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Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae, travelling 4,500 miles from a tropical jungle in Guyana, South America, before ending up in Port Talbot.

When I first saw them, I knew they were clearwings and assumed it was a UK species like the six-banded clearwing.

He said the chances of two clearwing moths from tropical jungles of South America "successfully emerging in south Wales, over three months after they arrived, in cold Welsh winter, and being preserved in good condition, is extraordinary".

It had been a dry summer, but the lavender Phenomenal was still thriving despite the heat, and so was the garden phlox, a favorite of the hummingbird clearwing moth.

In England, Scotland and Wales it's a criminal offence to kill or be in possession of some rare species of butterfly, including the Barberry carpet, the fiery clearwing and the Reddish buff.