Camera.

Mark and George. Regarding your queries on a decent compact for micros, a Flickr contact of mine takes stunning shots with a Panasonic DMC - FZ150. See his pics here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26138378@N03/9039232441/in/photostream/

Pluck Lake, Swansea

This came to light before the rain on Monday evening.
I'm hoping I have correctly identified it as Parornix scoticella, mainly down to the white palps.
Any other ideas?

Parornix scoticella

Welsh Moor

Mark Hipkin saw Narrow-bordered Bee-hawk(s) the other day - see HERE

Llangynwyd last night.

                     Except for this Treble lines and 2 Coronet, a  much poorer catch
                     than i got on the 4th. The temp did drop to 7 degrees by midnight
                     and the activity dropped off, so i wrapped it up 00:30hrs. 16 sp,
                     with no micros, compared to 42 sp just 5 days ago.

Pysgodlyn Mawr

Little Thorn netted at Pysgodlyn Mawr & Buff-tip at Pengam Green, new for ST27 [MCP & DRWG]

Werfa, Cwmbach 07/06/2013

I trapped at this former colliery site for five hours. Light rain at the start soon fizzled out, the rest of the night being overcast, mild (min 12 C) and breezy, the ESE breeze increasing noticeably towards the end of the session.
Fifty identifiable species were trapped, plus a few unknowns. It was nice to get a half decent catch and although most were familiar old friends, they were none the less welcome. If I had to pick some highlights, I would they would be (fairly arbitrarily)  Phylloporia bistrigella, the Monopis bellow, which I believe is M. weaverella.

Monopis weaverella?

Carpatolechia proximella made a brief appearance before disappearing again and there were two of the Acreris pictured below, which I've puzzled over. Apologies for the poor depth of field. I had the aperture set to f3.5, thinking it was f35... should have gone to specsavers!

Acleris Sp. A form of  Variegana?

Another puzzler is this Eucosma?

Eucosma? Pretty worn, I'm afraid.

It was nice to see a fresh looking Bee Moth. Macro highlights included Devon Carpet, Dwarf Pug, Small Seraphim, Scorched Wing, Least Black Arches, Coronet, Clouded-bordered Brindle. ab. combusta and Marbled White-spot. 

 

Out of County - clearwing

Here's a shot of a little Clearwing moth that was doing front crawl across the swimming pool one morning in Cyprus during my recent holiday.  I have never seen one close up before and was surprised to see how much they don't actually look like a moth!  When I have a few minutes I will see if I can work out what it is!