Night of 27th 1 Rusty Dot Pearl 1 Crocidosema plebejana Could beeident.

Night of 27th Dec. A Bordered Straw to twin 30w Actinic.

Cornifrons ulceratus, with other migrants, at 7.00pm on 27/12, at Pwll, Llanelli Carms, SN40. Will post more details tomorrow.

Despite the recent moth arrivals, dragonflies have been conspicuous by their absence until very recently. Within the last few days, individuals have however been recorded from Lancashire on 22 December, Devon on 26 December and Nottinghamshire on 27 December. The last two individuals were reported as Common Darters. Are these late residents (or even early-emerging individuals), migrants or mis-identified Vagrant Emperors? It will be interesting to see if yet further individuals are noted.

Euchromius ocellea at Tolpuddle, Dorset

Euchromius ocellea and Udea ferrugalis Rusty Dot Pearl in trap morning of 27th December.

Now it's the turn of the Old World Bollworm AKA Scarce Bordered Straw H. armigera. Spotted in the grass about four feet from the trap this morning 26th December.

Night of 25/12: Scarce Bordered Straw and Silver Y.

Encouraged to trap in the rain by the Atropos Editorial, I put out a trap in what proved to be a wild and very wet night last night - 25/12. A very nice Christmas present awaited me this morning - Euchromius ocellea, new to Carmarthenshire. I`ll post a photo on the `Carmarthenshire Moth Blog` later today.

Peridroma sauciain trap this morning (24th)