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Yet another I.D needed

Started by Raven, June 21, 2013, 09:13:40 PM

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Raven

Sorry for the second thread in 2 days for an I.D but I can't find this moth anywhere. It was tiny, the flower it is sat on is a buttercup so that can show you just how small it was.


Chris.Small


Michael_A

#2

A number of Micro moths only have Latin names.
A couple of good books IMHO are Field guide to moths of Grt Britain and Ireland by Paul Waring and Martin Townsend, and British Moths and Butterflies a photographic guide by Chris Manley.

Damian

As Chris.S said, It's Anthophila fabriciana,also known as Nettle-tap.

Regards
Damian

Raven

Thanks for the recommendation. I shall definitely invest in one of those books. I tried googling it, but there are so many species, it's difficult to know where to start.

Thank you everybody.  ;D

StewH

Hate being a pedant but it's one of my pet hates.... birds, insects etc don't have Latin names, they have scientific names.... Anthophila for example, the genus of this moth is Greek :)

Michael_A

My mistake you're quite right.

Raven

Do only mammals have Latin names then?  ???

StewH

I give up !!!! How about hippopotamus? Water horse.... in GREEK!!!