Hi Andy, Correct second time around! No visible palps and you can see the eye-caps at the base of its antennae if you look closely. Unfortunately it will definitely need dissection as there are quite a few Neps which look like that. If you scroll through Patrick Clement's excellent images on the West Midlands Atlas that will give you an idea of the choice...
Thank you. I put a batch in the post to Peter the day before and it is almost guaranteed that I will get one that needs dissecting the following night!
Maybe a Stigmella species?
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ReplyDeleteCorrect second time around! No visible palps and you can see the eye-caps at the base of its antennae if you look closely. Unfortunately it will definitely need dissection as there are quite a few Neps which look like that. If you scroll through Patrick Clement's excellent images on the West Midlands Atlas that will give you an idea of the choice...
Thank you. I put a batch in the post to Peter the day before and it is almost guaranteed that I will get one that needs dissecting the following night!
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