A few Green Carpets and Agonopterix arenella later and I netted two moths in succession from a large Spruce tree at the back of the garden.
The moths were good ones for me, and both only seen once before.
Cydia strobilella, is associated with Spruce, so maybe there is a local population associated with this tree, a rare moth in Herts and one that I first picked up at Bovingdon Brickworks in the far West of the County in 2016, during an influx of this moth which we presumed were either wanderer's or migrants!
The other moth was Nemapogon koenigi, a fairly distinictive dark Tineadae species that I first saw at Scales Park in 2017 and again more recently in June this year at Balls Wood near Hertford.
Below are the pics.
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| Cydia strobilella |
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| Nemapogon koenigi |