Young members of the congregation at Tarrington Church were busy checking mistletoe for any signs of Tarrington’s very own caterpillar.

They were hunting for the elusive little grub that grows into the Woodiana moth.

Exciting stuff this because this previously uknown little brown moth was discovered for the very first time in Tarrington more than 100 years ago when the village doctor, John Henry Wood spotted it in a local orchard.

In his honour it was named after him and the children are conducting their search right next to the famous doctor’s grave.

Woodiana is a rare moth that lays its eggs in mistletoe but it will soon become a familiar sight when it emerges as the centrepiece of Tarrington’s own flag currently being made by the village craft group.

Tarrington’s curate, the Reverend John Watkins hopes to dedicate the flag at the Harvest Festival and when it isn’t flying would like it to be displayed in the church.

But it’s not only Woodiana that is elusive. The church is still hunting for a photograph of Dr Wood himself. He was one of eight children born in Ledbury in the 1800s and so far no trace of the doctor’s picture has been found.

If anyone can help the church warden, Maurice Smith would be delighted to hear from them.