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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.
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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