T shaped bug needs identifying

paulgrand · #1 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 01:35 PM

Viewed in Bath, UK 07/09/2010

Any idea what this is please?

Thanks

pressld2 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 01:58 PM

Hi Paul and welcome to WAB!

What you have there is one of the plume moths. I'm not entirely certain of species but someone more knowledgable will be along soon, I'm sure.

Dave P.

capester · #3 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 02:38 PM

yep, definitely a plume moth. No idea what species- they all look the same to me!

alandy · #4 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 03:48 PM

Believe it or not, this bug is actually a moth, a “micro moth”, one of the Plume species notoriously hard to ID.
Unless you have a better reply, try the UK moth site (UKMoths | Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland).
Enter “Emmelina monodactyla” in the search box, and look up and down the previous /next species, see if you can find a match.
Emmelina monodactyla is not a bad guess, but is only a guess.

Alandy

paulgrand · #5 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 05:42 PM

Wow, a moth, who'd have thought.

So is the part at the front (the bit that looks like horns) actually the wings rolled up?

I think I'm probably quite lucky to have seen it.

I had a look in the Gallery and only found one specimen listed so I've added my photos, hopefully they'll be useful for someone else.

Thanks everyone, and hello