Phoenix from the Maesteg garden actinic last week. Less than annual here, so nice to see. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Long tailed shrike. My second helping of this beauty, this time with no heat haze!

A couple of micros from a dawn walk in Maesteg yesterday. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Striped hawk moth wing warming before flying off. Caught by a friend in his Cardiff garden on Monday. Released Tuesday. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Antler moth from the Maesteg garden last night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Four from the Glamorgan uplands last night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Trapping a quarry in the Glamorgan uplands. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

From the Maesteg garden actinic last night. Autumn is coming. #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Golden eagle in oils. A large painting I gave to a local nature reserve for auction many years ago. #birdart #goldeneagle #goldeneaglepainting #bitdsofprey #welshartist #scotland

Actinic and LEDS on at a local upland spot in Maesteg, Glamorgan. Handy benches these 🙂 #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Six belted clearwings from the Maesteg garden on Monday. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

A hazy, distant shot of the Long tailed shrike in Glos today #UKbirds

Six belted clearwings to pheremone lure in the Maesteg garden yesterday. Only a small patch of trefoils there so a nice surprise. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Moths from the Maesteg garden actinic on weds night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

A few from Monday's garden actinic. Maesteg, Glamorgan. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

From the Maesteg garden actinic last week. Way too windy to trap last night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Moths from Abercregan last night. Glamorgan. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

No luck with Star-wort in Maesteg last night, will try again later in the month. 51 species to the LED and actinic traps with very few micros, prob because of the condensation, very wet traps! #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Trying for Star-wort tonight in Wales. Found plenty of larvae here four years ago but grass fires have proliferated here most springs since. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Nice to see 3 glow worms at Ogmore down on Monday night. #beetles #glowworms #UKbeetles #insects

A few micros from the LED trap on chalk grassland at Ogmore down, Glamorgan on Monday night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Nice eye level Purple hairstreak at Kenfig NNR today. #UKbutterflies #butterflies

Chalk grassland trapping on Monday night with Jake and Mike. Light crimson underwing to the furthest MV new for Glamorgan and the second for Wales. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Tortrix from the Abercregan LED trap last Thursday night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Another four from the LED trap at Abercregan on Thursday night. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Catching up on last week's pics. Four from the LED trap at Abercregan on Thursday. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

From the Maesteg garden actinic on weds night, still catching up with photos from this very busy week. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

My set up from Tuesday night. The safari traps can be a pain to empty on a busy night but all this gear goes into two large carrier bags. This site is a 20 minute walk from my home. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

From a very busy night in the field. Maesteg, Tues night. Still 23 degrees at 2am. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter

Micros from the Maesteg garden this week. #TeamMoth #mothsmatter