There are some excellent beetle identification resources available online nowadays so I now feel able to identify species that previously had been consigned to the "too difficult" category. Last night as I checked the moth trap I noticed two ground beetles running around so potted one up for closer examination. It proved to be my first, or at least first identified,
Leistus spinibarbis.
Leistus spinibarbis, North Elmham, 19th February
Moths consisted of my first 2 Common Flat-bodies
Agonopterix heracliana of the year,
Spring Usher,
Dotted Border and
Chestnut.
Common Flat-bodies Agonopterix heracliana (males, gen det), North Elmham, 19th February
Other insects included
4-5 Ophion obscuratus (an Ichneumid wasp).
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