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11-02-2007, 05:13 PM
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Saw these last May in Dorset displaying over beech trees, I cant find anything like them. What are they??? They didn't want to sit still so none of the pics are very sharp. They had extremely long thin antennae.  
View from the rear, I managed to sneak up behind one  
Cheers
Andy |
11-02-2007, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyC  Saw these last may in Dorset displaying over beech trees, I cant find anything like them. What are they??? They didn't want to sit still so none of the pics are very sharp. They had extremely long thin antennae.
View from the rear, I managed to sneak up behind one
Cheers
Andy |
Green Long-horned Moth, can't think of the scientific name.
SW |
11-02-2007, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by speckled wood Green Long-horned Moth, can't think of the scientific name.
SW | Adela reaumurella |
11-02-2007, 06:26 PM
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| | | Re: (Another) Whats This.
What you are seeing are the males, the females never leave the saftey of the undergrowth.
The larva of this fantastic micro feeds on dead leaves, ecspecially those of beach. A good recycler  |
12-02-2007, 03:12 PM
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| | | Re: (Another) Whats This.
Thanks all. They’re not very green are they!
It never ceases to amaze me that when these oddities are identified they turn out to be common, I must walk around with my eyes closed half the time 
Andy |
12-02-2007, 03:40 PM
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Seen These In My Garden 'floating' Over Pyrocanther Bush On A Sunny Day. My Collins Guide To Insects Says They Live In Leaf Litter In Cases Made Of Fragments. I Suppose They Are Like Aquatic Caddis Flies. |
16-02-2007, 02:45 PM
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There's a whole family of them, Incurvariidae. The largest species is Nemophora degeerella, I think. They mostly have this golden sheen to the wings. Can be very common in some years. The larval cases, made of wood are fascinating things - it took me years to work out what they were! | | |
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