on the Llanelli - Pembrey coast.

       Pammene regiana - spotted resting on a leaf. Its food-plant - sycamore - was very close-by.

Coleophora serratula larval case. Probably the most frequent Coleophora in my experience. Feeds on a range of deciduous trees and shrubs.

                                            Early instar caterpillar of the puss moth, on aspen.

                                 ...and also on aspen, an early instar of the poplar hawk-moth.

Above and below: Gelechia sororculella, a willow-feeder. One landed in the boot of my car as I was putting my gear away to depart and another was seen later the same day outside the Lidl`s supermarket where there is plenty of Salix cinerea (sallow).