A bit of a catch-up

 I trapped for six consecutive nights over the last week (16/6 - 21/6 inclusive) and, consequently, had a backlog of moths to check (a very few remain). The trapping `frenzy` was in the hope of catching a migrant that would have been new to me, but only a couple of common species came my way - diamond-backed moth (x2) and a small mottled willow. In other words, none of the tempting, exotic-looking `goodies` that were turning up elsewhere in SW & S England (with a `sprinkling` in Wales and Eire).

                                                 Above: my small mottled willow (20/6).

          Above: beautiful snout - only recorded in my garden trap once or twice before.

                                         Above: diamond-backed moth - a common migrant.

Above: my provisional thoughts here is that this is Apopmyelois bistriatella which feeds on Daldania fungus on burnt gorse etc. To be re-checked.

                            Above: Anarsia spartiella - associated with gorse and broom etc.

   Above: Batia lunaris, a species that I previously used to catch in the Burry Port/Pwll area

Above: Kent black arches, slightly worn. New to me, but previously caught by Adam and others in the Pembrey-Burry Port area (also known from near Pendine). This Carmarthen Bay population is an outlier, away from the main area of distribution in S & SE England.

Other snippets: the hot weather induced moth dispersal and wandering, with otherwise infrequent species turning up in my garden traps (1x MV, 1x mains actinic) eg. red-necked footmen, oak nycteoline, small elephant hawk-moth, shoulder-striped wainscot. Also up to 5 privet-hawk moths in the same trap, Argolamprotes micella (again up to 5) on most nights and another (second) cream-bordered green pea. 60+ species on the best night (19/6), though not comparing with the 90+ I`d have at Tyrwaun, Pwll in the past.