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Saturday, 11 July 2026

A vestal, some micros and the smallest moth I've photographed

 Last night produced the best trap of the year with over 160 individuals of 64 species. The star of the show was a lovely Vestal.

I was stumped by not one but two unfamiliar Knothorn species. I used Obsidentify to help  me reach a conclusion. Not on the spreadsheet, the distinctively marked Euzophera pinguis.
And  Acrobasis consociella.
A tiny moth looks like Batia lunaris. It seems to be the commonest and most widespread of three similar looking species.
And finally the micro-micromoth.
It's probably Stigmella salicis, it's common, looks like the picture and associates with willows which is even more common in Burry Port than Leylandii!

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