Insect believed extinct in the UK discovered in Outer Hebrides garden

South Uist is rich in habitats for caddisflies. Picture: Robin Sutton/PA

An insect species which was believed to be extinct in the UK has been found in a garden in the Outer Hebrides.

The Limnephilus Pati caddisfly was presumed to have died out with no records of it in Britain for more than 100 years.