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Wednesday 29th August 2007, 20:18
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Birding by name
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Is this a moth?
I haven't seen a moth looking anything like this metallic black one, which has me wondering if indeed it is a moth. The trouble is, my starting point is usually Uk Moths families and quite often I can't even guesss what the family is. Can anyone suggest a better way of narrowing down the field a bit (apart from resorting to the experts on this forum of course!)?
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Wednesday 29th August 2007, 20:50
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A Stone chatting
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Location: Peterborough, UK
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This is a moth. Features of this family are the elongated shape, slightly raised stance at front, longish, front facing antennae. There are similar families.
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Wednesday 29th August 2007, 21:01
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One of the Coleophoras, I think, perhaps alcyonipennella, but needs the chop.
David |
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Wednesday 29th August 2007, 21:06
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On the subject:
Is this a Moth: |
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Wednesday 29th August 2007, 21:32
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A Stone chatting
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Yep. One of the longhorns (Incurvariidae: Adelinae), probably Adela reaumurella.
David G., I thought David A. wanted tips on how to get to the family rather than an ID. |
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