Saturday, 18 July 2015

Adela cuprella?

Clearly not the right time of year, so maybe not, and I am giving quite a lot of weight to the big red eyes - the colour looks more like reaumurella. Also a fox moth - not sure from the UK moth distribution maps whether that is interesting or not, but new for me.

Andrew Callender
Garsington

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3 comments:

  1. Peter Hall18 July 2015 at 15:49

    It looks more like a caddis Andrew.

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  2. Dave Wilton18 July 2015 at 16:46

    Peter is correct, Andrew. It is one of two all-black caddis species in the genus Mystacides (azurea or nigra). The third member is Mystacides longicornis whose wings have black and buff stripes, a species which is commonly found in moth traps.

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  3. Andrew Callender18 July 2015 at 16:53

    Whoops - my apologies!

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