Thank Goodness, the Merveille has made it

The night sky is busy with lights at this time of year - Guy Fawkes above and Hallowe'en below. Can the moth trap hold its own against such exciting alternative attractions. Fortunately the answer is Yes, it can. 

And fortunately too, there are still lovely things out there for it to tempt, above all the fabulous Merveille du Jour which has always visited me here in the late Autumn. I love the name as much as the subtly-coloured moth itself, although strictly speaking it is a Merveille de la Nuit. The composite below is interesting because the closest by far of the four images to what the human eye sees is the one at the bottom right. iPhone cameras are marvellous but their relentless search for light can play pop with colours and tones. 

Elsewhere among the eggboxes, I have been visited by this distinctive micro below,  Acleris variegana or the Garden Rose Tortrix. I've posted two pictures so that you can tell from the eggbox what a mite it is.

Then we have another of the many Emmelina monodactyla micros which my garden clear-ups are disturbing by day; and after that a fourth micro whose focus is, I think, too blurred for a definite ID.  

Finally, a typical souvenir of another visit to the grandchildren, a ladybird late to hibernate and meanwhile dallying next to a grandson's brightly-varnished nail. You may be able to see from the photo that his thumbnail is blue. They are as bright as any Brazilian butterfly.