moth for ID

[millerd]

Can anyone identify this little moth, please? There have been a lot of them flying near me recently, regardless of the weather.

Cheers,

Dave

[downland boy]

Hi Dave, I think that is a species of Caddis Fly.

[bugboy]

It's a Caddisfly Dave. Not as foolish a mistake to make though since it's thought the first ancestral moths evolved from an early Caddisfly.

[millerd]

Thanks, both of you. I realise I have only ever identified caddis fly larvae in their little stony cases in the water, and never known what an adult might look like. You learn something every day!

Cheers,

Dave