Few notable insects trapped recently

Just before a 3 day trip to Rome, I trapped several of the November moth group in the trap in the garden. These have now been checked and, surprisingly, 2 of them were the Pale November moth whilst the 3rd was the common November moth. A good record for the rarer Pale November Moth. Thanks to Graeme for the work in identifying

Also, on the 11th, I emptied the trap and the only creature I came across was a wasp type insect. It looked like an Ichneumon wasp species, one of over 4500 that can be found in the UK, and indeed it was. An Amblyteles amatorius, not a common insect around here, as shown by the distribution map below. So, with the western conifer seedbug, D. ramburialis micro moth, this wasp and the Pale November moth, it has been a good fortnight for unusuals. All records forwarded to the relevant County Recorder.

Poor quality photo taken on the phone camera

As above

All set and identified

To the record office.