A late rockabilly turn up

Last night looked good for moths, much warmer, cloud cover and the odd light shower. So I was righteously gutted when I checked the trap early doors to find three moths of three species. Fair enough two were new for the year: Pine Beauty and Yellow-barred Brindle. But hardly worth the cost of running the trap!

A few hours later and I'm getting ready for the weekly supermarket shop when my youngest son - he of the natural history interest - says 'Dad, look. Big moth'. and lo and behold a male Puss Moth was sat tucked out of the way on the side of the house.

A more thorough inspection of the nooks and crannies yield, a Bright-Line Brown-eye, a Swallow Prominent, a Pale Mottled Willow and best of all a Mullein with it's rockabilly hairdo. A new moth for the garden.

Success snatched from the jaws of defeat - all thanks to the ankle biter.