Friday, 23 March 2018
Not a Moth
This little chappie was in my battery operated Skinner Trap at Linford Lakes Nature Reserve in North Bucks on 21st March along with a few moths, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab and Shoulder Stripe. It has had me vexed but I think it is an Alderfly and I reckon it to be Sialis lutaria. Can anyone put me out of my misery/joy? Is it unusual? Apparently they are mostly aquatic coming out of the water to pupate and then emerge as the flying adult. My trap needs a cable to be fed out from the base to the battery that I usually fill with a wine cork and I forgot the cork so entry could have been from there. There is an interesting story to be told of all that comes to a moth trap that is not Lepidoptera.
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It certainly looks like an Alderfly larva, Gordon, although I wouldn't like to say which one. Perhaps one of the Martins may know more!
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