A surprise visitor

Published on 3 April 2026 at 07:54

2 April 2026

A couple of lovely moths visited the traps this morning.  A beautiful fresh Streamer, with lovely purple scales and an extremely early Scorched carpet.  You can see how the camouflage works when photographed against the wood.  

The surprise visitor was this huge beetle, a Great silver water beetle, a fairly rare scavenger beetle.

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