If I hadn't looked I would also have said this year was better in my garden. I would be wrong!

2000 - 17682
2001 - 10330
2002 - 20030
2003 - 13734
2004 - 17135
2005 - 21036
2006 - 29804
2007 - 11495
2008 - 10269

It's actually the worst year numerically for macros of those with very similar levels of coverage. There were only two more species this year than last. It has been up and down in the recent past but I'm more concerned about the fate of individual species.

There are 139 macros to have occurred in every year of this period. Lost to this list since last year are Mottled Beauty, Herald, Small Emerald and Miller. Like 2007 (when July Highflyer, Small Fan-foot and Burnished Brass went awol) some of these are moths I never imagined I would stop seeing, even temporarily.