Black with long antennae

Dannica · #1 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 01:17 AM

Does anyone know what species a very small black moth with great long antennae, longer than its own body and wings, might be (except top heavy)?
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JRsbugs · #2 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 01:25 AM

A Caddisfly sounds to fit the bill. There's more than one black one though..

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Dannica · #3 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 01:28 AM

Might it be a longhorn moth; one of the Adelas?

JRsbugs · #4 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 01:42 AM

I haven't seen any Longhorn moths for some time now, I am seeing black Caddisflies. When did you see it?

Dannica · #5 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 10:42 AM

Some months ago now. I came across the images in my collection. I found it the day after we'd been out with a college tutor who's mad on butterflies; I asked him what the small black things with long antennae were and he was pretty disinterested... it was then that I knew I had to start learning about moths, hehee!

JRsbugs · #6 (**permalink**) 21-08-2011, 11:32 AM

In that case it was probably Adela reaumurella male which have been seen in large numbers this year, they appear black from the front or even from behind at certain angles but they have a golden sheen.

Good decision you made to learn about moths, there's far more than butterflies and some are very pretty, others interesting once you learn of their life cycles.