On the night of the 13th I trapped at home and had a small moth which I wasn't sure about. It's always worth double checking with Ian, which I did, and he confirmed it's a White-line Snout, the 6th county record. I sometimes get disappointed that my little garden doesn't attract many exciting moths, even though I garden for nature and it's like a jungle in parts, other people seem to have large numbers and rare Hawk-moths, but every now and again my little garden surprises me and coughs up something different.
That`s a very nice moth to record in your garden Mel. It`s a very local species - even the experienced and knowledgeable George Tordoff told me that he`d never seen one when I had mine a few years back at Trimsaran.
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