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Sallow Kitten - Furcula furcula

We had quite a good catch in our moth trap this weekend - a little over 40 species, probably the prettiest being this Sallow Kitten.

Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus humator

We don't always get just moths though and beetles are common visitors like this sexton beetle - Nicrophorus humator - which as its name suggests has a habit of burying small corpses like mice or birds by digging underneath and pulling them down for undisturbed consumption.  If you look closely at its neck you'll see that it is carrying a passenger - an orange mite.

Common Wasp - Vespa vulgaris

Another visitor, who helped herself to yet another visitor was this common wasp - Vespa vulgaris - and you can tell its a female by counting the segments on her antennae.  There should be 12. (Males have 13.)