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Friday, 18 June 2021

Catching up on Bycatch

Not quite sure where to start. Over the last week or so I've quietly built up a fair collection of stuff that has come to the garden light trap, including a good number of bits that I've not seen before. I've also had some success on the moth front. I think for now I'll focus on the bits that are not moths or beetles - mainly caddisflies and a couple of other bits. I should point out that many caddisflies have long antennae, which I've made no effort to include in the frame as they seem superfluous!

Agraylea multipunctata (13/06/2021)

Polycentropus irroratus (12/06/2021)

Limnephilus lunatus (12/06/2021)

Hydropsyche instabilis (16/06/2021)

Mystacides longicornis (12/06/2021)

Phryganea grandis (13/06/2021)

Caenis horaria (13/06/2021) - identified via the Moth Trap Intruders facebook group

Dinocampus coccinellae (14/06/2021) - another one identified via the group, by Gavin Broad
This funky looking wasp is the parasitoid of ladybirds.

The one that got away! I took this photo, checked the image and thought it looked interesting, and it then evaded capture as I tried to pot it and it fecked off. Having trawled through the British Bugs galleries several times, I eventually homed in on Psallus montanus, and I think it is either this or Psallus betuleti.

Bordered Shieldbug (09/06/2021) - wasn't expecting one of these to light

Tipula lunata (13/06/2021)

Here's the original version of a track that was remixed into a club banger c20 years ago.

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