July2007

fan foot       lackey       light arches       Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.
Left to right we have:fan foot, lackey and light arches.

beemoth       common wave       dingy footman       Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.
Left to right we have: bee moth (technically a micro moth - the larva live in the nests of bees/wasps hence the name!), common wave and dingy footman.

light emerald       pale prominent       the engrailed       Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.
Left to right we have: light emerald - green moths are always a thrill , pale prominent - looking very like a piece of twig! , lastly - the engrailed.

scarce silver lines       Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.
Left to right we have: Scarce silver lines - not that scarce despite the name, even so a first for me,

Good weather returned for the first weekend of the month!

All of these moths were captured and released unharmed around St Ishmaels.
A good number do not like to be photographed so in addition to what we see here we have also caught the following this month: buff tip, riband wave, large yellow underwing, water carpet, spectacle, straw dot,
bright line brown eye, v pug, clouded silver, privet hawk moth, plain golden y,