Sunday, 11 October 2015

Nicholaston Woods. Friday 9th October

Not a great selection (only 12 species) down where the wood meets the marsh so perhaps a bit exposed to the east wind.
There were 10 Large Wainscot, though, so obviously just right for them! Also NFY for me were Red-green Carpet and Beaded Chestnut.
As it has been a bit quiet recently I photographed this little fly (forewing approx. 3mm) which seems to be quite common at the moment. Perhaps someone can put a name to it?
Red-green Carpet

Large Wainscot

Beaded Chestnut

Fly query
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4 comments:

  1. Howard Burt11 October 2015 at 17:27

    hi Chris

    The fly is a Moth fly( Psychodidae ). I have a number of these in the flower beds at the moment and posted a very similar picture on East Glam Wildlife blog recently. I think there are too many similar ones to put a name to it.

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  2. Chris Manley11 October 2015 at 19:04

    Thanks Howard. Nice to give it some sort of handle.

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  3. VC41Moths12 October 2015 at 13:11

    Yes, Psychodids always looks as though they should be easy, but the key involves counting antennal segments!

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  4. Chris Manley13 October 2015 at 11:13

    I think I'll give that a miss then, just this once!

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