Tuesday, July 27, 2010

JASON COCKBURN WRITES

Jason writes: 'do you know what this insect is? Its been in my room the last two nights.'


I actually do know for a change. It is one of my favourite British lepidoptera, but let's see if you guys out in Bloggoland can match my knowledge?

2 comments:

  1. Pterophorus pentadactylus, white plume moth.

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  2. Anonymous1:55 PM

    This is a white plume moth, see also http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=146 for more info. Shame on you, Jon, for giving the game away by mentioning lepidpotera in the description; you could have been much more vague yet completely accurate and called it a uniramian, or a derived lobopod even...

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