Moth trap results

[sandydavid]

Here are the results of running my home-made moth trap over the typically
very wet bank holiday weekend in my ( small and overgrovn ) back garden.

Heart and dart                        11
Shuttle shaped dart                 2
Orange swift                           2
Bright line brown eye              2
Common quaker                     3
Angle shades                           1
Setacious hebrew caracter      1
Small waved umber                1
Silver ground carpet                1
Smokey wainscot                    1
Buff ermine                              2
Pale mottled willow                  3
Common swift                          1

Two queries, I assume the small numbers I caught were due to the poor
weather, but somtimes I catch far more when it rains than when it doesn't,
why?
                  I caught a couple of pugs but I find it very difficlt to
identify them ( my girlfriend calls them LBJ's little brown jobs!) can
anyone recommend a good field guide? ( I have Skinner's book)

Any comments greatfully recived ,

 Sandy David,
Oakley, Bedfordshire, U.K.