The moth was the beautiful, Gold Spot.
A moth I had only seen once before on a field trip to Rye Meads NR, a wetland habitat that seems to suit this moth well in the County.
I never got a photo of it as someone else took it for a photo, so it was great to get the opportunity to see the species up close.
There was only one other new species for the year, a Eucosma hohenwartiana.
Another moth of note was an Iron Prominent, not a common moth here, but even scarcer for the fact that she was a right old chunky girl! my first ever record of a female.
Garden species count for 2018 now upto 435.
Here are the new for year species.
Catch Report - 26/07/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
Gold Spot [NFG]
Micro Moths
Eucosma hohenwartiana
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| Gold Spot |
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| Iron Prominent - Female |