Wednesday, 5 October 2011

4th October 2011

I was briefly very excited by this moth-like insect found in the trap this morning. A closer look revealed the wings to be semi-transparent and once it moved a very unmoth-like head and neck appeared. It is a Brown Lacewing - Drepanepteryx phalaenoides.

1 comment:

Silversea Starsong said...

Stunning!! Very localized in the UK. Still hoping to see one some day.