First post-Victorian Depressaria sordidatella

The stand-out highlight on 27th July was what some people might pass off as a boring non-descript brown moth, but it was its general lack of features that made me wonder what it might be.  Obviously a Depressaria species but not looking much like any I am very familiar with.  A bit like one or two species I've seen once or twice, but not a convincing match for any of them.  I keyed it out using the key in MOGBI and that came out as Depressaria sordidatella.  That would be great, it being a species that hasn't been recorded in Norfolk since 1874, but keying these things isn't entirely reliable so I dissected it for confirmation.  The male genitalia of Depressaria sordidatella are rather similar to those of pulcherrimella (which also hasn't been seen in Norfolk since the 19th century) and douglasella (which I found the second county record of last year), and this moth's genitalia were clearly of this type - so straight away it had to be something good.  It took me a while to work out what the differences were, as they aren't described in any of my references - I'm left to deduce them from the various images of the genitalia.  In the end I think I worked out what the differences are, and that led me in conjunction with the external characteristics to confirm this one as Chervil Flat-body Depressaria sordidatella, apparently the first modern record in Norfolk.

Chervil Flat-body Depressaria sordidatella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 27th July

Also new for the garden were White-triangle Slender Caloptilia stigmatella and Least Yellow Underwing.

White-triangle Slender Caloptilia stigmatella, North Elmham, 27th July

Least Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 27th July

New for the year here were Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula, Cock's-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana and Broad-barred Knot-horn Acrobasis consociella.

Broad-barred Knot-horn Acrobasis consociella, North Elmham, 27th July

Cock's-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana, North Elmham, 27th July

Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula (male, gen det), North Elmham, 27th July

Other micros were Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, 9 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 2 Little Ermels Swammerdamia pyrella, 2 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, 2 Little Dwarfs Elachista canapennella, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Gorse Crest Brachmia blandella, Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens, Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, 2 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, 2 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Codling Moth Cydia pomonella, 15 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella, 37 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, 4 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 2 Beautiful China-marks Nymphula nitidulata, 2 Chequered Straws Evergestis pallidata, 2 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 2 Pale Straw Pearls Udea lutealis, 4 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Dotted Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella, Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, Chalk Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 27th July

Chalk Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima, North Elmham, 27th July

Other macros were 2 Chinese Characters, Large Emerald, Blood-vein, 2 Least Carpets, 2 Small Fan-footed Waves, Dwarf Cream Wave, Single-dotted Wave, 13 Riband Waves, 2 Red Twin-spot Carpets, Shaded Broad-bar, V-Pug, Yellow-barred Brindle, Clouded Border, 2 Early Thorns, 7 Scalloped Oaks, Swallow-tailed Moth, Peppered Moth, 2 Willow Beauties, Mottled Beauty, Engrailed, Common White Wave, Poplar Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, Pebble Prominent, Buff-tip, 5 Yellow-tails, White Satin, Black Arches, 11 Rosy Footmen, 20 Dingy Footmen, 9 Scarce Footmen, 76 Common Footmen, 3 Buff Ermines, Ruby Tiger, 5 Shuttle-shaped Darts, Flame, Flame Shoulder, 3 Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Double Square-spot, 2 Dot Moths, 3 Bright-line Brown-eyes, 2 Clays, 2 Smoky Wainscots, 3 Grey Daggers, Lunar-spotted Pinion, 5 Dark Arches, 2 Slender Brindles, 2 Common Rustics, 3 Dusky Sallows, 27 Uncertains, Rustic, 3 Nut-tree Tussocks, 2 Spectacles and Straw Dot.

Lunar-spotted Pinion, North Elmham, 27th July

 Black Arches, North Elmham, 27th July

Slender Brindle, North Elmham, 27th July

(PS: apologies for anyone who got excited on seeing my previous post titled Thyme Pug... it should of course have read Thyme Plume, and now does).

Thyme Plume

Edit: oops - now re-titled this post as the star of the show was clearly a Thyme Plume not a Thyme Pug!  Now that would be good!

26th July produced 384 moths of 119 species - reasonable if unremarkable but a night more of quality than quantity.  The highlight was a new species for me and one that has only been recorded in Norfolk five times in the last 20+ years: Thyme Plume Merrifieldia leucidactyla.  A really lovely-looking Plume, in my opinion, though not straightforward to identify as the even rarer Western Thyme Plume (tridactyla) looks very similar externally.

Thyme Plume Merrifieldia leucodactyla (female, gen det), North Elmham, 26th July

A Bog Dwarf Elachista utonella was a surprise addition to the garden list - a rare species of wet bogs and acid heaths.  Not sure where my nearest wet bog or acid heath is, but most Norfolk records are from the Broads or the acid heaths of west Norfolk, so one smack bang in the middle and over 20 km away from the nearest previous record was notable.

