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Wednesday, 24 May 2017

A couple of micros

Is this first one Psychoides filicivora? Length is about right at 5mm. I have got quite a few flying around the garden during the daytime.



Is this second one Nomophilia noctuella? I was lucky to get this photo before it flew off. I had forgotten how active the moths in the trap can be once the weather warms up!





Finally just for interest I assume it is some sort of mayfly?





Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.
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2 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton24 May 2017 at 14:04

    Hi Andy, the two micros are indeed Psychoides filicivora (you presumably have ferns in the garden?) and Nomophila noctuella (a migrant). The other is one of the long-horned caddis-flies, Mystacides longicornis.

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  2. Andy Newbold24 May 2017 at 15:36

    Thank you. There are quite a few ferns in the part of the garden where the moths are flying around. I generally reckon that I am not well located for migrants and it was very late last year before I saw a Nomophilia noctuella. I did get a Dark Sword-grass last night as well so maybe the wind is in the right direction. I seem to be getting a reasonable number of species at present but not many individuals of any one species.

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