The Beetles

I've managed to get behind with moth recording summaries - not completely sure why, but usual mid summer apathy may be involved. I'll catch up on the garden this evening to post tomorrow, and I'll also have a summary of a session at Cossington Meadows from last Saturday night.

In the meantime, here are some big beetles that turned up at moth traps on Saturday night ..

Great Diving Beetle at Cossington Meadows - a superb big female

Lesser Stag Beetle - another one from Cossington, and very nice too.

Both of the above definitely fall into the category of non-lepidopteran insects in moth traps that I think of as 'mothing mates' - ones I like to see.

Unlike this smelly bastard ..

A burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator from the garden trap. Looks nice, smells bad, infested with mites all over the abdomen. A 'mothing villain'.