Bog Dwarf Elachista utonella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 26th July

Also new for the house were Large Grey Scoparia subfusca and Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta.

Large Grey Scoparia subfusca, North Elmham, 26th July

Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta, North Elmham, 26th July

Three other micros were new for the year: Ash-coloured Sober Acompsia cinerella, Chamomile Conch Cochylidia implicitana and Chalk Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima.

None of the macros recorded were new for the year, but one I narrowly missed recording might have been.  A large white moth was seen in flight in the first glimmers of dawn, landing briefly but almost entirely obscured in the hedge before flying on through the hedge and away.  Pretty sure, but not 100% sure, it was a Puss Moth.

It was a day of things escaping!  A Coleophora (probably lineolea) escaped without me determining it, a Cnephasia escaped - I'm putting that one down as stephensiana because it was so big, but I prefer to dissect them to confirm.  A Pug, probably Slender Pug, escaped before I could resolve it and a Dagger (large and pale so likely Grey) also made a dash for it.  Macros I did record were Leopard Moth, Pebble Hook-tip, 4 Chinese Characters, 2 Buff Arches, Common Emerald, Blood-vein, 14 Small Fan-footed Waves, 3 Single-dotted Waves, 12 Riband Waves, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Common Carpet, Dark Umber, Green Pug, 2 Brimstone Moths, 2 Early Thorns, Purple Thorn, Scalloped Oak, Peppered Moth, Willow Beauty, 2 Clouded Silvers, 2 Light Emeralds, Poplar Hawkmoth, 3 Pebble Prominents, Swallow Prominent, Coxcomb Prominent, 4 Yellow-tails, 6 Rosy Footmen, 17 Dingy Footmen, 11 Scarce Footmen, 2 Buff Footmen, 54 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 4 Ruby Tigers, Cinnabar, Heart and Dart, 2 Shuttle-shaped Darts, 3 Lesser Yellow Underwings, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Double Square-spots, Nutmeg, Dot Moth, 3 Bright-line Brown-eyes, 2 Brown-line Bright-eyes, 2 Clays, 10 Smoky Wainscots, Coronet, Dun-bar, 5 Dark Arches, Light Arches, Rufous Minor, Cloaked Minor, 2 Common Rustics, Lesser Common Rustic, 2 Dusky Sallows, 31 Uncertains, 2 Rustics, Nut-tree Tussock, Spectacle and Snout.

Purple Thorn, North Elmham, 26th July

A good selection of other micros too: Bordered Carl Coptotriche marginea, Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella, 20 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 8 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, Small Clover Case-bearer Coleophora alcyonipennella, 3 Little Dwarfs Elachista canapennella, Triple-spot Dwarf Elachista maculicerusella, New Tawny Tubic Batia lunaris, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2 Dark Groundlings Bryotropha affinis, Gorse Crest Brachmia blandella, Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens, Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta, 2 Bulrush Cosmets Limnaecia phragmitella, Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, Burdock Conch Aethes rubigana, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, 2 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, Cereal Tortrix Cnephasia pumicana, Dover Shade Cnephasia genitalana, 3 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 4 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, 2 Common Cloaked Shoots Gypsonoma dealbana, 4 Marbled Piercers Cydia splendana, Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla, 3 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 14 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 6 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata, 4 Beautiful China-marks Nymphula nitidulata, Chequered Straw Evergestis pallidata, 6 Pale Straw Pearls Udea lutealis, 2 Dusky Pearls Udea prunalis, 12 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, Bee Moth Aphomia sociella and 2 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella.

Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta (male, gen det), North Elmham, 26th July

Other stuff in the trap included both 7-spot and Harlequin Ladybirds and this thing which I hoped would turn out to be a Bee I could key out with the new Bees book.  Sadly it appears to be a wasp, not a bee, and although it looks pretty distinctive there are in fact about a zillion different species of wasp that all look pretty much like it and I don't have any references that allow be to get close to resolving its ID.

unidentified wasp, North Elmham, 26th July

Ginger Button

A drop in numbers on 25th July though 447 moths of 113 species wasn't exactly terrible.  The highlight was a Ginger Button Acleris aspersana.  Not hugely rare, but the first time I've identified one.

Ginger Button Acleris aspersana (male), North Elmham, 25th July

Only two others were new for the year: a House Groundling Bryotropha domestica and the wonderful Oak Eggar.

