Autumn Almanac - The Kinks

 From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar

When the dawn begins to crack, it's all part of my autumn almanac
Breeze blows leaves of a musty-colored yellow
So I sweep them in my sack, yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac

It is true that one can get a little possessive about one's

Own Patch

but when, who I refere to as 'luminaries' arrive somehow that becomes insignificant!

The rest of the weekend continued in the company of

 Phil, Carol and Dave

and while all of this is the profession of Phil we all learn something at the end of the day - especially me!

Phil, among many other tallents is the author of the authoritative work

tiny beasts that I can hardly see let alone identify but

every dog has it's day!

 Is it any wonder then that he has recently published yet another work on the

a task that took 4 years in the makeing - no I'll stick to the larger

Macro Moths.

Additionally, when we all muster like this all the traps become a collective of which

here between presenting my 'new toys' there are a few more examples of 

some of the Insects caught.

BARRED STRAW

CAMPION

OBSCURE WAINSCOT

 RED-NECKED FOOTMAN

 It was half way through one of my own traps that Phil suddenly looked a little sheepish, 

inviting Dave and I to look at the 2 specimens of Micro Moths each in a little plastic pot,

 one being

Metalampra italica

 and the other

Monochroa lutulentelia

(very few of the Micro Moths have vernacular names)

Among a wealth of other snippets he felt sure that

BARBASTELLE BAT

(a Mammal never heard of let alone seen)

may well feed or indeed exist locally here and a species that will fly 30 or 40 miles 

to find an Insect food source.

 His final snippet was that

NIGHTJAR's,

of which you have become familiar with lately, are

faddy eater sticking almost exclusively to the humble

TRUE LOVER'S KNOT MOTH

which was scientifically discovered by study of their faeces and a

serious attempt will be made to find some when the nest becomes rdundant.