Garden Tiger is a species I was familiar with long before I started moth recording, so I was pleased but not spectacularly surprised when one turned up on 22/07/2001 - just my second full year of garden light trapping. Never had a sniff of one here since, and whilst I have seen odd ones over the years whilst out of county trapping (notably at the inlaws North Devon garden and at Wicken Fen) I don't think I've seen one in VC55 since 2006. I'm not expecting this one to reappear in the garden trap any time soon.
Garden Tiger, Whetstone 22/07/2001
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They've just about vanished from Beds too. Being comparatively new to mothing (2009), I am not expecting to ever trap one. I think my best bet now is Jersey Tiger, which are slowly colonising from the south.
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