Oak Eggar, North Elmham, 25th July

Good counts of common macros included 62 Common Footmen and the year's peak count of 44 Uncertains.  Other macros were 4 Buff Arches, 2 Common Emeralds, Blood-vein, Least Carpet, 15 Small Fan-footed Waves, Small Dusty Wave, 7 Single-dotted Waves, 13 Riband Waves, 3 Red Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, Garden Carpet, Shaded Broad-bar, 3 Common Carpets, Yellow Shell, Barred Yellow, July Highflyer, 6 Small Rivulets, Green Pug, 2 Small Yellow Waves, 2 Clouded Borders, Early Thorn, Purple Thorn, Peppered Moth, 5 Willow Beauties, Common White Wave, 4 Clouded Silvers, Elephant Hawkmoth, 2 Iron Prominents, Coxcomb Prominent, Chocolate-tip, 3 Yellow-tails, Black Arches, Round-winged Muslin, 20 Rosy Footmen, 20 Dingy Footmen, 13 Scarce Footmen, 3 Buff Footmen, 5 Buff Ermines, 3 Ruby Tigers, Cinnabar, Heart and Dart, 4 Shuttle-shaped Darts, Flame, 2 Flame Shoulders, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, 7 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, 2 Bright-line Brown-eyes, Lychnis, 4 Clays, 11 Smoky Wainscots, 3 Grey Daggers, Coronet, Straw Underwing, 2 Dun-bars, 5 Dark Arches, Rufous Minor, Tawny Marbled Minor, 2 Cloaked Minors, 2 Common Rustics, Lesser Common Rustic, Rustic, Nut-tree Tussock, Burnished Brass, 3 Spectacles, Beautiful Hook-tip, Snout and 3 Fan-foots.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 25th July

Least Carpet, North Elmham, 25th July

Iron Prominent, North Elmham, 25th July

The first 64 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana that I recorded at home this year were all males.  The first female was on 24th July and two on 25th were also female.  It doesn't seem to be uncommon among lepidoptera for males to emerge before females but with some species their appearance seems to be so discreet that one wonders how they ever manage to breed.

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, North Elmham, 25th July

The other micros were Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella, Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Hazel Slender Parornix devoniella, Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella, 12 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 8 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, 2 Tipped Oak Case-bearers Coleophora flavipennella, Speckled Case-bearer Coleophora sternipennella, 2 Golden-brown Tubics Crassa unitella, 3 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, Dotted Grey Groundling Athrips mouffetella, Dark Groundling Bryotropha affinis, Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella, 2 Dingy Dowds Blastobasis adustella, 3 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, 2 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 4 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, 3 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, 3 Dover Shades Cnephasia genitalana, White-triangle Button Acleris holmiana, 2 Garden Rose Tortrixes Acleris variegana, 3 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 5 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrixes Hedya nubiferana, 2 Common Cloaked Shoots Gypsonoma dealbana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 5 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 11 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 2 Pearl Grass-veneers Catoptria pinella, 6 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 3 Beautiful China-marks Nymphula nitidulata, 12 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis and Bee Moth Aphomia sociella.

Not much noted apart from moths, mainly because I ignored the caddisflies and mayflies for now.  Both Common Toad and Common Frog were knocking around as I went through the trap though.

Even more! 153 species (209 over 2 nights)

Yesterday I posted about the amazing night of 23rd July when I recorded 152 species of moth in my garden trap including no less than 5 lifers.  Well 24th July was even better, sort of.  Not better in total number of moths ('only' 600, the main difference being in the number of Water Veneers, down from 250 to zero).  Not better in the number of lifers - not a single new moth for me on 24th July.  But better in the number of species - up one to 153 species!  Interestingly there was quite a big difference in the make-up of that 153 compared to the 152 the night before - over the two nights combined there were an incredible 209 species.

So, 24th July, no lifers but several new for the house.  Perhaps best was a Bluebell Shades Eana incanana.  This is a species I first encountered on my first ever Norfolk Moth Survey event, at Weston Park in 2011.  That night we recorded around 50 Eana incanana, remarkable as there had been just two singles recorded in the county beforehand.  There were half a dozen further records in 2011 and 2012, including some at another NMS event that I attended, but since then they've gone quiet again - no more records in the database at the moment.

Bluebell Shades Eana incanana (female, gen det), North Elmham, 24th July

The others that were new for the house were Small Red Slender Caloptilia rufipennella, 2 Body-marked Case-bearers Coleophora clypeiferella, Larch Tortrix Ptycholomoides aeriferana and 2 Orange-spotted Shoots Rhyacionia pinicolana.

Small Red Slender Caloptilia rufipennella, North Elmham, 24th July

Orange-spotted Shoots Rhyacionia pinicolana, North Elmham, 24th July

Larch Tortrix Ptycholomoides aerifaerana, North Elmham, 24th July

Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, North Elmham, 24th July

Others new for the year were Bordered Carl Coptotriche marginea, Daisy Bent-wing Bucculatrix nigricomella, 2 New Oak Slenders Caloptilia robustella, 4 Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, Buff-marked Neb Monochroa lucidella, Heather Tortrix Argyrotaenia ljungiana, Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella, Dark Umber, Purple Thorn, Nutmeg, Coronet, 2 Straw Underwings and Dotted Fan-foot.

