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12-07-2006, 11:41 AM
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| | | T Shaped flying thing?
Hello everyone,
Saw an insect on the window at work today - never seen one before. Tried to take a photo with my mobile phone but it didn't quite work.
Essentially, the insect was in the shape of a capital T (with serif, rather than sans serif but I can't find the right font here) and with two longish feeler things on the top of the T so it looked something like this (without the dots of course - only way I could get it to line up): _v_
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It was about a centimeter long and across the top of the T and was a pale brown/beige colour. Any clues? |
12-07-2006, 11:50 AM
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| | | Re: T Shaped flying thing?
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Originally Posted by emf Hello everyone,
Saw an insect on the window at work today - never seen one before. Tried to take a photo with my mobile phone but it didn't quite work.
Essentially, the insect was in the shape of a capital T (with serif, rather than sans serif but I can't find the right font here) and with two longish feeler things on the top of the T so it looked something like this (without the dots of course - only way I could get it to line up):
_v_
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It was about a centimeter long and across the top of the T and was a pale brown/beige colour. Any clues? | Sounds like a type of plume moth.
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12-07-2006, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Bushcraft Sounds like a type of plume moth.
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12-07-2006, 11:53 AM
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| | | Re: T Shaped flying thing?
sounds like one of the plume moths. one of the common ones being Emmelina monodactyla http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=592
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12-07-2006, 11:54 AM
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| | | Re: T Shaped flying thing?
Sounds like it might have been a Plume Moth.
BTW if I didn't welcome you before, can I say Welome to WAB. It's the friendliest site on the web and I know you will enjoy being a member.
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12-07-2006, 11:56 AM
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| | | Re: T Shaped flying thing?
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Originally Posted by emf Hello everyone,
_v_
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It was about a centimeter long and across the top of the T and was a pale brown/beige colour. Any clues? | Is this called ASCII photography??  I wish I'd known about this type of photography before I was seduced by Caon lol |
12-07-2006, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Kev Lewis I wish I'd known about this type of photography before I was seduced by Caon lol | Is that short for Crayon? 
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12-07-2006, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by paulthomas Is that short for Crayon? | oops I can use the camera I just can't speel it |
12-07-2006, 04:49 PM
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13-07-2006, 05:32 AM
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| | | Re: T Shaped flying thing?
Thanks everyone, yes, definitely a plume moth! I can add that to the list 'I have seen...'.
The grounds at work (near Trowbridge, Wiltshire) have quite an abundance of wildlife. I've managed to identify a Cinnabar moth (flying in the day!) and a small tortoiseshell butterfly all by myself but that one had me beat. Didn't thing it would be a moth..
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