I was weeding in the garden when a Little Longhorn (Cauchas fibulella) flew past my nose and landed on a Germander Speedwell flower where it remained for half an hour. Another appeared and landed on a grass leaf but it didn't stay long. This tiny moth has a distinctive flight: blurry wings but slow moving, very unlike the fast whizzy flights of other similar small dark insects.
Meanwhile, in the house I found this well-marked Cnephasia. Could it be communana? F/w 12mm.
Dave Ferguson, Beaconsfield
Hi Dave, all those grey Cnephasias need dissection to get to species, I'm afraid.
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