After a fairly mild day yesterday I tried trapping once more, but by half 11 I packed up as it was pretty deperate out there and all I had to show for it was 2 Hebrew Characters.
Forgetting that I didn't actually look through my trap when I switched it off last night, I just went through it this evening and found 1 more Hebrew Character and a Common Quaker, riveting!
I also checked the lure bucket traps and found 2 Pammene giganteana in each one, and then I disturbed a year first Elachista rufocinerea, result!
Then it rained... so I cleaned the patio off once more and was sweeping the remains of a Swallow Prominent, another new one albeit just sets of wings, the birds must have found one I missed!
Local friend Leslie Gardiner also brought round a moth he trapped last night, a quick inspection revealed that it is a Depressaria chaerophylli, a scarce moth in the county, but which seems to have a little stronghold around here.
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 64 species
Swallow Prominent 1 [NFY]
Micro Moths
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| Depressaria chaerophylli |
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| Elachista rufocinerea |
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| Swallow Prominent...apparently |