Hi Cassie,
It looks to me the Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) of the family Noctuidae.
Best
Nicholas
Nicholas Moray Williams, M.Sc.
Biologist, Collection Curator
Fondazione Ethoikos
Hello Riet,
I also use vegetable oil. Learned it on this list some years ago. Mostly for liberating the occasioinal lizard caught in a sticky trap.
Nicholas
Nicholas Moray Williams
Collection curator
Looks like a species belonging to the family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Nicholas Moray Williams
Biologist, database manager
Fondazione Ethoikos
Convento dell'Osservanza
I-53030 Radicondoli (SI)
Italy
Corbaiola Etho-Ecological Field Station
Tel. ++39 0577 793055
www.ethoik
