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General Category => Identification Tips and Questions => Topic started by: Raven on June 21, 2013, 09:13:40 PM

Title: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Raven on June 21, 2013, 09:13:40 PM
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.

(https://www.teesmouthbc.com/forumtbc/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa313%2Fblackraven051%2FIMG_9689edit_zps94c70c06.jpg&hash=8f207ed43aecf28857e5bb41834650a4030379f1) (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/blackraven051/media/IMG_9689edit_zps94c70c06.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Chris.Small on June 21, 2013, 09:28:45 PM
Looks like it goes by the name Nettle Tap

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=385
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Michael_A on June 21, 2013, 09:35:37 PM

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.
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Damian on June 22, 2013, 10:15:43 AM
As Chris.S said, It's Anthophila fabriciana,also known as Nettle-tap.

Regards
Damian
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Raven on June 22, 2013, 05:07:05 PM
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
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: StewH on June 22, 2013, 10:43:28 PM
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 :)
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Michael_A on June 23, 2013, 11:18:50 AM
My mistake you're quite right.
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: Raven on June 26, 2013, 12:22:03 AM
Do only mammals have Latin names then?  ???
Title: Re: Yet another I.D needed
Post by: StewH on June 26, 2013, 01:11:54 AM
I give up !!!! How about hippopotamus? Water horse.... in GREEK!!!