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Saturday, 19 May 2018

Orange footman


I thought Orange footman but not holding wings as illustrated in field guide


Gorgeous colouring: grateful for help with ID

Alan Diver
Tackley
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4 comments:

  1. Nigel19 May 2018 at 19:37

    Hi Alan, yes to Orange Footman, the other is a male Aphomia sociella. It's worth looking at the latter in the field guides and online as this species is sexually dimorphic and the female looks very different.

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  2. Alan Diver19 May 2018 at 20:21

    Many thanks Nigel. A

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  3. John Thacker19 May 2018 at 21:33

    Alan, on 27th March I posted photos on this blog of the male and female Aphomia sociella (the Bee moth) with some further description of features (if it has long palps, as seen in your photo, then it is a female).

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  4. Alan Diver20 May 2018 at 11:11

    Thanks John.

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