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Insect identity

  • 31-05-2009 10:09pm
    #1
    marlin vs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,631 ✭✭✭


    Doe's anyone know the identity of this fly.
    insect003.jpg


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  • #2
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Not an answer but a question for you instead...

    Do you have any ponds nearby?

    It looks a bit like a type of caddisfly but the antennae are too short and are angled too far apart if I recall correctly.


  • #3
    Mothman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Its a moth,
    Esperia sulphurella.
    Caterpillars feed on dead wood.
    Linky


  • #4
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Mothman wrote: »
    Its a moth,
    Esperia sulphurella.
    Caterpillars feed on dead wood.
    Linky
    True to your username! Great call, never realised that there were moths as long and slender as that! Makes sense I suppose.


  • #5
    marlin vs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,631 ✭✭✭marlin vs


    Thank's Mothman, r3, it was inside my house, it just caught my notice as it was on the widow pane, i'm going to be more observant in future and have a closer look instead of just opening the window and leaving them off. Thank's for the link it's gone into my favourites.


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