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moth for ID
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:24 pm
by 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
Re: moth for ID
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:54 pm
by downland boy
Hi Dave, I think that is a species of Caddis Fly.
Re: moth for ID
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:55 pm
by 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.

Re: moth for ID
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:28 am
by 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