Golden Argents Argyresthia goedartella, North Elmham, 24th July

 New Oak Slenders Caloptilia robustella (female & male, gen det), North Elmham, 24th July

Buff-marked Neb Monochroa lucidella, North Elmham, 24th July

Daisy Bent-wing Bucculatrix nigricomella, North Elmham, 24th July

Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella, North Elmham, 24th July

Coronet, North Elmham, 24th July

Straw Underwing, North Elmham, 24th July

Nutmeg, North Elmham, 24th July

Dark Umber, North Elmham, 24th July

Other highlights among the micros included 11 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi, 2 Dull Red Groundlings Bryotropha senectella, Bulrush Veneer Calamotropha paludella and Brown Powdered Knot-horn Delplanqueia inscriptella.

Brown Powdered Knot-horn Delplanqueia inscriptella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 24th July

Bulrush Veneer Calamotropha paludella, North Elmham, 24th July

Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi (male, gen det), North Elmham, 24th July

The remaining micros were Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella, Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Garden Midget Phyllonorycter messaniella, Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, 21 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, Tipped Oak Case-bearer Coleophora flavipennella, Speckled Case-bearer Coleophora sternipennella, New Tawny Tubic Batia lunaris, 5 Golden-brown Tubics Crassa unitella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, 3 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, 3 Dark Groundlings Bryotropha affinis, 3 Cinereous Groundlings Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, 3 Dingy Dowds Blastobasis adustella, 3 Bulrush Cosmets Limnaecia phragmitella, 2 Hawthorn Cosmets Blastodacna hellerella, Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, 3 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana, 4 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, 2 Light Brown Apple Moths Epiphyas postvittana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, 6 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, 2 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, Cereal Tortrix Cnephasia pumicana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, 5 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana, 2 Holly Tortrixes Rhopobota naevana, 3 Common Cloaked Shoots Gypsonoma dealbana, Two-coloured Bell Eucosma obumbratana, 2 Bud Moths Spilonota ocellana, 4 Marbled Piercers Cydia splendana, 10 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2 Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 7 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 2 Pearl Grass-veneers Catoptria pinella, 21 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata, 2 Chequered Straws Evergestis pallidata, 3 Elder Pearls Anania coronata, 2 Pale Straw Pearls Udea lutealis, Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis, 16 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 5 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, 2 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella, 2 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella, Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla and 3 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla.

The species count was assisted by the 3 Marbled Minor aggs. all proving to be different - single Marbled, Tawny Marbled and Rufous Minors.  The same wasn't true of the Daggers: despite one being darker than the other, both proved to be Grey Daggers.

Grey Daggers (males, gen det), North Elmham, 24th July

Other macros were Pebble Hook-tip, Common Emerald, Small Emerald, Lesser Cream Wave, 11 Small Fan-footed Waves, 2 Dwarf Cream Waves, 4 Single-dotted Waves, 25 Riband Waves, 2 Red Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Shaded Broad-bars, Yellow Shell, 6 Small Rivulets, Currant Pug, V-Pug, Green Pug, Double-striped Pug, 6 Clouded Borders, Brimstone Moth, 5 Early Thorns, 11 Scalloped Oaks, Swallow-tailed Moth, 2 Peppered Moths, Willow Beauty, Engrailed, Common White Wave, Common Wave, 3 Clouded Silvers, Poplar Hawkmoth, 3 Elephant Hawkmoths, Iron Prominent, 2 Coxcomb Prominents, 4 Yellow-tails, 2 Black Arches, Round-winged Muslin, 38 Rosy Footmen, 31 Dingy Footmen, 7 Scarce Footmen, 2 Buff Footmen, 55 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 4 Ruby Tigers, 2 Flames, Flame Shoulder, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 10 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, 3 Bright-line Brown-eyes, 11 Clays, 11 Smoky Wainscots, Dun-bar, 8 Dark Arches, Slender Brindle, 4 Cloaked Minors, 5 Common Rustics, Lesser Common Rustic, 4 Dusky Sallows, Fen Wainscot, 34 Uncertains, 6 Rustics, Mottled Rustic, Nut-tree Tussock, Burnished Brass, 2 Spectacles, 3 Beautiful Hook-tips, 3 Straw Dots, 4 Snouts and Fan-foot.

Fen Wainscot, North Elmham, 24th July

Green Lacewings consisted of Cunctochrysa albolineata and Dichochrysa flavifrons and a Brown Lacewing proved to be my first confirmed Micromus variegatus - quite a distinctive species by Lacewing standards.

Micromus variegatus, North Elmham, 24th July

I had to put a break on the caddisflies for a bit.  So many moths to sort out and not enough hours in the days and nights to do all the caddisflies as well.